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Monday, July 29 • 9:00am - 10:30am
The Sydney Taylor Shmooze: How to Run a Mock Sydney Taylor Award to Get Your Students Excited about Jewish Children's Books!

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Have you heard of a Mock Caldecott or a Mock Newbery? Many public and private school classes invite their students to vote on the books that might win these prestigious children's literature awards in any given year. But what about Jewish children's books? For those, we have the prestigious Sydney Taylor Award and an exciting new blog called The Sydney Taylor Shmooze. In this session you will learn how you can use the Sydney Taylor Shmooze as a resource to help you and your students run your own Mock Sydney Taylor Award!

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Susan Kusel

Susan Kusel has turned a life as a book lover into many careers as an author, librarian, and buyer for a bookstore. She has served on many book award committees including the Caldecott Medal and as the chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. She loves biking, cross-stitching and of... Read More →
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Brianna Caplan Sayres

Intergalactic Afikoman
Brianna is founder of Intergalactic Aikoman, a new publisher dedicated to creating out-of-this-world Jewish children's books. She is also a bestselling children's book author and editor. Brianna is proud to be a longtime Jewish educator. Currently, she teaches Kids Kehilla at Congregation... Read More →


Monday July 29, 2024 9:00am - 10:30am EDT
UNIV 2031

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