Barbara Kimmel
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Barbara Kimmel

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Barbara Kimmel is an award-winning children’s book author and playwright who creates playful, interactive board books and picture books that spark a love of reading from the earliest age. Her stories celebrate Jewish holidays, family traditions, movement, and imagination.

Barbara is the author of Hanukkah Hippity-Hop (Kar-Ben Publishing), an interactive Hanukkah board book named a Best Jewish Holiday Children’s Book by the Association of Jewish Libraries. Her book Purim Possibilities (PJ Publishing), featuring reusable stickers, is a PJ Library selection, a winner of the 2026 Grinspoon Jewish Story Award, and an Association of Jewish Libraries Holiday Highlights title. Her forthcoming book, No or Yes? It’s Fun to Guess!: A Jewish Holiday Book (PJ Publishing), introduces young children to Jewish holidays through interactive play.

Barbara also writes for children’s magazines, including Highlights and High Five. She is a member of SCBWI and the Authors Guild. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband. Learn more at barbarakimmelwrites. com.
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