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Read Me a Story, Ink"Who Owns the Moon?" by Sonia LevitinFarmers Abel, Nagel and Zeke could argue about anything, and did. But when they started to argue about which of them owned the moon, their wives said enough was enough and demanded they go into town and talk to the Teacher who settled their argument in a very clever fashion2023-06-0808 minRead Me a Story, Ink"All the Cats in the World" by Sonia LevitinOld Mikila came each day to feed the wild cats at the base of the light house, all the while ignoring the teasing of the lighthouse keeper. But when she fell sick, it was the very same keeper who fed her beloved cats thus starting a friendship that brought warmth to their aged lives.2022-03-2010 min
Our Mothers OurselvesHelene Goldstein Wolff, who saved her children from the Nazis. A conversation with Sonia LevitinSonia Levitin was born to a Jewish family in Berlin in 1934, just as Germany was entering its darkest period in history. With Hitler tightening his grip on the country, Sonia's mother, Helene Goldstein Wolff, plotted their escape. In 1938, Helene fled with her children first to Switzerland, then America. Helene instilled in her daughters a sense of dignity and the courage to persevere—lessons that have lasted a lifetime. As her aging mother developed dementia, Sonia became her caretaker, repaying the tender kindness and loving protection Helene brought to Sonia’s own childhood. Helene died in 199...2021-04-0833 minRead Me a Story, Ink"Boom Town" by Sonia LevitinAmanda and her family have come to California to join her father in the mining camp but they find nothing but a few broken down log cabins. Soon Amanda is baking pies that her Pa sells to the miners and she is suggesting to traveling peddlers and wandering artisans that they settle down and open shops. Soon enough their cabin is smack dab in the middle of a Boom Town.2021-03-1911 minRead Me a Story, Ink"The Fisherman and the Bird" by Sonia LevitinRico has lived and fished alone since being jilted in his youth. But one day, Rico discovers that a pair of beautiful birds have built a nest at the top of his mast. He is ready to destroy the nest so that he can sail, but the local school-teacher convinces Rico of the rarity of the birds and the importance of letting them nest. Begrudgingly, Rico leaves the nest undisturbed and is transformed by the their beauty and the friendship of the villagers.2020-10-2016 minRead Me a Story, InkEight Special Gifts: A Hanukkah Story by Sonia LevitinThese are hard times and there are no Hanukkah presents this year for Morry and his family. Morry, however, is determined to have a Hanukkah to remember and does an act of kindness for a different neighbor each day for eight days bringing warmth, sharing and the real meaning of Hanukkah to everyone.2019-12-1209 min
The Book of Life: Jewish Kidlit (Mostly)Sonia Levitin's ReturnSonia Levitin, author of over 40 books for children and teens, has turned her award-winning 1987 novel The Return into a a musical stage play. RETURN chronicles an Ethiopian Jewish girl's walk to freedom in Israel via Operation Moses. www.bookoflifepodcast.com2009-02-1820 min