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On this final day of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, awards committee member Barbara Krasner hosts a roundtable wrap-up at her blog, The Whole Megillah. Read responses from various winners, as if they were participating in a panel presentation at a conference!
Thanks to all the winners for their participation in the blog tour, to all the bloggers for hosting, and to you, the readers, for your enthusiasm and attention!
Read an interview with Linda Leopold Strauss, author of
The Elijah Door: A Passover Tale (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Younger Readers Category) at
Pen and Prose! A highlight: "As I was writing the story, I kept hearing the cadence of my grandparents’ Yiddish-speaking voices in my head. The repetition of phrases, the rhythms, the word combinations. And I think their voices also very much informed the way I wrote the story."
Read an interview with Alexi Natchev, illustrator of
The Elijah Door: A Passover Tale (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Younger Readers Category) at
Madelyn Rosenberg's Virtual Living Room! A highlight: "In my artistic education, illustration was really not just for children. In my formative years, art was part of the idealogical system. We were living at that time on the other side of the Iron Curtain so everything was very ideological and politicized. But in the illustration field you could be a little more creative, not so rigidly following certain requirements of clichés and artistic concepts with which you didn’t necessarily always agree."
Read an interview with Sheri Sinykin, author of
Zayde Comes to Live (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Younger Readers Category) at
Read, Write, Repeat! A highlight: "My dearest wish is that Zayde will bring reassurance, peace, and completeness — shalom! — to children just discovering the circle of life they’ve heard sung about in the popular animated movie."
Read an interview with Kristina Swarner, illustrator of
Zayde Comes to Live (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Younger Readers Category) at
Writing and Illustrating! A highlight: "I really didn’t want to make the art too sad or pensive. The ideas evolved as I sketched, and the more I sketched, the more the tenderness and joyfulness of the story came out in the art."
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PODCAST!
Audio interview with Sheri Sinykin and text interview with Kristina Swarner
coming soon on The Book of Life!
Read an interview with Linda Glaser, author of Hannah's Way (Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Younger Readers Category) at This Messy Life! A highlight: "This is a story about staying true to one’s traditions but still wanting to “belong.” It’s also a story about ordinary children who, through a simple act of kindness, become heroes. I hope that with the help of the Sydney Taylor Award, Hannah’s Way will reach many more kids and will do its small part to encourage tolerance, acceptance, and kindness."
Read an interview with Adam Gustavson, illustrator of Hannah's Way (Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Younger Readers Category) at Here in HP! A highlight: "I’ve always drawn; my mother was an artist when I was growing up, and my brothers and I drew like most other kids would play ball. It was a big part of how we played together. My father, an engineer, used to come home with art supplies he’d picked up for us on his way home from work. I grew up in the only household for miles and miles where a crisis consisted of my mother trying to find out just who took her kneaded eraser."
Read an interview with Louise Borden, author of
His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg (Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Older Readers Category) at
Randomly Reading! A highlight: "Young readers have much longer lives ahead of them. I want them to be inspired by this man and by his character and actions. I want kids to know that they too can make a positive difference in the world. I want them to find their own heroes. And I want readers to remember Raoul Wallenberg and to carry his story into their own futures. We are all storytellers - kids will remember a great story and I hope they will tell others and use its power for good in their own lives."
Read an interview with Deborah Heiligman, author of
Intentions (Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Teen Readers Category) at
The Fourth Musketeer! A highlight: "I wanted to capture that moment in a teen's life when she realizes that someone she adores and even idolizes is flawed. That happened to me in a pretty spectacular way in my community growing up (though not quite as spectacularly as in the book!) and it was a truly painful time. That moment informs who you become I think--because how you deal with it can shape the rest of your life."
Ann Redisch Stampler, author of The Wooden Sword (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Older Readers Category) at Shelf-Employed! A highlight: "as I researched the Afghani story, learning more about the culture of the Jews who lived with their Muslim neighbors in Afghanistan for a thousand years, I loved it. It was hilarious, but at the same time, its message was profound."
Carol Liddiment, illustrator of The Wooden Sword (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Older Readers Category) at Ann Koffsky's Blog! A highlight: "This is a warm story about the Shah’s desire to understand the poor man’s faith. It is a story about tolerance and understanding… I hope that message can be embraced by all."
Doreen Rappaport, author of
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust (Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Teen Readers Category) at
Bildungsroman! A highlight: "I feel I was privileged to learn about so many Jewish children, men and women, who exhibited extraordinary courage and foresight during the nightmare of the Holocaust. I had the privilege of speaking directly with three survivors and forging a friendship with one of them. My research led me into a world I knew nothing about and filled me with enormous pride about these courageous Jews."
The Sydney Taylor Book Award will be celebrating and showcasing its 2013 gold and silver medalists and a few selected Notables with a Blog Tour, February 11-15, 2013! Interviews with winning authors and illustrators will appear on a wide variety of Jewish and kidlit blogs. For those of you who have not yet experienced a Blog Tour, it’s basically a virtual book tour. Instead of going to a library or bookstore to see an author or illustrator speak, you go to a website on or after the advertised date to read an author’s or illustrator’s interview.
Below is the schedule for the 2013 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour. Please follow the links to visit the hosting blogs on or after their tour dates, and be sure to leave them plenty of comments!
THE 2013 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD BLOG TOUR
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2013Ann Redisch Stampler, author of
The Wooden SwordSydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
At
Shelf-Employed Carol Liddiment, illustrator of
The Wooden SwordSydney Taylor Honor Award winner in the Older Readers Category
At
Ann Koffsky’s Blog Doreen Rappaport, author of
Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the HolocaustSydney Taylor Honor Award in the Teen Readers Category
At
BildungsromanTUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2013 Linda Glaser, author of
Hannah’s WaySydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger Readers Category
At
This Messy Life Adam Gustavson, illustrator of
Hannah’s WaySydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Younger ReadersCategory
At
Here in HP Louise Borden, author of
His Name was Raoul WallenbergSydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Older Readers Category
At
Randomly Reading Deborah Heiligman, author of
IntentionsSydney Taylor Book Award winner in the Teen Readers Category
At
The Fourth Musketeer WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2013 Sheri Sinykin, author of
Zayde Comes to LiveSydney Taylor Honor Award in the Younger Readers Category
At
Read, Write, Repeat Kristina Swarner, illustrator of
Zayde Comes to LiveSydney Taylor Honor Award in the Younger Readers Category
At
Writing & IllustratingTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2013
Linda Leopold Strauss, author of
The Elijah DoorSydney Taylor Honor Award in the Older Readers Category
At
Pen and Prose Alexi Natchev, illustrator of
The Elijah DoorSydney Taylor Honor Award in the Older Readers Category
At
Madelyn Rosenberg’s Virtual Living Room FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013Blog Tour Wrap-Up at
The Whole Megillah
On this final day of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, awards committee member Barbara Krasner hosts a roundtable wrap-up at her blog, The Whole Megillah. Read responses from various winners, as if they were participating in a panel presentation at a conference! 
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Thanks for helping pull this all together!! What a great tour!