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Review of The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah
The Many Problems of Rochel-Leah by Jane Yolen; illus. by Felishia HenditirtoPrimary Apples & Honey/Behrman 32 pp.9/24 9781681156392 $19.95“The first problem Rochel-Leah had was that she was a girl.” This picture book relates a “true(ish) story” set in a shtetl in Russia in the 1830s and inspired by a cousin...
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Review of Giant Island
Giant Island by Jane Yolen ; illus. by Doug Keith Primary Flashlight 32 pp. g8/22 978-1-947277-18-2 $18.95e-book ed. 978-1-947277-19-9 $7.99 Approaching Giant Island in Grandpa’s motorboat, Ava and Mason wonder why the small island has such a name. Grandpa says it’s always been called that: “That’s...
A Note from Me (Mar 12, 2021)
Dear friends: Cindy urges us all to keep an eye out for virtual bookstore events happening in our neighborhoods, which, given the nature of virtual events, is EVERYWHERE. How to choose? I see that Cindy’s neighborhood bookstore, Jeff Kinney’s An Unlikely Story, just had an event with adult historical fiction...
Norton Passes Go
A poem by Jane Yolen in remembrance of her friend Norton Juster (1929-2021): So, the unexpected, which he always expected, happened when he had lost the ability to expect anything at all. At the same time he became a phantom, he became a father to us all. If there is...
"How Does Jane Yolen Write a Book?"
Author and poet Lesléa Newman wrote the following appreciation (with apologies to the How Do Dinosaurs? series) in honor of her friend and colleague Jane Yolen's 365th book -- a remarkable achievement. And what better time than Women's History Month to celebrate it? For more from The Horn Book on...
Five questions for Jane Yolen
© 2011 by Jason StempleFor a writer so notoriously prolific (closing in on three hundred titles, according to Wikipedia) Jane Yolen is notable for maintaining a high standard of writing across many genres, including poetry, picture book texts, and fiction of both the realistic and fantastic kinds. Her latest novel,...
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