New Jewish Books
Illustrated by Rivka Krinsky We cannot start too early teaching the Ten Commandments to children in ways that are meaningful and memorable, according to age appropriate understanding. The “Greatest Ten,” written in verse and...
Illustrated by Shirley Waisman Yossi has no money to buy the food and flowers his family needs for Shavuot. He tries selling the kippahs his wife sews, but he has no luck until a...
Illustrated by Annie Wilkinson Shoshana loves spending time at Grandma Jacobs’ art studio and for Shavuot, Grandma Jacobs has a very special art project in mind! Shoshana learns how to make papercuts by carefully...
Patti Argodd, illustrator It’s exciting and interactive for children to guess the rhyming Shavuos riddles, then open the flap to reveal the answers. Cleverly designed so the very young will learn as they go…...
Andre Ceolin, illustrator Bam! It’s a speedy drive over second base. I jump and catch it. My whole team shouts, ‘Jacob, you saved the game!’; It’s Jacob’s third year in Little League, and he’s...
Puy Pinillos, illustrator It’s Purim and the animals on the farm are planning their celebration! They decide to sing songs, wear costumes, and put on a play about Queen Esther. It’s fun until Quack...
Moshe Cotel was a composer who lived in a noisy building on a noisy street in a noisy city. But Moshe didn’t mind. Everything he heard was music to his ears. One day, while...
A refugee seeking sanctuary from the horrors of Kristallnacht, Oskar arrives by ship in New York City with only a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met. It is both...
Illustrated by Mary Abadi Avigail, being the youngest of four, is always last. Even more, she always gets her sisters old hand-me-downs. It’s only when her aunt unexpectedly pays a visit that Avigail gets...
Illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong. Fleeing the Holocaust in Europe, Marcus moves with his family from Berlin to Shanghai, where he doubts this unfamiliar city will ever feel like home. But with help from...
