Martin Lemelman

I’ve illustrated over 30 children's books & my work has been published in magazines ranging from the New York Times Book Review to Sesame Street Magazine.

[Martin Lemelman @MartinLemelman]

Just hit #1 in New Releases on Amazon’s list of “Children’s Ancient History” books. Excited to share this story with the world!📔 THE MIRACLE SEED 🌱
Pre-order today 🛒 https://t.co/1xNU3bPjPe

#kidslit #youngreaders #childrensbooks @ebyrbooks

[Martin Lemelman @MartinLemelman]

@McM_MsT @tdsb Thank you for having me! What an incredible group of learners. I’m always inspired by my visits to your class

[MsTavares @McM_MsT]

Thank you @MartinLemelman, author & illustrator
📚sharing your journey as an author/illustrator, the many stages: research, writing, revisions, sketch & paint illustrations for ‘The Miracle Seed’ and other artwork & books too!
📚congrats to raffle winners 🤩
@tdsb

[Eerdmans Books For Young Readers @ebyrbooks]

Women's History Month starts in five days....what's on your shelf? 📚
#womenshistorymonth #herstory #womeninSTEM #jewishwomen

[MsTavares @McM_MsT]

Yom HaShoah #HolocaustRemembranceDay January 27th. Watching & discussing animated short film ‘The Tattooed Torah’ children’s book by Marvell Ginsburg, illustrated by @MartinLemelman We remember the victims & survivors. https://t.co/LAWx2Gxmi9
#WeRemember #NeverForget #NeverAgain

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Author @JSandler1978 interviews THE MIRACLE SEED author-illustrator @MartinLemelman about his graphic memoir for adults, Mendel's Daughter, which Martin subsequently adapted into the graphic novel for young readers GOLDIE'S FOREST, now out on submission: https://t.co/j237glMymM

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

🎙️ Just interviewed two illustrators who made their debut WWII graphic novels — Mendel's Daughter (🕎 Holocaust) by Martin Lemelman & Gaijin (⛩️ Japanese Internment) by Matt Faulkner. Check it out: https://t.co/AQGM0gsmiy ✍️📚 #WWII #GraphicMemoir

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

Just wrapped up my interview with Martin Lemelman about his 2006 WWII graphic memoir Mendel’s Daughter. In 2013, Entertainment Weekly named it one of the '10 Greatest Graphic Novels of All Time.' Quite the company! Screenshot of the full list below. ⬇️ #GraphicNovels #WWII

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Congratulations to @MartinLemelman! His graphic novel THE MIRACLE SEED, the story of an extinct Judaean date palm brought back to life by two Israeli women scientists, received the 2025 Award of Excellence in Literature for Young Adults from @CBHLTweets: https://t.co/RFPkCftrTa

[Jonathan Sandler - GRAPHICMEMOIR.CO.UK @jsandler1978]

📢 New Blog: WWII Graphic Novelist Spotlight – Martin Lemelman ✍️📖

I spoke with @MartinLemelman about Mendel’s Daughter, his acclaimed graphic memoir on his mother’s Holocaust survival. ✡️🎨

📖 👉 https://t.co/ljm6t8S5N6

@JonathanCape #WWII #GraphicMemoir #Holocaust #Comics

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Congratulations to @MartinLemelman! His graphic novel THE MIRACLE SEED, a true story of an extinct Judaean date palm brought back to life through the hard work of two female Israeli scientists, is a Young Adult "@CTmagazine 2025 Book Award" winner: https://t.co/SF33PJYrm8

[MsTavares @McM_MsT]

📚I See /I Think /I Wonder📚
Watching & discussing animated short film ‘The Tattooed Torah’ children’s book by Marvell Ginsburg, illustrated by @MartinLemelman
https://t.co/LAWx2Gxmi9 #WeRemember #NeverForget #NeverAgain @tdsb

[MsTavares @McM_MsT]

Thank you @MartinLemelman, author & illustrator
📚sharing your journey as an author/illustrator, the many stages: research, writing, revisions, sketch & paint illustrations for ‘The Miracle Seed’ and other artwork & books too!
📚congrats to raffle winners 🤩
@tdsb
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[MsTavares @McM_MsT]

Welcome author & illustrator @MartinLemelman to our class community
��sharing your journey as an illustrator, the many stages: research, sketch & paint illustrations for the book ‘The Tattooed Torah’ & the animation https://t.co/LAWx2Gxmi9 #WeRemember #NeverForget #NeverAgain
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[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Author-illustrator @MartinLemelman didn’t see much flora and fauna where he grew up in Brooklyn, but he developed a fascination with the world we live in. His WORLD OF TREES invites kids into his garden to explore, ask questions, and be surrounded by nature. Now on submission.

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Artist @MartinLemelman didn’t see much flora where he grew up in Brooklyn (other than a few maple trees cracking the sidewalk with their roots), but he developed a fascination with the natural world that he expresses in his new MG #graphicnovel WORLD OF TREES, now on submission.

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Congratulations to @MartinLemelman! His graphic novel THE MIRACLE SEED, a true story of an extinct Judean date palm brought back to life by two female Israeli scientists, is a @ForewordReviews INDIES Book of the Year Gold Winner for Juvenile Nonfiction: https://t.co/FPpogTOmyn

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Author-illustrator @MartinLemelman talks about his latest graphic novel THE MIRACLE SEED, a true story of an extinct Judean date palm brought back to life through the hard work of two female Israeli scientists, on "The @BookofLifePod": https://t.co/0FR5C3S2nd

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Celebrate Will Eisner Week with THE MIRACLE SEED by @MartinLemelman about the Israeli women biologists who brought the Judaean Date Palm Tree back from the dead after 2,000 years, pictured here at the @FairLawnLibrary display celebrating the pioneering legacy of @WillEisner.

[Anna Olswanger @AnnaOlswanger]

Congratulations to @MartinLemelman, whose graphic novel THE MIRACLE SEED, about an extinct date palm seed revived after 2000 years by two Israeli women scientists, is a co-winner of the "Nonfiction Children's Book of the Year" from World Magazine: https://t.co/ArsxKsghOf

[Illinois Holocaust Museum @ihmec]

This early 20th century Torah Scroll was taken by the Nazis from a synagogue in Ivancice, Czechoslovakia, & was recovered with thousands of other Czech scrolls in 1964 by the Westminster Synagogue. See it on display in our Karkomi Holocaust Exhibition. https://t.co/VeIbHjXoQL