New Jewish Books
Illustrator: Sam Loman Fourth-grader Chaya Ann Tober loves cats. Even her initials, C.A.T., are perfect for her!She feels so cat-like herself that when her actual cat Ollie, a very picky eater, refuses to eat...
Illustrator: Gina Capaldi Felipe has a secret. He and his family are conversos—Jews forced to convert to Christianity after 1497 but who maintained their Jewish identities and practices behind closed doors. Even his real...
Illustrator: Irina Avgustinovich In this unusual retelling, the biblical story of creation is told from Eve’s perspective and explores what it might have been like emotionally for the world’s first two people to experience...
Kayla and her mischievous dog Kugel are back to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Sukkot and explain it to young children. In the fourth Kayla and Kugel book, Kayla helps her family build and...
Illustrator: Christine Battuz This count down to the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah explores life and celebration on a family farm through the eyes of a young girl allowed to help with preparations for...
Illustrator: Ruth Bennett Emmett Cohen was not at all happy when his mom insisted that he try the art elective at camp this summer. His parents and sister were arty, but he was not....
In this unusual graphic novel for younger readers, Eli is feeling left out of the family’s preparations for his older brother’s bar mitzvah. He wants to help but can’t seem to do anything right....
Illustrator: Mackinzie Rekers An eerie noise in the night is disturbing the sleep of all the animals on Noah’s ark. None of the animals can identify the strange sound that has woken them up....
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...
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...
