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My books, Bandit (Marshall Cavendish 2008), Bandit's Surprise (Marshall Cavendish 2010), and Ferret Fun (Marshall Cavendish 2011) all received starred reviews in School Library Journal; Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo (Dial 2004) and Bandit were both International Reading Association Children's Book Council Children's Choices Award recipients; three of my books, Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo (in 2005), Bandit (in 2009), and Ferret Fun (in 2012) were all chosen for the "100 Best Children's Books" in the Bureau of Education and Research's Best of the Year Handbook. Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo and Ferret Fun were nominated for the Missouri Show Me Award; Bandit was nominated for the South Carolina Book Award; and Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doo My books, Bandit (Marshall Cavendish 2008), Bandit's Surprise (Marshall Cavendish 2010), and Ferret Fun (Marshall Cavendish 2011) all received starred reviews in School Library Journal; Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo (Dial 2004) and Bandit were both International Reading Association Children's Book Council Children's Choices Award recipients; three of my books, Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo (in 2005), Bandit (in 2009), and Ferret Fun (in 2012) were all chosen for the "100 Best Children's Books" in the Bureau of Education and Research's Best of the Year Handbook. Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo and Ferret Fun were nominated for the Missouri Show Me Award; Bandit was nominated for the South Carolina Book Award; and Rooster Can't Cock-a-Doodle-Doo was a Dollywood Foundation selection two years in a row (in 2007 the Dollywood Foundation bought 73,579 copies and in 2008 it bought 88,996 copies). Tea Time, my first board book, was published by Marshall Cavendish in 2010, Foodfright, my first novelty book, was published by PSS in 2003, and Ferret Fun in the Sun was published by Two Lions in May of 2015. (It was a Marshall Cavendish title when Margery Cuyler first acquired it.) Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match was published by Behrman House in August of 2015, and it became a National Jewish Book Award Finalist! In 2017, two of my books were published by Apples and Honey Press, a division of Behrman House: The Family and Frog Haggadah and Maddie the Mitzvah Clown. Maddie the Mitzvah Clown became a PJ Library selection and went out to over 21,000 Jewish children in the US and Canada in July 2017. My latest books, Happy Birthday for the Trees, (KarBen) and A Crowded Farmhouse Folktale (Whitman) will both be out in 2020!

I am a member of SCBWI and I have twice co-chaired the Rutgers University Council on Children's Literature's One-on-One Conference.
And, I'm one of the co-founders of The Book Meshuggenahs.

I'm also a published humorist. My first humor book, “The Unofficial College Survival Guide,” was published in 1992 by Great Quotations. My second book, “Remote Controls Are Better Than Women Because. . . ,” was published by Longstreet Press in 1993, and my third book, “Telephones Are Better Than Men Because. . . ,” also published by Longstreet Press, came out in 1996. My fourth humor book, “If Men Had Babies. . .,” was published by CCC Publications, LLC in 2001.

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	Ferret Fun by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Paul Rátz de Tagyos (Illustrator) 3.48 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Bandit by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Vincent Nguyen (Illustrator) 3.39 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 2008 — 5 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
	A Crowded Farmhouse Folktale by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Kristina Swarner (Illustrations) 4.33 avg rating — 61 ratings — 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
	Bandit's Surprise by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Vincent Nguyen (Illustrator) 3.38 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2010 — 7 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
	Don't Invite a Bear Inside for Hanukkah by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Carles Arbat (Illustrator) 4.15 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2024	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
	Ferret Fun in the Sun by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Paul Rátz de Tagyos (Illustrations) 3.53 avg rating — 57 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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
	Tea Time by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Viviana Garófoli (Illustrator) 3.95 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2010 — 4 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
	Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match 4.18 avg rating — 17 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
	Maddie the Mitzvah Clown by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Christine Grove (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017	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
	Happy Birthday, Trees! by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Goodreads Author), Holly Sterling (Illustrations) 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — 6 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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Soooo, they say, "Write what you know."
I was verbally bullied from 4th grade all the way until 8th grade by a boy that lived near me in Pompton Lakes, NJ. (I don't even know if my friends from Pompton Lakes know who it is.) Every day on the way to and from school he would tease me. I still remember his name and I still remember everything that he said to me. But at least he didn't bother me once I Read more of this blog post »

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