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Congratulations, Steve!
Congratulations, Steve!
Impossible Escape: A True Story Of Survival and Heroism In Nazi Europe has won the Sydney Taylor Book Award!
The Sydney Taylor Book Award is presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries since 1968, the award encourages the publication and widespread use of quality Judaic literature.
Steve Sheinkin's
Steve Sheinkin's
Author Fan Face-off
Author Fan Face-off
District 65 had the pleasure of welcoming author Steve Sheinkin to speak at our middle schools in 2016 as part of an all-district author visit. He is the author of amazing works of nonfiction Bomb: The Race To Build--And Steal--The World's Most Dangerous Weapon, Born To Fly: The First Women's Air Race Across America, Lincoln's Grave Robbers and The Port Chicago 50: Disaster, Mutiny and the Fight For Civil Rights.
Along with his co-host, K-6 school librarian Stacey Rattner, Steve present Author Fan Face-off, a video series in which each episode, one famous author and one student/fan go head-to-head on 10 trivia questions from one of the author’s best loved books. On his YouTube channel, Steve describes AFF as "a middle-grade book game show, a booktube showdown, a book-lovers zoom challenge for the pandemic era!" Enjoy!
Steve's Schedule Of Events
August 29, 2024
Clues, Codes & Cold Cases: a virtual event with James Ponti, Jasmine Warga, Ruta Sepetys & Steve, hosted by Cover to Cover books. For more information and to register, click here.
October 8, 2024
The Bletchley Riddle book makes its debut!
October 17, 2024 Glenview, IL (in person visit)
Click the link to register: Attea Middle School with The Book Stall, 6:30 pm
From creator and co-host to contestant...here's Steve Sheinkin!!
From creator and co-host to contestant...here's Steve Sheinkin!!
Born in Germany because his dad was in the army, living and teaching for years in Egypt and settling in Washington (in the NW of the USA) assures us that Dan Gemeinhart knows a lot about traveling! Join Dan, Coyote, her dad, Rodeo and this super fan on AFF!
Check out this Author Fan Face-off session: author Nic Stone (Dear Martin and Dear Justyce) is facing off against a fan, battling to see who knows more about her book Clean Getaway!
Watch author Kenneth Oppel face off with a fan to see who knows more about his book, Inkling. Here's a little background on the book:
The Rylance family is stuck. Dad's got writer's block. Ethan promised to illustrate a group project at school—even though he can't draw. Sarah's still pining for a puppy. And they all miss Mom.
Enter Inkling. Inkling begins life in Mr. Rylance's sketchbook. But one night the ink of his drawings runs together—and then leaps off the page! This small burst of creativity is about to change everything.
The Face-off above is between author Ruth Behar and Annika, a fan from Virginia. They are challenging each other see who knows more about Behar's coming-of-age account, Lucky Broken Girl which was a 2018 Pure Belpre medal winner.
Lucky Broken Girl speaks to the diversity of the Latinx experience as it tells us Ruth as a child of Polish and Russian Jewish heritage whose family immigrated to Cuba in the 1920s. She like other European Jews grew up speaking Spanish and adopting Cuban culture as their own. Her family, along with other middle and upper class Cubans, left for America during the height of Fidel Castro's regime.
To learn more about Jewish experiences and connections to Cuba, read LBG and Letters From Cuba by Ruth Behar.
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