The best books for kids can be in your device, instead of on your shelf I love physical books and magazines, especially on the beach or by the pool. There are instances, however, when my kindle and my iPad beat paper hands down. One is when I am on the go. The other is when [...]
Holly M. McGhee is the author of six books written under her pen name, Hallie Durand. Her three energetic and exciting picture books are Catch that Cookie!, Mitchell Goes Bowling, and Mitchell’s License. Her three chapter books, Dessert First, Just Desserts, and No Room for Dessert, are for kids in the 2-5 grade reading [...]
The world of ballet is filled with fairy tales. Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake, The Red Shoes,and Hansel and Gretel are just a few fairy tales that have been told through dance. Peggy Finlayson, a former dancer, is hard pressed to choose her favorite fairy tale. “Tchaikovsky’s music for Sleeping Beauty is gorgeous,” she said. [...]
Rachel Fisher is a documentary filmmaker whose most recent film, co-produced with Rachel Pasternak, is Joachim Prinz: I Shall Not Be Silent, an official selection at four prestigious international film festivals. Rabbi Prinz’s story of lifelong activism, first for Jews in Germany, and later for African Americans in the United States, has many elements of [...]
