jewish authors and illustrators

jewish authors and illustrators

• Keats grew with Polish-Jewish immigrants. He has written and illustrated over 80 books
• "Snowy Day" was published during the civil rights movement to bring more represntation of Children of color in books. It was on eof the earliest popular books to show a balck protaganist without resorting to something mimicing
• The book is about a boy named Peter trying to make his snowballs last the next day.

• Sydney Taylor was raised by German-Jewish immigrants.
• When she became a parent she would tell stories about her childhood, which led to her book, "All-of-A-Kind-Family."
• "All-of-A-Kind-Family" was published in 1951 and was one of the first books to show Jewish American identity.
• It was about her and her 4 sisters exploring Manhattan and celebrating Jewish holidays

• Elie was born in Sighet and lived with his parents and younger sister. Elie and his family were deported and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau. His mother and sister died the first night, while his father died from starvation night bofore they were rescued.
• Elie took his experience in the Holocaust and inside the camps and decided to put it in his book, "Night".
• "Night" was about Elie's experience in the camps and his life during World War II. Elie had written "Night" after Noble-Prize winning Francois Mauriac pushed him to tell his story for the ones that were silenced.

• Saul Bellow's parents were immigrants from Russia. He was raised with Jewish culture and Yiddish
• One of his novels, "The adventures of Augie March" won the national book award for fiction
• he won a Noble Prize of literature in 1976 for his combining of culture in his books.

• Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden to Polish Jewish parents. He and his family immigrated to Queens, New York, where he studied cartooning.
• In high school he wood sell illustrations to "Long Island Post". He contributed to the art on chewing gum and trading cards.
• "Maus" was a comic strip, where he related the war time experiences of his parents, which were survivors of Auschuitz. Jews and Nazis were depicted a mice and cats.

Sydney taylor

Ezra jack keats

elie wiesel

Art spiegelman

saul bellow

1977

1958

1960s

1951

1976

jewish authors and illustrators

• Michael came from Middlesex, England and has written over 140 books
• Michael said, "I see myself as a poet and performer who has absorbed many traditions, one of which is 'aggadic' that of Jewish story telling". Michael performes many of his books as a attribution to Jewish heritage
• "We're Going on a Bear Hunt," is about a family going to catch a bear and dealing with many obstecles along the way. Helen Oxenbury illustrated it, and both believed it brought attraction to the book because of the "English way" pf painting.

• Newman first started writing poetry when she read Hop on Pop by Dr. Suess and had to move to Long Island.
• She has written over 75 books. Many of her books talk about being gay and Jewish and is inspiring to many.
• "Heather has Two Mommies," was one of the first children's books to talk about same sex marriage and paved the way for more representation in books.

• Sylvia's books were in Jewish schools and Jewish homes in the 90's and 2000's. She was a teacher and wanted her young students to connect with their Jewish heritage, so she created her, "Sammy Spider" series
• "Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah," invoived a protagonist that shared the same curiosity and behavior as her students.
• Sammy was in over 20 books in many languages. Sylvia is very glad that there is so many Jewish books how and that Sammy is many children's favorite.

• Sendak was born into a Polish Jewish family in Brooklyn. Many of his family had died in the Holocaust and he often would get sick and have to stay in bed. His hard life had sparked his creativity and inspired the messages of his stories.
• "Where the Wild Things Are" is about a little boy named Max being sent to his room without dinner where he escapes reality and meets the wild things.
• Sendak won the Calderott medal for his book and many still praise it.

• Judy grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey . She spent most of her life making up stories and has been writing for over fifty years and has written over 25 books.
• "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret,"is about Margaret exploring her religious identity while growing up in an interfaith family. It reflects Judy's own upbringing
• Her books have sold over 92 million copies in 40 different languages.

Maurice Sendak

Leslea newman

Sylvia Rouss

Judy Blume

michael rosen

1993

1989

1970

1963

1989

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