NPR Names Shlemiel Crooks Recommended Holiday Book
Noted children’s book reviewer Daniel Pinkwater called NewSouth’s Shlemiel Crooks “a hilarious book” during NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday on December 16, 2006. In a conversation with NPR’s Scott Simon, Pinkwater included Shlemiel Crooks as one of only seven of his recommended 2006 holiday books. Listen to the full segment at NPR.org …
Upcoming Engagements with Shlemiel Crooks author Anna Olswanger
Anna Olswanger, author of NewSouth’s award-winning Shlemiel Crooks, will be participating in a number of signing engagements throughout November and December. Shlemiel Crooks makes an excellent holiday present, so be sure to stop by and get a copy signed …
Memphis Remembers Father of Shlemiel Crooks Author
The “Memphis Memories” section of the Memphis, Tennessee, Commercial Appeal remembered Berl Olswanger on October 12, 2006, twenty-five years after Olswanger’s death; he was the father of Shlemiel Crooks author Anna Olswanger …
Shlemiel Crooks Named Koret International Jewish Book Award Finalist
The Koret International Jewish Book Awards today named Shlemiel Crooks as one of three finalists in the BabagaNewz Children’s Literature category. Shlemiel Crooks, a whimsical Yiddish-inflected retelling of the Passover story, set in 1919 St. Louis, also received the Association of Jewish Libraries 2006 Sydney Taylor Honor Award earlier this year …
Shlemiel Crooks Author Announces Jewish Book Conference
Anna Olswanger, NewSouth author of Shlemiel Crooks is coordinating the Eighth Annual Jewish Children’s Book Writers’ Conference on Sunday, November 19 in New York …