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Rebecca Klempner

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Rebecca Klempner lives & works in sunny Southern California. Her first book was A Dozen Daisies for Raizy, followed by Mazal's Luck Runs Out, Sliding Doors and other stories, Glixman in a Fix, and Adina at Her Best. Her essays and short stories have appeared in HaModia, Binah, Binyan, Mishpacha Junior, The Jewish Press, & Ami, & on the websites The Wisdom Daily, Tablet, Aish.com, Jew in the City, & Kveller. Check out her author site here. ...more

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An Unexpected Award

Last week, I was shocked to learn that Shirley Waisman and I won a Golden Duck Notable award from Core for HOW TO WELCOME AN ALIEN! It’s for excellence in sci-fi kidlit. Before I learned I’d won it, I had no idea this award even existed, but it gives me particular pleasure because while the book got some attention as a Jewish book, I think of it as a sci-fi book, as well.

Apparently, Core is the na

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	How to Welcome an Alien by Rebecca Klempner (Goodreads Author), Shirley Waisman (Illustrator) 3.81 avg rating — 43 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Adina at Her Best 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dozen Daisies for Raizy by Rebecca Klempner (Goodreads Author), Chava (Illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sliding Doors liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Koroghlu the Hero by Darya Hodaei, Rebecca Klempner (Goodreads Author) (editor), Mahsa Hasanpour (illustrator) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Jirtdan's Halloween: Jirtdanoween Book for Kids by Darya Hodaei, Rebecca Klempner (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Laura and Carlos Garcia must flee with their daughters from the Dominican Republic when they become entangled in a plot to overthrow the dictatorship running the country. Settling in the US, the girls struggle to maintain their pride in being Dominic ...more
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“God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road.”
― Isak Dinesen

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“The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes. ”
― Agatha Christie

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“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera

tags: birth, identity, life, self

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