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MARCIA W. POSNER
Jewish Juvenile Books
1990-1991
A
b r a m s
, J
u d i t h
Z.
Selichot; Rosh Hashanah; Yom Kippur.
Illus. by Kath
erine Janus Kahn. Rockville, MD: Kar-Ben, 1990. 32 p. each (4-8)
Three creative services for young children and their families,
with songs, stories, responsive and group readings. Descriptive il
lustrations. Package o f three services, cassette and leader’s guide
is available.
A
c k e r m a n
, K
a r e n
.
Just like Max.
Illus. by George Schmidt. New York:
Knopf, 1990. unp. (4-8)
A sensitive story about how when great-uncle Max, the tailor,
has a stroke and can no longer sew, his great-nephew Aaron be
comes his “hands” and they develop a special relationship, rescuing
Max from his depression.
B
a c k m a n
, A
i d e l
.
One night, one Hanukkah night.
Illus. by the author.
Phila.: Jewish Publication Society, 1990. unp. (3-8)
A Hanukkah counting book with ebullient watercolor illustra
tions that includes the daily lighting o f the great silver menorah
and the singing o f holiday songs and portrays, on facing pages,
the passing on o f a tradition from one generation to another.
B
a r r i e
, B
a r b a r a
.
Lone star.
NY: Delacorte, 1990. 182 p. (10-14)
Moving from Chicago to Corpus Christi, Texas, in 1944, a young
Jewish girl copes with her parents’ marital and economic problems
and adopts a more assimilated lifestyle — in particular, the ob
servance o f Christmas, which infuriates her Orthodox grandfather
who comes to visit.
B
e r n s t e i n
, J
o a n n e
and
R
o s e
B
l u e
.
Judith Resnik: Challenger astronaut.
Dutton/Lodestar, 1990. (10-14)
In addition to Judith Resnick’s accomplishments and training,
and, o f course, the Challenger disaster, the authors detail her pri
vate family life including her attendance in Hebrew School and
her Bat Mitzvah and confirmation, although Resnick did not par
ticularly identity herself as a Jew.
B
u r s t e i n
, C
h a y a
M.
The Hebrew prophets: a story workbook.
Illus. by the
author. NY: UAHC, 1990. 80 p. (9-12)
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