Tag Archives: Hanukkah

New Lights on Hanukkah

Posted on November 20, 2020 by rosinskynatalie

Do your spirits need a lift? In this time of raging COVID-19 and President Trump’s outrageous behavior towards President-elect Biden, my heart has been gladdened by picture books casting new light upon Hanukkah. One of these charming works is particularly … Continue reading →

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Get Sets for the Holidays!

Posted on December 1, 2019 by rosinskynatalie

Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa—whichever winter holidays you celebrate, sets of graphic books make great, generous gifts for young readers. Tweens in particular can take delight this holiday season not only in some sets already packaged by publishers but also … Continue reading →

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States of Mind

Posted on December 1, 2017 by rosinskynatalie

What is your state of mind right now? Festive . . . as you think of upcoming winter holidays? Fearful . . . as you contemplate current political events and crises? Or are you calm and content because you enjoy … Continue reading →

Posted in biographies, picture books | Tagged Ana Juan, Andrew Standing Soldier, Ann Nolan Clark, architect, artist biography, Christmas, Duncan Tonitiuh, Eve Chwast, Frida, Frida Kahlo, Frida Kahlo and Her Animalitos, Funny Bones: Posada and His Day of the Dead Calaveras, George Lawrence, Georgia O'Keefe, Grandma's Latkes, Hanukkah, Jeanette Winters, John Parra, Jonah Winters, Malka Drucker, Monica Brown, My Name is Georgia: A Portrait, Native American picture books, Native American Picture Books of Change, New Mexico, painter, Rebecca C. Benes, Rosemary Zibart, The Hen of Wahpeton, The Night of Las Posadas, The Slim Butte Raccoon, The World is Not a Rectangle: A Portrait of Architect Zaha Hadid, Tomie de Paola, True Brit--Beatrice 1940, winter holidays, Zaha Hadid | Leave a comment

More or Less Grimm

Posted on December 1, 2016 by rosinskynatalie

Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Winter Solstice, and other festive occasions . . . . Two recent, compelling fairy tale volumes would make excellent gifts this holiday season. Matt Phelan’s Snow White: A Graphic Novel (2016) and Shaun Tan’s The Singing Bones … Continue reading →

Posted in graphic novels, picture books, sculpture, Uncategorized | Tagged 1920s, 1930s, Adelita, Christmas, Cinderella, Depression era, Ed Young, fairy tales, Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, Grimms' Fairy Tales, Hansel and Gretel, Hanukkah, holiday gifts, Inari Kiuru, Inuit art, Jack Zipes, Jacob Grimm, John Steptoe, Kwanzaa, Little Red Cap, Lon Po Po, Matt Dembicki, Matt Phelan, Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters, Neil Gaiman, New York City, papier-mache, Philip Pullman, photographs, photography, pre-Columbian art, sculpture, Shaun Tan, Snow White: A Graphic Novel, the brothers Grimm, The Singing Bones, three-dimensional art, Tomie de Paola, Wilhelm Grimm, Winter Solstice | Leave a comment

Diversity: The December Dilemma and Beyond

Posted on December 3, 2015 by rosinskynatalie

The month of December has long foregrounded issues of diversity in multicultural countries. As Christmas approaches in predominantly Christian countries, how do we acknowledge the presence and holidays of other religious groups? Some non-Christian parents even call the problems raised … Continue reading →

Posted in comics, graphic novels, picture books, Uncategorized | Tagged A Fine Dessert, Adrian Alphonsa, Adrian Wallace, Akiko Shimojima, Amazing Spiderman, Barry Deutsch, Beautiful Yetta's Hanukkah Kitten, Beautiful Yetta: The Yiddish Chicken, Buddhist, burqua, Chasidic Jews, Christians, Christmas, Cold Mountain: The Legend of Han Shan and Shih Te, comic books, controversy, Daniel Pinkwater, December dilemma, diversity, E.B. White, Emily Jenkins, Footnotes in Gaza, G. Willow Wilson, graphic novel, Hanukkah, Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish, Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword, Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite, hijab, historical events, holidays, Islam, Islamic terrorist attacks, Israel, Israel's independence, J.P. Seaton, Jake Richmond, Jews, Jill PInkwater, Joan Sfar, Joe Sacco, Kamala Khan, Kelly Starling Lyons, Ms. Marvel Volume 4: Last Days, Ms. Marvel: Crushed, Ms. Marvel: Generation Why, Ms. Marvel: No Normal, multicultural countries, Muslims, Na'ima B Robert, Pakistanti-American, Palestine, Paris, picture book, Ramadan, Ramadan Moon, Sean Michael Wilson, Shirin Adl, slavery, Sophie Blackhall, Spanish, superhero, Tea Cakes for Tosh, teen, terrorist recruiters, the Catastrophe, The Rabbi's Cat, ultra-Orthodox, Yiddish, Zen Buddhism | Leave a comment

Re-Gifting? Classic Novels and Plays Gone Graphic

Posted on December 1, 2014 by rosinskynatalie

“Re-gifting” is the joking term for re-wrapped presents—those little-used or unwanted items that are sometimes conveniently handy as last-minute choices to give to someone else. When classic novels and plays are re-packaged, so to speak, as graphic novels by publishers, … Continue reading →

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