I grew up not far from where Sadie Rose Weilerstein lived (Atlantic City). I remember visiting her apartment. I adored those books as a young child. Thanks for keeping her memory alive.
Sad to hear that Jew-Hatred has now clawed its way into the world of Jewish writers and authors. I had no idea but of course nothing surprises me these days. Awful.
My Pesach reading plans include "The Lost" by Daniel Mendelsohn and "The Exodus You Almost Passed Over" by Rabbi David Forman (very timely title).
And yes, The Adventures of K'Ton Ton too! That book somehow skipped over my house growing up, but my husband spoke about it fondly and longingly for years since his childhood copy was long lost to time.
About five years ago we purchased two used copies online (an extra one in case one was relocated to a grandchild's bookshelf). And since then Jack has become the Sabba who reads K'Ton Ton stories to the grandchildren. It's now a holiday event in our family when we visit them for the Chagim. The writing is so charmingly old-fashioned. I can see why Jack adored those stories! And now our grandchildren love them too.
Thank you, Merri, for this list of resources. So many wonderful Jewish books and authors to discover and support! As a Jewish author myself who is closely following this ugly trend of cancelling Jewish authors, your call to action is so important and much appreciated.
I grew up not far from where Sadie Rose Weilerstein lived (Atlantic City). I remember visiting her apartment. I adored those books as a young child. Thanks for keeping her memory alive.
This is so great and should be a yearly tradition for sure!
Yay for Jewish books!
Sad to hear that Jew-Hatred has now clawed its way into the world of Jewish writers and authors. I had no idea but of course nothing surprises me these days. Awful.
My Pesach reading plans include "The Lost" by Daniel Mendelsohn and "The Exodus You Almost Passed Over" by Rabbi David Forman (very timely title).
And yes, The Adventures of K'Ton Ton too! That book somehow skipped over my house growing up, but my husband spoke about it fondly and longingly for years since his childhood copy was long lost to time.
About five years ago we purchased two used copies online (an extra one in case one was relocated to a grandchild's bookshelf). And since then Jack has become the Sabba who reads K'Ton Ton stories to the grandchildren. It's now a holiday event in our family when we visit them for the Chagim. The writing is so charmingly old-fashioned. I can see why Jack adored those stories! And now our grandchildren love them too.
Thank you, Merri, for this list of resources. So many wonderful Jewish books and authors to discover and support! As a Jewish author myself who is closely following this ugly trend of cancelling Jewish authors, your call to action is so important and much appreciated.
Thank you for the mention, Merri!
Thank you, Merri! What a wonderful list of resources and I’m honored to be included!
K’ton ton was my favorite book as a child. Still have my well worn copy.