Quotations from Children's Book Authors (Ezra Jack Keats, HA Rey/Margret Rey, Maurice Sendak, William Steig)
Who was William Steig?
Claudia's family was among the first in Paysandu to have a telephone. When she was a child, there were this many digits in her telephone number.
What is two?
Before the intifada in 1987 (when it became unsafe), Claudia and her friends used to walk from the Mt. Scopus campus of Hebrew University through Arab villages to the Old City of Jerusalem, stopping at the Abu Shukri restaurant to eat this delicious spread.
What is Hummus?
Claudia loves to watch British television shows such as "Grantchester" and "Endeavour", which fall under this genre.
What are detective shows?
Without this in the morning, Claudia is miserable
What is a cup of coffee?
Who was Maurice Sendak?
Claudia's elementary school was named after this American president in the 1960s after he became an international icon.
Who was JFK?
Claudia spent her first year in Israel in the Bar'am kibbutz, which is 300 meters from the border of this country.
What is Lebanon?
This person is Claudia's favorite English author. Claudia has read all of her works, multiple times, and has seen all of the movies made from her books.
Alfajores are a South American dessert made of biscuits joined together with this Latin American caramel confection.
What is Dulce de Leche?
"Now run along and play, but don't get into trouble. George promised to be good. But it is easy for little monkeys to forget."
Who were HA Rey and Margret Rey?
With names like "Juan" and "Mu", Claudia and her brother Daniel took care of up to eight of these growing up, even as much as twenty, briefly, in their backyard. They are scientifically known as Oryctolagus cuniculus domesticus.
What is a rabbit?
When studying at Hebrew University, Claudia lived for a time in dormitories made with and named for this cancer-causing substance.
What is Asbestos?
Claudia organized an exhibition about manuscripts from the Bodleian Library, which is the main research library of this institution.
What is the University of Oxford?
The Uruguayan Ladislao Mazurkiewicz was Claudia's favorite football (soccer) player when she was a child. He played this position, wearing number 1.
What is a goalie?
"One winter morning Peter woke up and looked out the window. Snow had fallen during the night. It covered everything as far as he could see."
Every year, there is a week in Paysandu celebrating popular drink. To make this drink, it might be helpful to be an expert in Zymology.
What is beer?
In Jerusalem, Claudia worked in two museums -- the Israel Museum, and also the Jewish Art Museum of this country. (Hint: she is fluent in their language)
What is Italy?
Claudia is working with Esther on a show about the Sassoon family (not the hair product Sassoon, and not the jeans Sassoon.) The family is now well-represented in the British aristocracy, but their origins are in this country.
What is Iraq?
Claudia loves this kind of pudding. She has had to wait until this eight-day period is over, however, to enjoy it.
What is bread pudding?
"'I wish I were a rock', he said, and he became a rock."
Who was William Steig?
Claudia grew up on a street named Leandro Gomez, a Uruguayan general who saved the town from invasion by this South American country in 1864-65.
What is Brazil?
Claudia's master's thesis was about a 12th century Byzantine manuscript of the homilies of Jakobus of Kokkinobaphus. There are two copies, one in Paris and the other in the Vatican. Originally, they were in this city.
What is Constantinople?
Claudia enjoys watching this British informational show, which has a budget of 350 million pounds, and 3500 staff members.
What is BBC News?
Claudia's favorite flower, represented in a stylized form in the fleur-de-lis.
What is an iris?