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DAUGHTERS Documentary Nominated for 2025 Peabody Award! | Hallee Adelman

DAUGHTERS Documentary Nominated for 2025 Peabody Award!

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World of HA Productions’ project, DAUGHTERS is among the films nominated for the 85th Peabody Awards Awards. Hallee serves as an Executive Producer on this impactful film about four young girls preparing for a special Daddy Daughter Dance with their incarcerated fathers, part of a unique fatherhood program in a Washington, DC jail. Read the full …

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Way Past Shame Book Launch Party on May 10th | Hallee Adelman

Way Past Shame Book Launch Party on May 10th

Let’s Celebrate: Book 10 on May 10th! All are invited on Saturday, May 10th for a Book Launch Party celebrating the recent release of Way Past Shame, the 10th title in Hallee Adelman’s Great Big Feelings series. Join us for the open house from 10-11:30am at Hallee’s local indie bookstore Childrens Book World in Haverford, PA. As …

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Book Song Challenge 2025 | Hallee Adelman

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6th Annual Book Song Challenge on Instagram from May 5th-7th! | Hallee Adelman

6th Annual Book Song Challenge on Instagram from May 5th-7th!

It’s time to sing your book song! The 6th Annual Book Song Challenge will take place @WayPastBooks on Instagram from May 5th-7th, with winners announced on May 9th. See the flyer below or visit WayPastBooks.com for more information.

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DAUGHTERS and DEATH BY NUMBERS shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards! | Hallee Adelman

DAUGHTERS and DEATH BY NUMBERS shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards!

World of HA Productions’ projects, DAUGHTERS and DEATH BY NUMBERS among those films shortlisted for the 97th Academy Awards. Read the full article here

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Hallee&#039;s books and films featured on Main Line Tonight | Hallee Adelman

Hallee&rsquo;s books and films featured on Main Line Tonight

Hallee's books and films featured on Main Line Tonight | Hallee Adelman

Hallee was interviewed by Melissa Jacobs from Main Line Tonight about her new book Way Past Mean from the Great Big Feelings series, as well as the new Sundance Award-winning documentary Daughters, on which she serves as an Executive Producer. Click to read the full article and watch the interview!

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Way Past Mean Book Launch Party on May 18th! | Hallee Adelman

Way Past Mean Book Launch Party on May 18th!

 Calling all Philly-area families and book lovers! Join us on Saturday, May 18th for a Book Launch Party celebrating Way Past Mean, the latest in Hallee Adelman’s Great Big Feelings series. Join us for the open house from 11am-12:30pm at Hallee’s local indie bookstore Childrens Book World in Haverford, PA. As always we will have fun swag, …

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Hallee to be honored by the Please Touch Museum for her work for children and education | Hallee Adelman

Hallee to be honored by the Please Touch Museum for her work for children and education

Hallee is being honored by the Please Touch Museum for her longtime work for children and service to the Museum. She will receive the Portia and Otto Sperr Legacy Award at their Imagination Ball on the evening of Thursday, May 16th from 6-9pm. If you are interested in attending the event in support of Hallee, …

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5th Annual Book Song Challenge on Instagram from May 6th-8th! | Hallee Adelman

5th Annual Book Song Challenge on Instagram from May 6th-8th!

It’s time to sing your book song! The 5th Annual Book Song Challenge will take place from May 6th-8th, with winners announced on May 10th. See the flyer below or visit @WayPastBooks on Instagram for more information.

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Hallee &amp; the Great Big Feelings series featured in Parents magazine | Hallee Adelman

Hallee &amp; the Great Big Feelings series featured in Parents magazine

Hallee & the Great Big Feelings series featured in Parents magazine | Hallee Adelman

Read the full article on Parents.com: Reddit Mom’s Cry for Help — No One ‘Prepared Me’ For Stickers All Over the House

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Post Traumatic Parenting | Hallee Adelman

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Great Big Feelings series featured on Dr. Koslowitz&#039;s Post-Traumatic Parenting YouTube Channel! | Hallee Adelman

Great Big Feelings series featured on Dr. Koslowitz&rsquo;s Post-Traumatic Parenting YouTube Channel!

