Julian Padowicz: 10 books

A sensational new novel from the award-winning author and filmmaker Julian Padowicz. From his miserable childhood to his mediocre career as a college professor, fate had not been kind, or even terribly fair, to "Kip" Kippur. But Kip's luck changes when he inherits a house in a small...

By the bestselling author of "Escaping the Holocaust" Julian Padowicz from Scholastic Books comes a wonderful, whimsical tale of a good witch and her pet cat Laptop! Mrs. Parsley is a good-witch who, with the help of her magical cat, Laptop, substitutes for the likes of Santa, The...

This is Book #4 in the humorous Kip/Amanda domestic adventures series.When Kip’s old boarding school roommate, Alex, shows up on his doorstep, homeless, friendless, and on the verge of suicide, he revives memories better left forgotten.Kip is a retired college professor, enjoying a new marriage,...

People who'd read Mrs. Parsley Makes a Delivery demanded more stories, author Julian Padowicz explains. Mrs. Parsley is a good witch. Only a tiny percentage of witches are actually evil, she says, but they, unfortunately, get most of the publicity. She, herself, uses her limited magical powers to...

A rare glimpse into what it was like for a Jewish refugee to come of age in America during World War II, this unique memoir focuses on the struggles of assimilation. After a grueling and dramatic escape from occupied Poland, eight-year-old Julian and his mother arrive penniless in America in 1941...

When bombs began to fall on Warsaw, Julian's world crumbled. His beloved governess Kiki returned to her family in Lodz; Julian's stepfather joined the Polish army and the grief-stricken boy was left with the mother whom he hardly knew. Resourceful and determined, his mother did whatever was necessary...

In this powerful and absorbing sequel to Mother and Me: Escape from Warsaw 1939 (ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Autobiography 2006), the author recalls his flight from the Nazis in Hungary as an 8-year-old boy with his resourceful and determined mother, Barbara.

Loves of Yulian is the poignant conclusion to the three-part memoir recounting the author’s harrowing WWII escape from occupied Poland to America. After fleeing over the Carpathian Mountains into Hungary, eight-year-old Yulian and his resourceful but self-involved mother, Barbara, are on board...

After a prolonged sojourn in Europe, the senior newlyweds, Kip and Amanda return to the coastal village of Venice, Massachusetts. Kip is the kind of person who is accustomed to his bread always landing jam side down, so the retired literature professor has mixed feelings about the unexpected success...

Santa's famous lead reindeer falls ill on Christmas Eve, and Mrs. Claus insists that Santa not go out in to the night without a proper light. But none of his reindeer is willing to wear on his nose the battery powered light that one of the elves has fashioned. Santa must think outside the box and, with his solution, changes Christmas tradition for ever.