Born in Philadelphia, Leslie Kimmelman attended Middlebury College. She is an author and editor of children’s books, many of which deal with Jewish subjects. Among other honors, Kimmelman received the 2000 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Young Readers award for her book, Dance, Sing, Remember.
Brooklyn-born Paul Yalowitz is an illustrator and author. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the School of Visual Arts and a Master of Fine Arts from The University of Hartford. He has illustrated thirteen children’s books and is now writing and illustrating his own stories. Yalowitz teaches illustration at Framingham State University in Massachusetts.
Do not mock me for singing songs of lust now that I have grown old. Does not the ember glow beneath the ashes? So is my heart awake within me even when I sleep. It is on fire for love of my partner; I…
Incline your ear and listen to the words of the sages;Pay attention to my wisdom.It is good that you store them inside you,And that all of them be constantly on your lips,That you may…
1. The lives and times of Oedipus and Elektra
began with bloodgrim lust and dark carnality
but I was born next to the Neilson’s factory
where every piece is different, and that’s how I got
my…