Great Big Feelings series featured on Dr. Koslowitz's Post-Traumatic Parenting YouTube Channel! | Hallee Adelman

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Double Book Launch Party on Sunday October 22! | Hallee Adelman

Double Book Launch Party on Sunday October 22!

Join us Sunday, October 22nd from 12pm – 2 pm for a book launch with author Hallee Adelman. She will be signing copies of the newest books in her Way Past series about big feelings, “Way Past Sorry” and “Way Past Embarrassed”.

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Art &amp; Krimes By Krimes wins the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary | Hallee Adelman

Art &amp; Krimes By Krimes wins the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary

Art & Krimes By Krimes wins the 2023 Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Documentary | Hallee Adelman

Winners for the documentary categories of the 44th Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards were just announced, including Art & Krimes By Krimes from director Alysa Nahmias. Hallee is proud to serve this amazing documentary film team as one of its Executive Producers. Read the full announcement

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Book Song Challenge 2023 | Hallee Adelman

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4th Annual Book Song Challenge will run on Instagram from May 1st-4th! | Hallee Adelman

4th Annual Book Song Challenge will run on Instagram from May 1st-4th!

It’s time to sing your book song! The 4th Annual Book Song Challenge will take place from May 1st-4th, with winners announced on May 5th. See the flyer below or visit @WayPastBooks on Instagram for more information.

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Way Past Afraid named Albert Whitman’s #1 selling title of 2022 | Hallee Adelman

Way Past Afraid named Albert Whitman’s #1 selling title of 2022

Excited to share that Way Past Afraid was the #1 best-selling title at Albert Whitman & Company in 2022! In a slate of beautiful, diverse, and engaging books for children, we are grateful to everyone who shared and purchased Way Past Afraid this year. Hats off to the team at Albert Whitman for all they …

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Donated books provide way for local students to talk about emotions | Hallee Adelman

Donated books provide way for local students to talk about emotions

Big thanks to our local Conshohocken Elementary School for this wonderful writeup of how the Great Big Feelings series is helping their students explore and manage their emotions.

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The Strongest Thing featured on Psyched Writer blog | Hallee Adelman

The Strongest Thing featured on Psyched Writer blog

We appreciate Vasilia Graboski for this thoughtful writeup of Hallee’s newest standalone picture book, The Strongest Thing.

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Hallee helps kids find their way past jealous at Drexel University’s Summer Reading Camp! | Hallee Adelman

Hallee helps kids find their way past jealous at Drexel University’s Summer Reading Camp!

In July 2022, Hallee visited an awesome Summer Reading Camp hosted by Drexel University School of Education. The kids had lots of fun reading Way Past Jealous, discussing great BIG feelings, and exploring how to manage their emotions via a whipped cream demo – yum! Many thanks to the camp organizers and student teachers for their …

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Listen to Hallee talk about books and feelings on the My Literacy Space podcast | Hallee Adelman

Listen to Hallee talk about books and feelings on the My Literacy Space podcast

Hallee was thrilled to be a guest on Hanna Stroud’s (@MyLiteracySpace) podcast in the summer of 2022. Hallee and Hanna chat about: how the descriptive language used in the Great Big Feelings series helps children visualize emotions, diverse representation of families and character names, the importance of using picture books to build social and emotional …

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The Strongest Thing receives the Mom’s Choice Award! | Hallee Adelman

The Strongest Thing receives the Mom’s Choice Award!

