Episode 14: Madeline

May 20

Today, author Tami Lehman-Wilzig joins me to discuss the classic childhood book Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans.

⁠⁠Tami Lehman-Wilzig⁠⁠ is an award-winning author of 13 published Jewish content picture books, and threemore on the way this year. Her titles include the award winning books: SOOSIE, The Horse That Saved Shabbat; Keeping The Promise; NathanBlows Out the Hanukkah Candles; Passover Around the World and Green Bible Stories for Children. She is also the creator of a unique, digital story/lesson plan series entitled Shabbat Around the World. PJ Library has selected five of her books for its English speaking market, and hastranslated three of her books into Spanish and one of her books into Russian for those language markets.

Living in Israel for over forty-five years, Tami served as one of the country’s leading English language advertising copywriters for thirty-five years, creating the marketingimage of numerous Israeli exporters. Tami lives in Kfar Saba with her husband. A busy Savta (grandmother), she spends her time writing stories, creating glass and ceramic art, and going on photography shoots.