PJ Library is honored to be recognized along with our founder, Harold Grinspoon, with the Sydney Taylor 2018 Body of Work Award for our work sponsoring and expanding access to high-quality Jewish children’s books.
The Sydney Taylor Book Awards are among the most prestigious in the Jewish literary community. Awarded by the Association of Jewish Libraries, they celebrate books for children and teens that meet high literary standards and authentically portray Jewish life and experiences.
We’re even more excited and proud that many authors we’ve worked with and books we love also received a Sydney Taylor Book Award or a National Jewish Book Award, the top award of the Jewish Book Council.
PJ Library awardees include:
Sydney Taylor Award and National Jewish Books Awards Winner:
Sydney Taylor Honor Books:
Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam
Adapted by Fawzia Gilani-Williams
Illustrated by Chiara Fedele
Published by Kar-Ben Publishing, a division of Lerner Publishing Group
This Is Just a Test
By Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang
Published by Scholastic Press, an imprint of Scholastic
The Six-Day Hero
By Tammar Stein
published by Kar-Ben Publishing, a division of Lerner Publishing Group
Sydney Taylor Notables:
Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale
By Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Jim Starr
Published by Apples & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House
National Jewish Book Awards Finalist:
Lucky Broken Girl
By Ruth Behar
Published by Nancy Paulsen Books
Congratulations to everyone recognized by the Association of Jewish Libraries and the Jewish Book Council!
January 17, 2018