News and Appreciations

“We thoroughly enjoyed your visit. You have a talent for relating the history behind the book at a sensitive, age-appropriate level that we so appreciate. Thank you for visiting and sharing your wonderful book!”  Mrs. J, elementary school librarian, Upper Merion School District

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“It is extremely challenging to find age-appropriate and even hopeful ways to teach about the Holocaust to children. Sharon Sorokin's 'Ziggy's Potato' is a beautiful, lyrical new addition to the books that I would recommend for any parent or educator. In the telling of one child's act of resilience, 'Ziggy's Potato' offers a way in to introducing this most difficult subject--while also filling children with promise and hope. The book's illustrations are captivating and perfectly match the text.”

-Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Author and educator, former Chief Program Officer, Jewish Learning Venture

“All of us — young and old alike — dream, sometimes great dreams, sometimes simple ones. Ziggy’s Potato is a simple story about a boy imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, whose great dream was so simple — not to be hungry and the potato he carried with him that offered hope that one day, someday, his stomach would not growl, his hunger satiated. He carried that potato even when he was later free to remind himself of the very great, simple dream he had. I was moved by Ziggy’s story, so touched by his dream that I reached for a potato held it in my hand and cherished what I had so often taken for granted.”
— Michael Berenbaum, Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, American Jewish University, Los Angeles, California 

“Hope and resilience, personified in 10-year-old Ziggy, infuse Sharon Sorokin’s Holocaust survivor’s tale. The rich illustrations and spare prose provide diverse points of entry. This text will promote age-appropriate courageous conversations for grades 3 through 12.”
— Susan S. Silver Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Pennsylvania public school district, Adjunct Professor, Arcadia University, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania