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Yos­sel’s Journey by Kathryn Lasky

Yos­sel’s Journey by Kathryn Lasky

Illustrator: John­son Yazz­ie When Yossel’s family flees anti-Jewish pogroms in Russia and immigrates to the American Southwest, he worries about making a new home and new friends. In his family’s new store next to...

Alte Zachen / Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor

Alte Zachen / Old Things by Ziggy Hanaor

Illustrator: Benjamin Phillips A beautifully illustrated and presented intergenerational graphic novel that follows 11-year-old Benji and his elderly grandmother, Bubbe Rosa, as they traverse Brooklyn and Manhattan, gathering the ingredients for a Friday night...

One Hundred Saturdays by Michael Frank

One Hundred Saturdays by Michael Frank

Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World Illustrator: Maira Kalman The remarkable story of ninety-nine-year-old Stella Levi whose conversations with the writer Michael Frank over the course of six years bring to...