Daddy, Can You Make Me Tall? by Rona Novick PhD
Illustrator: Ana Sebastian Shabbat is coming!I can’t reach my shirt.Daddy, can you make me tall?I can’t make you tall,but I can bring you a stooland hold your handas you climb up and up and...
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Under-the-Sea Seder by Ann D. Koffsky
Miri is having trouble focusing during her family’s Passover seder. Her parents would like her to sit quietly and listen, but she just CAN’T. So Miri slips under the table where her spirited imagination...
Hank on First! How Hank Greenberg Became a Star On and Off the Field by Stephen Krensky
Illustrator: Alette Straathof Story of MVP and Hall-of-Famer “Hammerin” Hank Greenberg, one of the greatest hitters of all time In 1934 young Hank Greenberg had his dream job–playing first base for the Detroit Tigers....
A Perfect Fit by Mara Rockliff
How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion Illustrator: Juana Martinez-Neal Discover how the Lane Bryant clothing brand changed the way we buy clothes forever by celebrating bodies of all shapes and sizes...
Matilda Makes Matzah Balls by Rhonda Cohen
Illustrator: Francesca Galmozzi This year for Passover, Matilda’s grandmother invites her to help make the matzah ball soup! Matilda has always loved watching Bubbe make the soup. Now she wants to try out some...
The Boston Chocolate Party by Tami Lehman-Wilzig, Deborah R. Prinz
Joshua Mendes misses his best friend Isaac, who has moved to Boston. Joshua’s Papa is importing chocolate beans to the American Colonies, showing café owners how to make hot chocolate now that the tea...
Sally Opened Doors: The Story of the First Woman Rabbi by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso
Illustrator: Margeaux Lucas Sally Priesand, the first American woman to be ordained a rabbi, opened doors for Jewish women’s full participation in Jewish life in this third book by Sandy Sasso about courageous women...
A Place to Belong: Debbie Friedman Sings Her Way Home by Deborah Lakritz
Illustrator: Julie Castano How Debbie Friedman became one of Judaism’s best-known singer/songwriters.
Maybe It Happened This Way: Bible Stories Reimagined by Leah Rachel Berkowitz, Erica Wovsaniker
Illustrator: Katherine Messenger Take a fresh look at the Bible stories you think you know, retold using the Jewish concept of midrash. Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Moses. We think we know their...
What’s in Tuli’s Box? by Ann D. Koffsky
Tuli’s mama helps this curious kitten explore an empty, then full, then empty-again box: a tzedakah box.
