The novelist rushed to complete the book, which is dedicated to Sifriyat Pijama, the Israeli branch of PJ Library

Exhibition about children's book illustrator Tzila Binder hints at her relationship with lover Natan Alterman, the poet currently commemorated in a year-long Tel Aviv celebration

Memoir by former UK Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen shows young readers effects of the Shoah in a way that relates to current plight of refugees

As gifts or just an excuse to smell your kids' heads and share a story, these children's titles are sure to please young and old for all eight nights

When a girl who doesn't stand up for her classmate ends up getting rescued by him, she, along with readers young and old, learns an important lesson about kindness and empathy

Released October 15, 'Goodnight Bubbala' is an energetic homage to the kids' classic that mixes culture, family, positive values, and the mamaloshen in true Jewish style

Highland Park Public Library's board of trustees cite safety and crowd control, promising to reschedule meeting as well as parallel program celebrating 'I is for Israel'

British writer, best known for 'The Tiger Who Came to Tea,' fled Nazi Germany with her family at age 10, was awarded OBE for services to children’s literature, Holocaust education

Critics say children’s alphabet book promoting Palestinian nationalism glorifies 'intifada,' which to Israelis has meant terror attacks and violence