An Interview with Sarah Aroeste
Fun Ways to Eat Matzah this Passover
It gets a little boring eating matzah for eight days straight. One of the fun things about Passover is finding those creative ways to eat all the matzah we buy.
Miriam at the River Blog #4: Miriam's Water
Miriam at the River Blog #3: Miriam to Moses
I am the older sister, of a boy four years younger. My
brother Steven. Steve. Stevie. Steve Yolen who lives in Brazil.
So the story of Miriam resonates for me--that oldest sister, a seeress/author, a musician, a leader of her people who both works for and sometimes defies the Lord.
...Miriam at the River Blog #2: Miriam at the River
Miriam at the River Blog #1: Miriam Weeps
Quite a few readers notice that the majority of my picture
books read like poems. Even if they don’t rhyme. They use all the
trappings of poetry: lyricism, metaphor, simile, rhythm, internal rhymes, alliteration,
etc.
This is not happenstance nor mere chance. I wrote my first
poem (rhymed though not particularly well rhymed) in first grade. (I was kindergarten age but as I had been reading
since three years old, my parents and teachers decided I should be skipped
ahead.
Meet Jessica Hickman, Author of her Debut Children’s Book "Alligator Seder"
Could You Save this Cat?
Who said that?
I stood on my sister-in-law’s porch in the southern Israeli suburb of Omer, trying to find the culprit. The streets there are filled with strays—multicolored calicos, black-and-white tuxedos, even fancy longhairs—but they’d all run away when I got close. This one sounded like it was calling to me. I searched until I found it. High in a tree, overlooking a construction site next door, was a tiny, orange kitten.
“Come!” I said. “I have food.”
The kitten climbed down and raced straight to me!...
5 Ways Cats Show Affection
Cats are very communicative animals with many different ways to show a person how they are feeling. From meowing or purring to flicking of the ear or tail, cats will let you know what they need or how they feel about you. Here are five of the ways a cat displays affection towards a human.