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...
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My Name Is Hamburger by Jacqueline Jules
Trudie Hamburger is the only Jewish kid living in the small southern town of Colburn in 1962. Nobody else at her school has a father who speaks with a German accent or a last...
Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Illustrator: Oliver Averill Luis de Torres is a secret Jew, a Catholic convert, who, in his heart, remains Jewish. When the Inquisition comes and Jews are forced to leave Spain, Luis decides to join...
Moses and the Runaway Lamb by Jacqueline Jules
Illustrator: Eleanor Rees Howell When a small lamb scampers away from her flock, the young shepherd Moses wonders whether he should chase after her or let her fend for herself in the wilderness. He...
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
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
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
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
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...
Not So Shy by Noa Nimrodi
Twelve-year-old Shai hates everything about moving to America from Israel. She’s determined to come up with a plan that will get her back home. Maybe she can go back with her grandparents when they...
