Why We Chose This Book: Jonah

Learn more about why the PJ Library book selection committee chose Jonah, written by Tammar Stein and illustrated by Sabina Hahn for PJ Library age seven subscribers.

Why We Chose This Book: Ten Old Men and a Mouse

Learn more about why PJ Library’s Book Selection Committee continues to send Ten Old Men and a Mouse, by Cary Fagan with pictures by Gary Clement, to families.

Why We Chose This Book: Tía Fortuna’s New Home

Learn more about why the PJ Library book selection committee chose Tia Fortuna’s New Home, written by Ruth Behar and illustrated by Devon Holzwarth.

Why We Chose This Book: Until The Blueberries Grow

This post is part of a series from the PJ Library Book Selection Committee.

Why We Chose This Book: Mr. Peabody's Apples

Have you ever been caught up in gossip, also known as the evil tongue lashon hara?

For our Why We Chose This Book selection this month, we picked Mr. Peabody's Apples, an adaptation of an old story from the sage Baal Shem Tov (the founder of Hasidic Judaism) set in the Americana of 1950's small towns and baseball.