<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/bookoflifepodcast/p/podcast-the-keeper-of-stories?r=16b2w9&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Click here for full SHOW NOTES &amp; TRANSCRIPT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="//assets.libsyn.com/show/98532/Keeper_of_stories.png" alt="" width="367" height="367" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;Welcome to the 17th annual &lt;strong&gt;Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour&lt;/strong&gt;, taking place February 9-12, 2026. I am participating in the Blog Tour by interviewing Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Selina Alko, author and illustrator of &lt;em&gt;The Keeper of Stories&lt;/em&gt;, which was a Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book category.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p data-pm-slice="1 1 []"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SHOW NOTES:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://open.substack.com/pub/jewishbookgarden/p/the-2026-sydney-taylor-book-award-dac?r=5ax1gd&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Here's the schedule for the 2026 Blog Tour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/p/archive-sydney-taylor-book-award-blog.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Here's the archive of all past blog tours, beginning in 2009&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Caroline Kusin Prichard's &lt;a href= "https://carolinekusinpritchard.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/carolinepritchardwrites/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Selina Alko's &lt;a href="https://www.selinaalko.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/selinaalko/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Buy &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781665914970" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Keeper of Stories&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9781368110655" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Day the Books Disappeared&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;,&lt;/em&gt; &lt;a href= "https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9798888596487" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;The Remembering Candle&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href="https://bookshop.org/a/2507/9780316570633" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Otherwise Known as Judy the Great&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Article in PEN America about censoring censorship, "&lt;a href= "https://pen.org/dont-mention-it" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Don't Mention It&lt;/a&gt;"&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DT0RaFpCYz_/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Video by Adam Gidwitz on the value of school visits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2008/04/passover-internationale.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Geraldine Brooks, &lt;em&gt;The People of the Book&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, on The Book of Life in 2008&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Caroline's podcast, &lt;a href= "https://kidlithappyhour.podbean.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer nofollow"&gt;Kidlit Happy Hour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Produced by &lt;a href="https://login.cbiboca.org/fcl" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Feldman Children's Library&lt;/a&gt; at &lt;a href="https://www.cbiboca.org/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Congregation B'nai Israel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Co-sponsored by the &lt;a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/"&gt;Association of Jewish Libraries&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Sister podcast: &lt;a href= "https://jewishlibraries.org/nicejewishbooks/"&gt;Nice Jewish Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Theme Music: &lt;a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2006/01/book-of-life-on-book-awards-january.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Newsletter: &lt;a href= "https://bookoflifepodcast.substack.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;bookoflifepodcast.substack.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Facebook Discussion Group: &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/groups/JewishKidlitMavens" target= "_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Jewish Kidlit Mavens&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Facebook Page: &lt;a href= "https://www.facebook.com/Bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Instagram: &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/bookoflifepodcast/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener"&gt;@bookoflifepodcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Support the Podcast: &lt;a href= "https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/p/support.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Shop or Donate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Your feedback is welcome! Please write to &lt;a href= "mailto:bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com"&gt;bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com&lt;/a&gt; or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)

Heidi Rabinowitz

The Keeper of Stories

FEB 9, 202641 MIN
The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)

The Keeper of Stories

FEB 9, 202641 MIN

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Click here for full SHOW NOTES & TRANSCRIPT Welcome to the 17th annual Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, taking place February 9-12, 2026. I am participating in the Blog Tour by interviewing Caroline Kusin Pritchard and Selina Alko, author and illustrator of The Keeper of Stories, which was a Sydney Taylor Honor Book in the Picture Book category. SHOW NOTES: Here's the schedule for the 2026 Blog Tour Here's the archive of all past blog tours, beginning in 2009 Caroline Kusin Prichard's website and Instagram Selina Alko's website and Instagram Buy The Keeper of Stories, The Day the Books Disappeared, The Remembering Candle, and Otherwise Known as Judy the Great Article in PEN America about censoring censorship, "Don't Mention It" Video by Adam Gidwitz on the value of school visits Geraldine Brooks, The People of the Book, on The Book of Life in 2008 Caroline's podcast, Kidlit Happy Hour CREDITS: Produced by Feldman Children's Library at Congregation B'nai Israel Co-sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries Sister podcast: Nice Jewish Books Theme Music: The Freilachmakers Klezmer String Band Newsletter: bookoflifepodcast.substack.com Facebook Discussion Group: Jewish Kidlit Mavens Facebook Page: Facebook.com/bookoflifepodcast Instagram: @bookoflifepodcast Support the Podcast: Shop or Donate Your feedback is welcome! Please write to [email protected] or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473. Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.