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Eric Kimmel is the author of over 150 books for children. He is the 5 time winner of the National Jewish Book Award and one of the Association of Jewish Libraries Lifetime Achievement winners. He grew up in New York and could hear 5 different languages just walking down his street. He has always loved stories from all over the globe. He has been fortunate to travel to many of the places he writes about. He has received many awards for his children’s books.

Featured Book: Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins - On the first night of Hanukkah, a weary traveler named Hershel of Ostropol eagerly approaches a village, where plenty of latkes and merriment should warm him.

But when he arrives not a single candle is lit. A band of frightful goblins has taken over the synagogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. Using his wits, the clever trickster faces down one goblin after the next, night after night. But can one man alone save Hanukkah and live to tell the tale?

Trina Schart Hyman’s leering goblins are equal parts terrifying and ridiculous as they match wits with Hershel, trying to keep him from lighting the menorah and celebrating Hanukkah.

Monday: I was born in Poland on November 7, 1867 and I developed a love for Science at a very early age.In 1895 I married a man named Pierre. Together we discovered two new elements: polonium and radium

I was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Tuesday: In 1906, I became the first woman physics professor at the Sore-bone in Paris. In 1909, I was given my own lab at the University of Paris. I was the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Physics.

Wednesday: In 1911, I won a Nobel Prize in chemistry. To this day, I am still the only person—man or woman—to win the Nobel Prize in two different sciences. My work with radioactivity made x-rays much more accurate so that doctors could see inside the human body.

Thursday: During World War I, I created mobile x-ray trucks that were driven onto the battlefield hospitals in France. These were called Little Curies.They were operated by women that I helped train so that doctors could see broken bones and bullets inside wounded soldiers bodies.

Friday: I died on July 4, 1934 from a disease that is caused by radiation - the very thing that I was working with to improve science and make life better for everyone.

The video this week is straight forward and simple. It is about how the brain works and it is absolutely a video that is appropriate for our students. Check it out and share it if you feel your child would love it.