Jacqueline Jules
Born1956
Petersburg, Virginia
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Pittsburgh; University of Maryland
Occupation(s)poet; writer

Jacqueline Jules (born 1956) is an American author and poet.

Life

She was born in Petersburg, Virginia. In 1979, she earned a BA from the University of Pittsburgh, and in 2001, she received a M.L.S. from the University of Maryland. Since 1995, she has lived in Northern Virginia, where she has worked as a school librarian, teacher, and writer.[1]

Jules began her career as an author with the publication of The Grey Striped Shirt, a story about the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, published in 1995.[2] She has written over a dozen books of Jewish interest for young readers, including The Hardest Word, Once Upon a Shabbos, and three Sydney Taylor Honor Award winners, Sarah Laughs,[3] Benjamin and the Silver Goblet[4][5] and Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain.[6] Never Say a Mean Word Again was also named a finalist in the 2014 National Jewish Book Award, illustrated children's book category.[7]

Jules has also written stories inspired by her experiences as an elementary school librarian.[8][9] No English is the story of two second grade girls who find a creative way to overcome a language barrier. Duck for Turkey Day is about a Vietnamese-American child who is concerned about her family’s unconventional Thanksgiving dinner. Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation began as a skit she wrote for her students to perform on Constitution Day.[10]

With Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off, Jules created a chapter book series about a boy who can outrun trains with his super-powered purple sneakers. The idea for this series was sparked by young students who repeatedly asked for a book about a "superhero" on an early elementary age reading level.[11][12]

Jules’s poetry has appeared in numerous publications, including Christian Science Monitor, St. Anthony Messenger, Cicada, Cricket.[13] and BALLOONS Lit. Journal. She won the Arlington Arts Moving Words Contest in 1999[14] and 2007[15] the SCBWI Magazine Merit Plaque for Poetry in 2009,[16] and the Best Original Poetry award from the Catholic Press Association in 2008.[17]

Works

  • The Grey Striped Shirt: How Grandma and Grandpa Survived the Holocaust, illustrated by Mike Cressy, Alef Design Group (Los Angeles, CA), 1995.
  • Once upon a Shabbos, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn, Kar-Ben Copies (Rockville, MD), 1998.
  • Clap and Count! Action Rhymes for the Jewish Year, illustrated by Sally Springer, Kar-Ben Copies (Rockville, MD), 2001.
  • The Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn, Kar-Ben Copies (Rockville, MD), 2001.
  • Noah and the Ziz, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2004.
  • The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2006.
  • No English, illustrated by Amy Huntington, Mitten Press (Ann Arbor, MI), 2007.
  • Abraham's Search for God, illustrated by Natascia Ugliano, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2007.
  • Sarah Laughs, illustrated by Natascia Ugliano, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2008.
  • The Princess and the Ziz, illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2009.
  • Benjamin and the Silver Goblet, illustrated by Natascia Ugliano, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2009.
  • Duck for Turkey Day, illustrated by Kathryn Mitter, Albert Whitman (Morton Grove, IL), 2009.
  • Unite or Die: How Thirteen States Became a Nation, illustrated by Jef Czekaj, Charlesbridge (Watertown, MA), 2009.
  • Before We Eat: A Thank You Prayer, illustrated by Melissa Iwai, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2010.
  • Going on a Hametz Hunt, illustrated by Rick Brown, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2010.
  • Happy Hanukkah Lights, illustrated by Michelle Shapiro, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2010.
  • Miriam in the Desert, illustrated by Natascia Ugliano, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2010.
  • Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Takes Off, illustrated by Miguel Benítez, Albert Whitman (Chicago, IL), 2010.
  • Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Springs into Action, illustrated by Miguel Benitez, Albert Whitman (Chicago, IL), 2010.
  • Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Zooms to the Rescue, illustrated by Miguel Benitez, Albert Whitman (Chicago, IL), 2010.
  • Zapato Power: Freddie Ramos Makes a Splash, illustrated by Miguel Benitez, Albert Whitman (Chicago, IL), 2012.
  • Picnic at Camp Shalom, illustrated by Deborah Melmon, Kar-Ben Publishers (Minneapolis, MN), 2011.
  • Never Say a Mean Word Again, illustrated by Durga Yael Bernhard, Wisdom Tales Press (Bloomington, IN), 2014

References

  1. ↑ "INSIDENOVA.COM". Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Jacqueline Jules". Answers.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The 2009 Sydney Talor Book Awards Announced By The Association of Jewish Libraries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 20, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  4. ↑ "2010 Sydney Talor Book Awards Announced By The Association of Jewish Libraries" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 5, 2010. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Jewish Books for Children with Author Barbara Bietz". Barbarabookblog.blogspot.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  6. ↑ "2015 Sydney Taylor Book Awards Announced". www.blogspot.com. January 27, 2015. Retrieved April 3, 2016.
  7. ↑ "2014 National Jewish Book Award Winners and Finalists". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. Jewish Book Council. Archived from the original on February 6, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  8. ↑ "INSIDENOVA.COM". Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Jacqueline Jules - Colorín Colorado". Colorín Colorado. September 25, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Unabridged: How a Public Law Became a Children's Book". Charlesbridge.blogpot.com. June 2, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Quill Book Reviews". Featheredquill.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Interview with Jacqueline Jules". Squealermusic.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  13. ↑ Something About the Author, Gale, 2007
  14. ↑ "Moving Words Poetry Program". Commuterpage.com. Retrieved October 13, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Moving Words Adult Poetry Competition Spring, 2007". Archived from the original on July 7, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Magazine Merit Award Recipients List". Archived from the original on January 13, 2011. Retrieved August 24, 2010.
  17. ↑ Something About the Author, Gale, 2007
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