Tag Archives: multicultural children’s books

Iroquois New Year

IMAGE OF THE WEEK © DURGA YAEL BERNHARD Happy 2016!  On the occasion of the New Year, I’m inspired to share an illustration from one of my first multicultural picture books: Happy New Year!, published twenty years ago by Dutton … Continue reading

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The Illustrator’s Toolbox

  Teaching Tools of Perception at Mill Road Elementary School   CLICK ON IMAGES TO FIND BOOKS OF ORIGIN All images © Durga Yael Bernhard Please do not copy or reproduce. Last week I visited two classrooms at the Mill Road Elementary … Continue reading

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Two Awards and a Blog Tour

This month, two of my books won awards.  AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE SHABBAT (Jewish Lights Publishing) won the Sydney Taylor Honor Book Award, and WHILE YOU ARE SLEEPING (Charlesbridge Publishing) has been named as a Notable Book in the … Continue reading

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