Association of Jewish Libraries 2024 Conference San Diego

Richard Michelson and Jo Taylor Marshall, will talk about the making of the forthcoming picture book, One of a Kind: The Life of Sydney Taylor (Calkins Creek, February 2024), and share behind the scenes stories, of both Taylor's life, and the publication of this book. They will explain how Sydney Taylor broke boundaries as she became an important early proponent of the current emphasis on multi-cultural books, and how her “leftist politics” helped her envision a world where all children, regardless of race or religion, deserved to “see themselves” reflected in the books they read.