Richard Michelson, FANNY'S BIG IDEA: How Jewish Book Week Was Born
Description
Zibby chats with award-winning author and poet Richard Michelson about his timely and beautifully illustrated new book, FANNY’S BIG IDEA: How Jewish Book Week Was Born. Richard shares the remarkable story of Fanny Goldstein, the pioneering librarian who founded Jewish Book Week and championed cultural understanding through books. He also shares research behind the project, the whirlwind process of bringing the book to publication in time for the 100th anniversary, and why Fanny’s message of empathy and representation matters now more than ever.
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