Tagged: Kar-Ben Publishing

Noth­ing Could Stop Her by Rona Ara­to

Noth­ing Could Stop Her by Rona Ara­to

The Coura­geous Life of Ruth Gruber Illustrator: Isabel Muñoz Ruth Gruber didn’t want to live an ordinary life, and she wouldn’t take “no” for an answer. Born to a Jewish American family in 1911,...

Deb­o­rah’s Tree by Jane Yolen

Deb­o­rah’s Tree by Jane Yolen

Illustrator: Cosei Kawa Deborah has a gift; she can see the future As Deborah grows up, so do the date palms that surround her home. Under these trees, people come from far and wide...

The Blue Glass Heart by Yona Zeld­is McDo­nough

The Blue Glass Heart by Yona Zeld­is McDo­nough

Illustrator: Chiara Fedele When Sarah accidentally breaks Bubbe’s blue glass bowl, she sets a heart-shaped piece of blue glass on an adventure, touching the lives of children around the world, until it finally―remarkably―finds its...

The Babka Sisters by Lesléa Newman

The Babka Sisters by Lesléa Newman

Illustrator: Tika and Tata Bobokhidze The great babka bake-off is on! Esther and Hester’s new neighbor, Sylvester, will gladly be their babka tester, and decide which sister’s Babka is the best. With cat Lester...

Rose Spoke Out by Emma Carl­son Berne

Rose Spoke Out by Emma Carl­son Berne

The Sto­ry of Rose Schneiderman Illustrator: Gio­van­ni Abeille A young Jewish immigrant from Poland, Rose Schneiderman went to work in a cap factory in New York City when she was just thirteen years old....

Debbie's Song by Ellen Leventhal

Debbie’s Song by Ellen Leventhal

Illustrator: Natalia Grebtsova Debbie Friedman always had music inside her, and she dreamed of using her love of singing to do what no one else had done before―create Jewish music that would welcome, include,...

The Rabbi and His Donkey by Susan Tarcov

The Rabbi and His Donkey by Susan Tarcov

Illustrator: Diana Renzina Hamor the donkey proudly takes Rabbi Moses Maimonides to the sultan’s palace every day, until he is replaced by a faster horse. Then the wise rabbi and the old donkey are...