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Check this out! My cousin Marty Viola, a student at New York’s High School of the Performing Arts, added music to my reading of Even Higher. It’s terrific! I hope he’ll do more. Click HERE to listen.

Where did the rabbi go? Every year, during the days before Rosh Hashanah, the rabbi of Nemirov disappeared. He wasn’t in his house. He wasn’t in the synagogue. He wasn’t in the market. Where was he?
From Even Higher

Harry tasted something wet and salty gushing in his mouth. It wasn’t spit. He couldn’t taste the rope anymore. He felt as if his jaws were being forced open with a crowbar. He bit down, trying to hold onto the rope. But it wasn’t there.
From A Spotlight For Harry

I know what I’ll do,” Señor Lobo said. “If I can’t blow this house to pieces, I’ll climb down the chimney. The three little tamales will never know I’m coming.”
FromThe Three Little Tamales

“Oh yes, Anansi!” said Lion. “Isn’t this a strange moss-covered rock!” From Anansi and the Moss Covered Rock

“So that’s what happened!” Jacob exclaimed. “Goblin, help me get my dreidels back, and I’ll bother you no more.” From The Magic Dreidels

“Is that so?” said Hershel. “Who’s going to stop me? A little pip-squeak like you?” From Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

Coming down from heaven was a flight of angels. Each one carried a bucket, a churn, and a milking stool. From Brother Wolf, Sister Sparrow

“You may as well give up,” the rat told the daimyo. “None of these cats can defeat me.” From Three Samurai Cats

“Help!” cried Anansi, waking up to find himself afloat in the middle of a raging river. He tried to make the river water stop, but he couldn’t remember the magic words. From Anansi and the Magic Stick

Zayde turned to the cat. “Come, Antiochus! A Maccabee has arrived to drive you from the temple again!” From When Mindy Saved Hanukkah

The current knocked us sideways. We hollered out screams and bawls, but Captain steered by the position of Frank’s ears, and he sailed us up the Falls, right up Niagara Falls. From The Erie Canal Pirates

The librarian said, “Bridgett, you are always welcome in the library. But the next time you come to the library, please leave your animals at home. From I Took My Frog to the Library

The rabbi shuddered. “I hate to even say the word.” He leaned forward and whispered, “Cockroaches. I’m terrified of cockroaches.” From Zigazak!

“You’re wrong,” the stranger replied. “You certainly can cook latkes with nothing if you have a magic spoon.” From The Jar of Fools

Gershon saw it rising from the sea: an immense black monster with scales like iron plates. From Gershon’s Monster

Louis blew. The sound that came out of the horn surprised him. It was clear and bright, loud and warm at the same time. “Wow!” said Louis. “Keep playing!” Alex said. “Show the man what you can do.” From A Horn For Louis

Jeremy snatched up the pirate’s empty pistol. He leaped into the rigging and struck Blackbeard with the butt end. The pirate saluted Jeremy. “A good stroke, lad!” From Blackbeard’s Last Fight

Most of the real work is done before I write the first word. I’ve always said that the hardest part of creating a book isn’t in the writing. Its in the thinking that goes on before you write. From Tuning Up