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A Is for Abraham
Author: Richard Michelson
Illustrator: Ron Mazellan
2010 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
From A to Z, this alphabet book incorporates Jewish concepts, historical figures, and rituals through short poems and longer explanatory text. Explored topics range from klezmer music and Albert Einstein to Purim and the Hebrew language. |
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The Always Prayer Shawl
Author: : Sheldon Oberman
Illustrator: Ted Lewin
1994 Award Gold Medal Winner, Younger Readers
In this poignant story of tradition and love passed along from one generation to the next, a prayer shawl makes its way from grandfather to grandson. |
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Bagels from Benny
Author: Aubrey Davis
Illustrator: Dusan Petricic
2003 Award Gold Medal Winner
While working in his grandfather's bakery, Benny learns the joys of giving and receiving, caring and gratitude. |
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The Bedtime Sh'ma
Author: Sarah Gershman
Illustrator: Kristina Swarner
2008 Award Gold Medal Winner, Young Readers
Peace and gentleness are evoked in this nighttime rendition of the central Jewish prayer of God's oneness, the Sh'ma. |
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Cakes & Miracles
Author: Barbara Diamond Goldin
Illustrator: Jaime Zollars
2011 Award Winner, Young Readers
Hershel's blindness doesn't keep him from living life. He helps his mother by doing chores, but wishes he could do even more for her. When an angel appears in Hershel's dream and encourages him to make what he sees when he closes his eyes, the boy sneaks into the kitchen, transforming his mother's cookie dough into beautiful hamantaschen (three-cornered fruit-filled cookies) that can be sold to raise money for the family at Purim. |
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The Castle on Hester Street
Author: Linda Heller
Illustrator: Boris Kulikov
1982 Award Gold Medal Winner, Young Readers
In this immigration story, a young girl's grandmother contradicts her husband's recollections of what it was like coming to America from Russia. Was he really pulled to New York by a flying goat? Is there truly a castle on Hester Street? |
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Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty
Author: Linda Glaser
Illustrator: Claire A. Nivola
2011 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
Emma Lazarus was raised in a wealthy Jewish American family in 1880's New York City, where she was moved by the plight of immigrants. As a young woman, asked to write a poem to raise money for a pedestal for the proposed Statue of Liberty, she composed "The New Colossus" and so became the voice of the Statue of Liberty. This is the story of the difference she made in her world. |
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Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride
Author: Deborah Bodin Cohen
Illustrator: Shahar Kober
2009 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
Israel's first train chugs from Jaffa to Jerusalem just in time for Rosh Hashanah, taking treats to children for a sweet new year and seeing sights all along the way. |
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Gershon's Monster
Author: Eric Kimmel
Illustrator: Jon J. Muth
2000 Award Gold Medal Winner
Instead of dealing with his mistakes, Gershon the baker sweeps them into the cellar. In this retelling of a Hasidic legend, Gershon eventually discovers a better way of living. |
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Hanukkah at Valley Forge
Author: Stephen Krensky
Illustrator: Greg Harlin
2007 Award Gold Medal Winner, Young Readers
In this fact-based story of the Revolutionary War, a Jewish soldier from Poland lights a Hanukkah menorah and has the opportunity to share the story of the Maccabees with his superior officer, General George Washington. |
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
Author: Eric Kimmel
Illustrator: Trina Schart Hyman
1989 Honor Award Winner, Younger Readers
Hershel finds a way to outwit the goblins that haunt the village synagogue and are keeping the villagers from celebrating Hanukkah. |
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Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
Author: Simms Taback
Illustrator: Simms Taback
1999 Honor Award Winner, Younger Readers
In this beloved Jewish folktale, Joseph's old and tattered coat is recycled and takes the form of increasingly small articles of clothing.
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The Market Wedding
Author: Cary Fagan
Illustrator: Regolo Ricci
2011 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
In this love story set in turn-of-the-century England, the village fishmonger schemes to give his bride everything she deserves, with unexpected results! |
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Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks
Author: : Amy Schwartz
Illustrator: Amy Schwartz
1984 Award Gold Medal Winner, Younger Readers
An elderly woman is unable to enjoy her new residence until her rediscovery of a pair of memory-filled Sabbath candlesticks turns an apartment into a home. |
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Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim
Author: Deborah Bodin Cohen
Illustrator: Jago
2010 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
As the Israelites rush to leave Egypt after being freed from slavery, young Nachshon is the first to brave the water that must be crossed, even though he is afraid to take the plunge. |
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Naming Liberty
Author: Jane Yolen
Illustrator: Jim Burke
2011 Honor Award Winnner, Young Readers
In this moving tale of a young girl and a famous artist, both are passionate in their desire to build a lasting monument to freedom. Each has a special connection to Lady Liberty in New York Harbor. |
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New Year at the Pier
Author: April Halprin Wayland
Illustrator: Stephane Jorisch
2010 Award Gold Medal Award Winner, Young Readers
In this contemporary story, Izzy finds it difficult to apologize for a certain mistake, until the Rosh Hahanah taschlich service gives him new understanding. |
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Rebecca's Journey Home
Author: Brynn Olenberg Sugarman
Illustrator: Michelle Shapiro
2007 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
Mr. and Mrs. Stein and their two sons eagerly adopt a baby girl from Vietnam into their Jewish home. |
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Sammy Spider's Frist Trip to Israel
Author: Sylvia Rouss
Illustrator: Katherine Janus Kahn
2002 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
As a stowaway on a little boy's model airplane, Sammy Spider joins the family's sightseeing trip in Israel and uses his five senses to experience the country. |
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Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost
Author: Ann Redisch Stampler
Illustrator: Jacqueline M. Cohen
2007 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
In this retelling of a folktale, lazy Shlemazel is tricked into believing that fame and fortune await him - if only he uses a very special spoon in the correct way. |
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Shlemiel Crooks
Author: Anna Olswanger
Illustrator: Paula Goodman Koz
2006 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
A pair of thieves lose their horse and wagon while trying to steal a shipment of kosher Passover wine from Israel. |
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When Jessie Came Across the Sea
Author: Amy Hest
Illustrator: P.J. Lynch
1997 Honor Award Winner, Younger Readers
Jessie lives in an Eastern European shtetl. The rabbi in her town decides to give Jessie his ticket to America, where she works for years to save enough money to send for her beloved grandmother. |
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The Wisdom Bird
Author: Sheldon Oberman
Illustrator: Neil Waldman
2000 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
In this story based on Jewish and African tales, the Queen of Sheba travels a great distance to meet King Solomon, who is known far and wide for his wisdom. During her visit, both the queen and king learn important lessons from a little bird. |
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The World's Birthday
Author: Barbara Diamond Goldin
Illustrator: Jeanette Winter
1990 Honor Award Winner, Younger Readers
Daniel is determined to celebrate Rosh Hashanah by having a proper birthday party for the world. |
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The Yankee at the Seder
Author: Elka Weber
Illustrator: Adam Gustavson
2010 Honor Award Winner, Young Readers
As a confederate family prepares for Passover the day after the Civil War has ended, a Yankee arrives on their doorstep and is invited to their seder. |