Dec 1, 2025
SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-hanukkah-classic-crossover-with-fuse.html
TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/2QqWmvmeK1xGjP9AmSJelGqNVCg?utm_source=copy_url
Fuse 8 n’ Kate is a weekly podcast hosted by School Library Journal, in which super-librarian Betsy Bird and her sister Kate evaluate 20+ year old picture books to decide whether they should be considered classics. Since The Book of Life is 20 years old (and hopefully a classic), I asked Betsy and Kate to collaborate on a Hanukkah episode! We did a joint episode that will appear on both our feeds, interviewed each other, and talked about The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Nancy Cote, published in 1997. Did we decide it was a classic? Listen and find out!
LEARN MORE:
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Linda Glaser on The Book of Life in 2006 (Bridge to America) and 2014 (Hannah’s Way)
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Betsy’s 2025 recommended reading throughout December: 31 Days, 31 Lists
- Heidi's "Share Your Shelf, Share Your Story" Jewish Book Month posts on
HANUKKAH TREATS:
- Miniature book about the podcast
-- print and fold! folding instructions here
- Book of Life 20th Anniversary Merch -- sales benefit the Association of Jewish Libraries!
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
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