The Promise of the Pelican by Roy Hoffman
At once a literary crime novel and an intergenerational family drama, The Promise of the Pelican is set in the multicultural South, where justice might depend on the color of your skin and your...
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Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin
Illustrator: Bethany Stancliffe In Eliza Davis’s day, Charles Dickens was the most celebrated living writer in England. But some of his books reflected a prejudice that was all too common at the time: prejudice...
The Corset Maker by Annette Libeskind Berkovits
Whoever saves a soul, saves the world A Parisian Count, a Moroccan arms smuggler, and an orphaned Spanish boy test the convictions and tug at the heart of Rifka Berg, a young Jewish corsetiere...
Alone Together on Dan Street by Erica Lyons
Illustrator: Jen Jamieson A young girl practices the Four Questions on her apartment balcony in Jerusalem and finds a way to bring the neighbors together for Passover even during the separation of a pandemic.
Albert Einstein: Genius of Space and Time! by Mark Shulman
Illustrator: Kelly Tindall Show Me History! How did this peace-loving man become the father of the atomic bomb? Find out inside! By any measure, Albert Einstein changed the ways we understand—and measure—space and time....
German Jews and Migration to the United States, 1933–1945 by Andrea A. Sinn, Andreas Heusler (Editors)
Lexington Studies in Modern Jewish History, Historiography, and Memory German Jews and Migration to the United States, 1933–1945 is a collection of first-person accounts, many previously unpublished, that document the flight and exile of...
How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani
New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor–winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Goldberg’s life changes when her big sister elopes following the 1967 Loving v. Virginia decision, and she’s forced to grapple with...
In Our Teeny Tiny Matzah House by Bill and Claire Wurtzel
Illustrated with unique food faces art, the classic folktale of the crowded house is retold from the family cat’s point of view, with Passover preparation at its center.
Paris Secrets by Sean Vogel
A Jake McGreevy Novel How do a baking contest and a mission from World War II combine? With a whisk . . . and some risk! The wit and charm of The Great British...
Malkah’s Notebook: A Journey into the Mystical Aleph-Bet by Mira Z. Amiras PhD
Illustrator: Josh Baum Malkah is a child when her father tries teaching her to read Torah. But they don’t get very far. As Malkah studies, her questions multiply. She discovers an earlier, hidden story...
