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Thank you, Brighton Library, for hosting the PJ Library Storytime, featuring Call Me Gebyanesh (2/22/2026)
Thank you St. Thomas School in Seattle, WA for graciously hosting me on Zoom to kick off their Black History unit and Black History Museum (1/28/26)
What a joy it was to share Call Me Gebyanesh with children and families at the beautiful Mendon Public Library in celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day! On January 19, 2026, I joined young readers in the Jacobs Family Reading Room for a special story time. It was a perfect fit for the spirit of the day!
A heartfelt thank-you to Lilith magazine for featuring Call Me Gebyanesh in their roundup of Feminist Books for Young Readers in the Fall 2025 issue - what a meaningful recognition!
I was honored to be a panelist at the annual NYS Reading Association Conference in Buffalo with four other authors whose books on Social-Emotional Learning have tie-ins to curriculum (11/11/25)
Rochester Area Children's Writers and Books longstanding "Festival To Go" program brought RACWI authors into classrooms across the Rochester City School District. I had the pleasure of presenting Call Me Gebyanesh to two classes at School 4 - and every child went home with a signed copy! (10/29/2025)
I'm so honored that my book, Call Me Gebyanesh, co-authored with Gebyanesh Addisu, is going out to Jewish families with 8-year-olds in a PJ Library edition this month (10/4/2025)
See my recent review of this lovely board book for your youngest “readers” at the Sydney Taylor Shmooze blog (9/28/2025)
and see my past Shmooze reviews
I'm grateful for the wonderful review in the Sydney Taylor Shmooze blog on August 19, 2025, by fellow children's author, Lisa Trank (8/19/25)
Thank you to Author and Blogger Tara Lazar, for including me in her blog (8/12/2025)
Storybook time at Barnes & Noble, Rochester, NY (6/7/25)
Thank you to Leslea Newman for including Call Me Gebyanesh in a short list of new Jewish books she loves. Read or listen to her interview with Heidi Rabinowitz (5/12/25)
A Book Birthday Celebration with Vivian Kirkfield (4/28/25).
Read about it in Vivian’s Blog!
Grateful for the “Highly Recommended” review by the Jewish Book Council (4/7/2025)
Sharing Gebby’s story with Temple Sinai
third and fourth graders (3/30/2025).
Read about it in Sinai's spring 2025 bulletin
