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The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)Author: Heidi Rabinowitz
The Book of Life is an interview-format podcast about Jewish kidlit, mostly, with occasional coverage of Jewish YA/adult books, music, film and web, established in December 2005. Host: Heidi Rabinowitz Sponsors: Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel of Boca Raton, Florida & the Association of Jewish Libraries Language: en Genres: Arts, Books, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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The Passover Pet Surprise
Saturday, 21 March, 2026
Click here for full SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Argentine author Ana María Shua has written over 100 books and is super famous in Latin America but The Passover Pet Surprise is her first Jewish children's book. As you'd expect from such an accomplished writer, it's a well told, heartwarming story with a hint of ambiguity, which works well during a holiday where we are commanded both to retell and to inquire! SHOW NOTES: Author Ana María Shua's website (in Spanish) Illustrator Ángeles Ruiz's website Buy The Passover Pet Surprise or La gran sorpresa de Pésaj Read Heidi's review of The Passover Pet Surprise on The Jewish Book Garden Tikkun Olam suggestion: support Magen David Adom CREDITS: Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sister podcast: Nice Jewish Books Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Newsletter: bookoflifepodcast.substack.com Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens Facebook Page: Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Instagram: @bookoflifepodcast Support the Podcast: Shop or Donate Your feedback is welcome! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.








