New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Chiara Fedele When Sarah accidentally breaks Bubbe’s blue glass bowl, she sets a heart-shaped piece of blue glass on an adventure, touching the lives of children around the world, until it finally―remarkably―finds its...
Illustrator: Tika and Tata Bobokhidze The great babka bake-off is on! Esther and Hester’s new neighbor, Sylvester, will gladly be their babka tester, and decide which sister’s Babka is the best. With cat Lester...
The Story of Rose Schneiderman Illustrator: Giovanni Abeille A young Jewish immigrant from Poland, Rose Schneiderman went to work in a cap factory in New York City when she was just thirteen years old....
Illustrator: Natalia Grebtsova Debbie Friedman always had music inside her, and she dreamed of using her love of singing to do what no one else had done before―create Jewish music that would welcome, include,...
Illustrator: Diana Renzina Hamor the donkey proudly takes Rabbi Moses Maimonides to the sultan’s palace every day, until he is replaced by a faster horse. Then the wise rabbi and the old donkey are...
Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel. She’s determined to come up with a plan that will get her back home. Maybe she can go back with her grandparents when they...
Illustrator: Noa Kelner Shoham’s bangle jingles and jangles, clinks and clacks Shoham wears a golden bangle on her wrist, just like her Nana Aziza. Their bangles jingle when they cook, and glitter in the...
Illustrator: Alida Massari Mrs. Noah kept birds. She kept many a variety of birds, ravens and robins, eagles and eiders, cockatoos and crows. But out of all the birds she kept, her favorite were...
Illustrator: Chiara Fedele “Can we sleep in the sukkah?” the son asks his mom. She worries that it will be cold and dark, and that it might rain. “But the stars will be my...
Illustrator: Katherine Janus Kahn Sammy Spider goes through the English alphabet using the Jewish holidays and traditions celebrated by the Shapiro family. With its sweet rhymes and iconic illustrations, this book is a fun...
