New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Tiphanie Beeke Kukurikuuu! squawks the rooster. Meowwwww! yowls the cat. ZZZZZZzzzzzzz buzzes the mosquito… It is the end of a hot, dry summer, and Mrs. Strauss just can’t fall asleep. “SHEKET! QUIET!” But...
Illustrator: Steven Brown The Wise Men of Chelm stories are retold for a new generation by award-winning author Eric Kimmel. An appealing chapter book format and humorous, edgy illustration combine with a timeless old...
Christine Battuz (Illustrator) Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae walked down to the river one fine autumn day. Neighbors and friends and the rabbi went too. There was something called tashlich they needed...
Illustrator: Jennifer Naalchigar A clever story about two rival families and a Rosh Hashanah cake recipe. Saralee Siegel has a super nose she can smell things like no one’s business. Her Zadie says that...
Readers young and old will revel in the extraordinary, layered and artful images Koffsky has created for this lyrical story. It pairs each day of Creation with a color. On the first day, God...
Illustrator: Maya Shleifer Separated from her family, Ruthi struggles to find hope in this universal story of loss and love, by holding tight to a childhood promise.
How is a menorah made? Why does it have nine branches? What is Hanukkah, anyway? Meet the people who make different menorahs, and find out how an ancient Jewish tradition is celebrated. What are...
Illustrator: Bob McMahon It’s Hanukkah, and Hannah Hartman can’t stop Hiccupping! Her neighbors try to help by sharing their sometimes silly, always fun, remedies: “Drink pickle juice backwards,” says Mr. Brown, while Señora River...
One day, a kid arrives in America. Everything here is big, and crowded, and strange, and scary! He creates a golem, an old-country mud monster, to protect him from the kids next door. But...
Mark Simmons, illustrator; Ann D. Koffsky, editor This graphic novel-style autobiography for ages 8-12 depicts the ups and downs of Dr. Ruth’s life from her escape from the Nazis at age 10 aboard a...
A Karakas Speaks by C.M. Kosemen
The Nazi, the Princess, and the Shoemaker: My Father’s Holocaust Odyssey by Scott M. Neuman
Jerusalem Drawn and Quartered by Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Global Jewish Foodways: A History by Hasia R. Diner & Simone Cinotto