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...
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Shoham’s Bangle by Sarah Sassoon
Illustrator: Noa Kelner Shoham’s bangle jingles and jangles, clinks and clacks Shoham wears a golden bangle on her wrist, just like her Nana Aziza. Their bangles jingle when they cook, and glitter in the...
Mrs. Noah’s Doves by Jane Yolen
Illustrator: Alida Massari Mrs. Noah kept birds. She kept many a variety of birds, ravens and robins, eagles and eiders, cockatoos and crows. But out of all the birds she kept, her favorite were...
The Stars Will Be My Nightlight: A Sukkot Story by Jen Halpern
Illustrator: Chiara Fedele “Can we sleep in the sukkah?” the son asks his mom. She worries that it will be cold and dark, and that it might rain. “But the stars will be my...
Sammy Spider’s First ABC by Sylvia A. Rouss
Illustrator: Katherine Janus Kahn Sammy Spider goes through the English alphabet using the Jewish holidays and traditions celebrated by the Shapiro family. With its sweet rhymes and iconic illustrations, this book is a fun...
The Prince of Steel Pier by Stacy Nockowitz
A young teen falls in with the mob, and learns a lesson about what kind of person he wants to be In The Prince of Steel Pier, Joey Goodman is spending the summer at...
Bedtime for Maziks by Yael Levy
Illustrator: Nabila Adani After a day of roly-poly fun and shenanigans, it’s bedtime for maziks, the Yiddish word for pranksters or little mischief-makers, a name Jewish parents may lovingly call their rambunctious little ones....
The Button Box by Bridget Hodder
After Jewish fifth-grader Ava and her Muslim best friend Nadeem are called hateful names at school, Ava’s Granny Buena rummages in her closet and pulls out a glittering crystal button box. It’s packed with...
Frank, Who Liked to Build: The Architecture of Frank Gehry by Deborah Blumenthal
Illustrator: Maria Brzozowska One building looks like it’s been wrapped in tinfoil. Another looks like it’s buried under a pile of paint chips. Frank Gehry has been called “the most important architect of our...
The Topsy-Turvy Bus by Anita Fitch Pazner
Illustrator: Carolina Farías Reuse, recycle, renew, and rethink! Climb aboard the Topsy-Turvy Bus with Maddy and Jake as it travels around the country teaching communities the importance of taking care of the earth and...
