Molly’s Pilgrim by Barbara Cohen
The book at Amazon Molly and her parents are a Jewish family who have emigrated from Russia to the United States to escape religious persecution. Molly is the only Jewish child in third grade....
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The Mitten String by Jennifer Rosner
The book at Amazon and on Kindle When her family invites a deaf woman and her baby to stay, Ruthie, a talented knitter of mittens, wonders how the mother will know if her child...
Every Picture Tells a Story, Volume One: Bereishis by Chaim Natan Firszt
The book at Amazon A picture is worth a thousand words. Accompanied by words, it’s worth millions, and when it comes to illustrate and to bring to life the words of the Torah, it...
The Gelt Giving Golem by Carolyn Greenwald
The book at Amazon The Gelt Giving Golem tells the tale of the Hanukkah Golem, a friendly character who was formed from clay by Rabbi Ben Bezalel on the 25th of Kislev, the first...
The Demons’ Mistake: A Story from Chelm by Francine Prose
The book at Amazon The mischievous demons of Chelm, the legendary town in Poland where only fools live, wreak havoc on a daily basis. They make the milk go sour, herd livestock into the...
Ghosts and Golems: Haunting Tales of the Supernatural by Malka Penn
The book at Amazon Black and white illustrations by Theodor Black Ages 10 and up Jewish stories of the supernatural are nothing new. The very first Jewish ghost story appears in the Bible. This...
Hayyim’s Ghost by Eric A. Kimmel
The book at Amazon A classic Jewish tale. Hayyim wakes up one morning only to find out that the entire town thinks he’s “gone to Heaven.” But he’s still here! With the help of...
Miracle for Shira: A Chanukah story by Galia Sabbag and Erin Taylor
The book at Amazon and on Kindle Chanukah is a kid favorite holiday! What is in the Chanukah gift box Shira got from her aunt in Israel? What happened to her gift? Will a Chanukah miracle happen to...
More All-Of-A-Kind Family Paperback by Sydney Taylor
All-of-a-Kind Family, the mid-century classic Sydney Taylor children’s series of Lower East Side literature, is back! And not in an “Oh how awful, they tarted up 80’s kid favorite Strawberry Shortcake” kind of way....
Children’s Passover Books
A relatively newcomer to the Passover scene is the colorfully appealing Afikomen Mambo, by Joe Black and illustrated by Linda Prater. Sold together with the book is a CD with performance by Black, who is well...
