Shoshi’s Shabbat by Caryn Yacowitz
Illustrator: Kevin Hawkes The virtues of taking a break—and of being thankful—are extolled in the gentle story of a stubborn ox, an impatient farmer, and a day of rest. Long ago, in the hills...
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On the Move: Home Is Where You Find It by Michael Rosen
Illustrator: Quentin Blake In a masterful new collaboration, personal poems and poignant art illuminate the experience of refugees and immigrants everywhere. That’s whyit can happen again.It does happen again.It has happened again. Some of...
A Synagogue Just Like Home by Alice Blumenthal McGinty
Illustrator: Laurel Molk A new rabbi’s efforts to fix up his aging synagogue are a labor of love—and a comedy of errors—until his congregants fondly pool their talents in this lighthearted celebration of community....
The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin
Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia. Drama, family secrets, and...
The Summer We Found the Baby by Amy Hest
Set during World War II, this poignant, briskly paced historical novel relays the events of one extraordinary summer from three engaging points of view. On the morning of the dedication of the new children’s...
What Makes Us by Rafi Mittlefehldt
Eran Sharon knows nothing of his father except that he left when Eran was a baby. Now a senior in high school and living with his protective but tight-lipped mother, Eran is a passionate...
When Paul Met Artie: The Story of Simon & Garfunkel by G. Neri
David Litchfield, illustrator From childhood friendship to brief teenage stardom, from early failures to musical greatness — the incredible story of how Simon & Garfunkel became a cherished voice of their generation. Long before...
