Press
Sydney Taylor Blog Tour: 100 Scope Notes, February 9, 2020
To kick off the blog tour, School Library Journal’s Travis Jonker interviewed Stacy Innerst and me for his blog 100 Scope Notes.
New York Times, December 5, 2019
This review of picture books about American heroes includes The Book Rescuer. Keep reading. It’s the last (but not the least) book reviewed.
Bridget and the Books, February 7, 2020
Fifth-grader Bridget asked some great questions in this interview about Breaking Through.
Smithsonian Magazine, December 2019
Reporter Clive Thompson interviewed me about the liberating impact of cycling on women in the 1890s for this Smithsonian article linking the rise of the bicycle with the current proliferation of scooters on city streets.
Tablet Magazine, December 4, 2019
The Book Rescuer gets a nice mention toward the end of this insightful piece, which also includes an analysis of the Yiddish roots of Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are.
Jewish Books for Kids, October 2, 2019
Barbara Bietz published one of my first interviews about The Book Rescuer on this blog post, found here.
School Library Journal, July 18, 2017
Librarian Karen Yingling’s interview appeared on the magazine’s website as well as in their print edition. It will be of particular interest to anyone who’s curious to see a picture of me as a middle grader.
The Hub, January 10, 2012
This article appeared on YALSA’s blog when my book, Wheels of Change, was a finalist for that organization’s 2012 Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults award.