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Venezia
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Barbara Cohen |
Barbara lives and works in Provincetown, Massachusetts and New York City. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Emily Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy in 2011 and 2013. A portion of the sales of… |
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213 valentines
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Barbara Cohen |
Wade has trouble adjusting when he is transferred to a special fourth grade class for the gifted and talented, so he plans to send himself 213 valentines signed by celebrities. |
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Benny
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Barbara Cohen |
A German refugee's unhappiness affords Benny Rifkind a chance to show his family that he has concerns other than baseball and the 1939 World's Fair. |
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The donkey's story
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Barbara Cohen |
A somewhat humorous retelling, featuring Balaam's donkey, of the Bible story in which Balak, king of Moab, calls upon Balaam, the prophet, to curse the Israelites, but he blesses them instead. |
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Even higher
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Barbara Cohen |
A skeptical visitor to the village of Nemirov finds out where its rabbi really goes during the Jewish New Year, when the villagers claim he goes to heaven to speak to God. |
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Gooseberries to oranges
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Barbara Cohen |
A young girl reminisces about the journey from her cholera-ravaged village in Eastern Europe to the United States where she is reunited with her father. |
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King of the seventh grade
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Barbara Cohen |
Thirteen-year-old Vic hates Hebrew school and is indifferent to his upcoming bar mitzvah, until he is suddenly disallowed from participating in either. |
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The orphan game
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Barbara Cohen |
Vacationing at Long Beach Island, four cousins engage in a variety of activities, including pretending to be orphans, raising money for a trip to Atlantic City, and avoiding a whiny cousin named Mira… |
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People like us
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Barbara Cohen |
Fifteen-year-old Dinah's insistence on dating a handsome football star causes bitter dissension in her family because the boy is not a Jew like them. |
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Queen for a day
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Barbara Cohen |
Twelve-year-old Gertie's difficult life with her stern grandmother and two selfish, young aunts is eased when a new boarder comes to stay. |
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The Innkeeper's Daughter
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Barbara Cohen |
Helping her widowed mother run a small inn provides 16-year-old Rachel with many opportunities to adjust to growing up. |
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The secret grove
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Barbara Cohen |
Two young boys, one Israeli, the other Jordanian, meet in an orange grove separating their border villages and make a secret pact. |
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David
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Barbara Cohen |
A retelling of the story of David, going beyond what is in the Bible to include today's knowledge of archaeology, history, politics, psychology, etc., to present the ruler of Israel as he must have b… |
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Seven daughters & seven sons
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Barbara Cohen |
A retelling of a traditional Arabic tale in which a young woman disguises herself as a man and opens up a shop in a distant city in order to help her impoverished family. |
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