The Strongest Thing is a recipient of the prestigious Mom’s Choice Award! The book has been awarded a Gold seal, naming it among the best in family-friendly media, products and services by Mom’s Choice. Thank you so much to the Mom’s Choice Award committee for all the work they do to elevate “items that help …

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Hallee attends the American Library Association Conference | Hallee Adelman

Hallee attends the American Library Association Conference

Hallee had a fabulous time representing her publisher , Albert Whiman & Company, at the 2022 ALA annual conference. Thanks to the team at Albert Whitman for making it a special day, and to all of the awesome librarians who stopped by to meet Hallee and learn more about the Great Big Feelings series and …

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Watch Hallee on the Aidyn’s Books video podcast! | Hallee Adelman

Watch Hallee on the Aidyn’s Books video podcast!

Hallee was so excited to be a guest on the “Parenting & Bonding With Children’s Book” podcast, hosted by Quinn Cummings of @AidynsBooks. Check out the video for a in-depth discussion about Hallee’s stories and what makes children’s books so magical.

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Hallee Featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer | Hallee Adelman

Hallee Featured in The Philadelphia Inquirer

Meet the authors with Philadelphia ties working to diversify children’s books Kids books are confronting scary topics including mental illness, sickness and death. And many of the illustrated characters features children of diverse backgrounds. Read the full article

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Book Song Challenge 2022 | Hallee Adelman

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3rd Annual Book Song Challenge will run on Instagram from June 6th-8th! | Hallee Adelman

3rd Annual Book Song Challenge will run on Instagram from June 6th-8th!

It’s time to sing your book song! The 3rd Annual Book Song Challenge will take place from June 6th-8th, with winners announced on June 9th. See the flyer below or visit Instagram for more information.

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Way Past Honored to announce that Way Past Jealous has been named to Bank Street College of Education’s 2022 list of Best Children’s Books of the Year!  Thank you so much to the Children’s Book Committee @BankStreetGSE Center for Children’s Literature for including Way Past Jealous among the other wonderful 2021 titles. We admire the …

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Triple Book Launch Drive-Thru Party Saturday, May 7 | Hallee Adelman

Triple Book Launch Drive-Thru Party Saturday, May 7

11:00am – 1:00pm Pre-order or donate a book by May 5 https://www.childrensbookworld.net/adelman-assorted-titles

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Hallee featured in Philly Style’s March 2022 article about Philly-area innovators | Hallee Adelman

Hallee featured in Philly Style’s March 2022 article about Philly-area innovators

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The Philadelphia Citizen Recommends OUR AMERICAN FAMILY | Hallee Adelman

The Philadelphia Citizen Recommends OUR AMERICAN FAMILY

Hallee Adelman’s latest film is a raw and empathetic portrait of one local family’s struggle with—and determination to break free of—opioid addiction. Read the full article here

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Guy at the Movies interviews OUR AMERICAN FAMILY Co-Director Hallee Adelman | Hallee Adelman

Guy at the Movies interviews OUR AMERICAN FAMILY Co-Director Hallee Adelman

“Raw, direct, and deeply moving in its revealing look at generational addiction, Our American Family grips viewers from the very beginning, seizing their empathy as all members of the family grapple with the turbulence brought on by the disease. You’ll be hard pressed to find such a real, intensive look at the day-to-day effects of …

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Listen to Hallee on the Chronicles of Nannya Podcast | Hallee Adelman

Listen to Hallee on the Chronicles of Nannya Podcast

Hallee was recently featured on the awesome Chronicles of Nannya podcast! All-star nanny and teaching artist Martha Tyler chatted with Hallee about her first book My Quiet Ship, the emotions explored in the first four titles of the Great Big Feelings Series, unique beyond the book activities for nannies and families, and more! Check out the link below …

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Way Past Jealous feature | Hallee Adelman

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Way Past Jealous featured on Writing And Illustrating blog! | Hallee Adelman

Way Past Jealous featured on Writing And Illustrating blog!

Way Past Jealous has its first blog feature! We’re grateful to author/illustrator/blogger Kathy Temean for sharing the title and Hallee’s words about the book’s goal of showing kids that they are stars just by being themselves! Read the full feature here

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