SHOW NOTES: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/november-throwback-jewish-book-month.html"> https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/11/november-throwback-jewish-book-month.html</a> TRANSCRIPT: <a href= "https://otter.ai/u/sEuzJ-GYxRIHREm5DRtY94hYkFI?utm_source=copy_url"> https://otter.ai/u/sEuzJ-GYxRIHREm5DRtY94hYkFI?utm_source=copy_url</a> Continuing the celebration of my 20th year of podcasting, I've got another archival episode for you from 2006, about Jewish Book Month. In the early days of The Book of Life I usually had multiple guests in each episode, and this one includes four: <ul> <li>Folklorist Howard Schwartz, talking about his picture book Before You Were Born, which had just won the Koret Award | <a href= "https://www.umsl.edu/~schwartzh/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Website of Howard Schwartz z"l</a> | Buy <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Before-Were-Born-Howard-Schwartz/dp/1596430281/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1652UVWB4LCY3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.PRlo_z1qxtm1mI2H7gsK4I-YyciHtSAtuOD3zijLVqM.i3uRqxX7xfsFOU1X4yS9CUjte-uPNGxuQxay83uLLk4&dib_tag=se&keywords=before+you+were+born+howard+schwartz&qid=1760978884&s=books&sprefix=before+you+were+born+howard+schwartz%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Before You Were Born</a> </li> <li>Carolyn Starman Hessel, longtime director of the Jewish Book Council, whose nickname was "the Jewish Oprah" | <a href= "https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Jewish Book Council</a> </li> <li>Esme Raji Codell, author of one of my favorites middle-grade novels Vive La Paris | <a href="https://www.planetesme.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Website of Esme Raji Codell</a> | Buy <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Vive-la-Paris/dp/B001FVJHOS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2F46N4GGI31ZA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.iCtJIX-YIRC9k38wGjRlCUe_zfyVszTWFfUJ3iqtfVbGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.ERslVCrrKA5KGesPfw3kH9q3X72X3hn4g8YYhbWTKb8&dib_tag=se&keywords=vive+la+paris+esme+codell&qid=1760978951&s=books&sprefix=vive+la+paris+esme+codell%2Cstripbooks%2C128&sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Vive la Paris</a> </li> <li>David Levithan, author of the 2004 young adult novel Wide Awake, which was reissued as Wide Awake Now in 2024 because its themes of politics and protest are more relevant than ever | <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Levithan" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">David Levithan on Wikipedia</a> | Buy <a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9780593706978" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow">Wide Awake Now</a></li> </ul> I'm celebrating Jewish Book Month by participating in the Jewish Book Council's "Share Your Shelf, Share Your Story" project. I will post a photo on social media each day of Jewish Book Month, November 13 through December 13, 2025, showing a Jewish book from my personal collection with a comment about why the book is special to me. See <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Bookoflifepodcast">Facebook</a> or <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bookoflifepodcast/">Instagram</a>. CREDITS: <ul> <li>Produced by <a href="https://login.cbiboca.org/fcl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Feldman Children's Library</a> at <a href="https://www.cbiboca.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Congregation B'nai Israel</a></li> <li>Co-sponsored by the <a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/">Association of Jewish Libraries</a></li> <li>Sister podcast: <a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbooks/">Nice Jewish Books</a></li> <li>Theme Music: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2006/01/book-of-life-on-book-awards-january.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band</a></li> <li>Newsletter: <a href= "https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">bookoflifepodcast.substack.com</a></li> <li>Facebook Discussion Group: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishKidlitMavens" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jewish Kidlit Mavens</a></li> <li>Facebook Page: <a href= "https://www.facebook.com/Bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">@bookoflifepodcast</a></li> <li>Support the Podcast: <a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/p/support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Shop or Donate</a></li> </ul> Your feedback is welcome! Please write to <a href= "mailto:bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com">bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com</a> or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.

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