Sulamith Ish-kishor

Sulamith Ish-kishor (1896 – June 23, 1977) was an American writer, known for her religious and children's literature.

Biography She was born in London, England, one of eight children of and Fanny Ish-Kishor. Her father was a well-known writer of Jewish children's literature and an early proponent of Hovevei Zion, a pre-Zionist movement, and later of political Zionism. Her older sister, Judith Ish-Kishor, was a pioneering writer of Jewish children's literature in English.

Sulamith began writing at age 5 and had several of her poems printed in British publications by the time she was 10.

Our Eddie was a 1970 Newbery Honor book.