So, What Exactly is a Knish?
Every once in a while I run into someone who has yet to taste a knish...sad, but true. "What is a knish?" they ask. Are there really...
Say it isn't so...
Molly had not heard yet about The Knish War on Rivington Street
"A Joyful Story...a fundamental truth: there's no such thing as too many knishes." —Ho
I'm happy to share this joyful review. Horn Book's reviewer came up with a rhyme that I missed...a perfect description of the story: "A...
Interview with Jon Davis, illustrator of The Knish War on Rivington Street
I had the pleasure of interviewing Jon Davis, the illustrator of The Knish War on Rivington Street. That's his self-portrait to the left....
The Boy Mayor of New York
I searched everywhere for facts on how the knish war of 1916 ended, but I found no answer. But a picture book needs an ending...enter...
Booklist's Scrumptious Review
"Oy vey! Benny’s family has been selling scrumptious knishes—baked round dumplings filled with onions, cheese, and potatoes—since the...
Save the Date!
Join author Joanne Oppenheim for a reading and Q&A session on her new book, The Knish War on Rivington Street at the New York Historical...
Dateline: The Knish War of 1916
When I write a book, I like to think about what was happening in the bigger world outside of the story. Working on the Knish War on...
Music and the Knish War
During the knish war in 1916 the two knisheries featured music as attraction...this is from The Mediator, a newspaper of the day,...
Another poster...for the movie version
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