Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones This is the first fiction book on my list this month and there is a good reason. The novel is a crime story but with a twist in that it is also a primer for vegetarian ethics. The novel … Continue reading #Veganuary: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
#Yiddishlitmonth: The Clever Little Tailor
by Jordan Kutzik The Clever Little Tailor by Solomon SimonTranslator: David FormanIllustrator: Yehuda BlumPublisher: Kinder-Loshn PublicationsBilingual English/Yiddish editionISBN: 1949217019Publication year: 2021Purchase: From the publisher, here, or from Amazon.com, here. Jordan Kutzik, publisher – Kinder-Loshn Publications In a small Jewish town in Poland, at a time when giants still roam the earth, yet people are just the … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: The Clever Little Tailor
#Yiddishlitmonth: The Book of Paradise
by Robert Adler Peckerar The Book of Paradise: The Marvellous Life of Samuel Abba StrewthBy Itzik MangerTranslated with an introduction by Robert Adler PeckerarPushkin Press Classics, 2023ISBN: 978-1782279259Purchase the book Originally published as:דאָס בוך פון גן־עדן: די וווּנדערליכע לעבנסבאַשרייַבונגען פון שמואל אַבא אַבערוואָWydawnictwo Ch. Brzoza, 1939[Serialized as די וווּנדערליכע לעבנסבאַשרייַבונגען פון שמואל אַבא אַבערווא in … Continue reading #Yiddishlitmonth: The Book of Paradise
Poland 🇵🇱: Ellis Island: a people’s history by Malgorzata Szejnert, tr. Sean Gasper Bye
My copy was a Christmas present from my dad and step-mum, staunch supporters of this project! I remember reading this when my now toddler was 7-8 moths old, I used to take him to the rooftop, whilst he napped, I read this book, with a nice breeze and a sip of my coffee. What a … Continue reading Poland 🇵🇱: Ellis Island: a people’s history by Malgorzata Szejnert, tr. Sean Gasper Bye
#WorldKidLit Wednesday: What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking
Joy, anger, worry, courage . . . we all experience a vast array of feelings. They influence our thoughts and actions every day. But they’re intangible and invisible, making feelings a difficult concept to grasp, especially for the very young. So, what if feelings were re-imagined as hairy little creatures? What Feelings Do When No … Continue reading #WorldKidLit Wednesday: What Feelings Do When No One’s Looking
#INTLYALITMONTH: The Boy Who Sees With His Fingers by Tomasz Malkowski, illustrated by Joanna Rusinek
Review by: Samantha Wasson The Boy who Sees with his Fingers by Tomasz Malkowski ‘Close your eyes, or better still, blindfold yourself with a scarf. Now go into the bathroom and wash your hands… it’s not easy, is it?’ This is how the reader is drawn into the world of Kami, our young protagonist who … Continue reading #INTLYALITMONTH: The Boy Who Sees With His Fingers by Tomasz Malkowski, illustrated by Joanna Rusinek
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