Hanukkah Story Time with Author Eric A. Kimmel

Eric Kimmel Returns to EJC! Green Bean Books, EJC, and PJ Library present acclaimed children's author Eric Kimmel! Parents and their kids are invited to gather and hear Eric Kimmel read from some of his acclaimed Hanukkah Stories (Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, Hanukkah Bear and others)! FREE! Registration requested, Please consider donating to EJC at checkout. Eric A. Kimmel is Oregon’s most prolific writer of children’s and young adult books, with more than 120 books published and over half of them in print in 2015. He has been called “Oregon’s teller of tales” and is known for his adaptations and retellings of folktales, especially Yiddish tales. His books have won praise from young readers and reviewers alike and have received state and national awards. Kimmel was born on October 30, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York, and attended public school there. An important part of his education included classes at the East Midwood Jewish Center, where he learned legends and history and heard Hasidic stories. Beginning in 1973, Kimmel taught children’s and young adult literature, creative writing, storytelling, library materials, and language arts. He began teaching in the College of Education at Portland State University in 1978. His articles in professional journals soon gave way to stories for children, published in magazines such as Cricket. His first novel, The Tartar’s Sword (1974), received the Friends of American Writers award, and he has been writing award-winning children’s books ever since. He retired from Portland State in 1993 and is now professor emeritus.