Sadie Rose Weilerstein

Sadie Rose Weilerstein (July 28, 1894 – June 23, 1993 ) was an American author of children's literature. Her works include What the Moon Brought and a series of stories featuring K'Tonton, a Jewish Tom Thumb. Rose Weilerstein was a Zionist, advocating for a Jewish homeland, and an environmentalist. In 1930, the stories were collected into a book, The Adventures of K'tonton, illustrated by Jeannette Berkowitz. The Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens said that many of the stories seem "outdated" but tradition of American stories for children about Jewish holidays had "come into their own" through Weilerstein's K'tonton books and that the author and stories played a "central role in the literary heritage of American Jewish children."

Selected works

What Danny Did: Stories for the Wee Jewish Child, illustrated by Sol Aronson (1928) Molly and the Sabbath Queen, Anne Ferril Folsom (1949) Yovel Award of the National Women's League of the United Synagogue of America