Lists and Suggestions for Kids
List: Sydney Taylor Award for Jewish Childrens Books Winners, 1990-Present
The Passover Guest
Kusel, Susan, author.
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the... More
How to Find What You're Not Looking For
Hiranandani, Veera, author.
"New historical fiction from a Newbery Honor-winning author about how middle schooler Ariel Gol... More
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale With a Tail
Newman, Lesléa, author.
Inside the house, a boy prepares for the Passover ritual of welcoming Elijah--meanwhile, outside th... More
Turtle Boy
Wolkenstein, M. Evan, author.
Seventh-grader Will's Bar Mitzvah community service project, visiting an incurably ill older bo... More
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
Macy, Sue.
Over the last forty years, Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements,... More
White Bird: A Wonder Story
Palacio, R. J.
Also available in Hoopla. Tells the story of Julian's Grandmére's childhood as she, a Jew... More
All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
Jenkins, Emily.
In 1912 New York, Gertie feels left out while Mama and her four older sisters cook Hanukkah dinner,... More
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster
Auxier, Jonathan.
Also available in Overdrive. In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance Na... More
The Language of Angels: A Story About the Reinvention of Hebrew
Michelson, Richard.
Once there was a child without a friend. Ben-Zion's father insisted that his son speak only He... More
Refugee
Gratz, Alan.
Also available in Overdrive. Although separated by continents and decades, Josef, a Jewish boy livi... More
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Levy, Debbie.
Also available in Overdrive. Traces the achievements of the celebrated Supreme Court justice through... More
The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
Gidwitz, Adam.
Also available in Overdrive. Crossing paths at an inn, thirteenth-century travelers impart the tales... More
Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed
Newman, Lesléa.
"Moshe Cotel was a composer who lived in a noisy building on a noisy street in a noisy city. B... More
Adam and Thomas
Apelfeld, Aharon.
Also available in Overdrive. Adam and Thomas, two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive World War I... More
My Grandfather's Coat
Aylesworth, Jim.
A tailor's very old overcoat is recycled numerous times over the years into a variety of garme... More
Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust
Dauvillier, Loïc.
"A grandmother shares the story of her experiences in WWII with her grandchild in this graphic... More
The Longest Night: A Passover Story
Snyder, Laurel.
A child in Egypt tells what the Jews are experiencing in the days leading up to their flight from E... More
The Blessing Cup
Polacco, Patricia.
A single china cup from a tea set left behind when Jews were forced to leave Russia helps hold a fa... More
Gathering Sparks
Schwartz, Howard.
A grandfather introduces his grandson to the Jewish tradition of tikkun olam, a centuries-old conce... More
Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword
Deutsch, Barry.
Eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg dreams of fighting dragons and spends her days honing her skills, ... More
New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story
Wayland, April Halprin.
On Rosh Hashanah, Izzy and his family make lists of the wrongs they have committed over the past ye... More
The importance of wings
Friedman, Robin.
Also available in Hoopla. Although she longs to be an all-American girl, Roxanne, a timid, Israeli-... More
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
Engle, Margarita.
Escaping from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939, a young Jewish refugee dreams of finding his parents ag... More
As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March toward Freedom
Michelson, Richard.
Also available in Overdrive. Provides the story of the friendship of civil rights leader Martin Luth... More
Hanukkah at Valley Forge
Krensky, Stephen.
During the Revolutionary War, a Jewish soldier from Poland lights the menorah on the first night of... More
Confessions of a Closet Catholic
Littman, Sarah.
To be more like her best friend, eleven-year-old Justine decides to give up Judaism to become Catho... More

Bagels from Benny
Davis, Aubrey.
Also available in Hoopla. Benny loves to help out at his grandpa's bakery in the morning, and t... More
Hana's Suitcase: A True Story
Levine, Karen.
Also available in Hoopla. A biography of a Czech girl who died in the Holocaust, told in alternating... More
Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year
Kimmel, Eric A.
When his sins threaten the lives of his beloved twin children, a Jewish man finally repents of his ... More
Stones in Water
Napoli, Donna Jo.
After being taken by German soldiers from a local movie theater along with other Italian boys inclu... More
When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street
Rael, Elsa.
While staying with her grandparents in New York City in the mid-1930s, eight-year-old Zeesie joins ... More
Star of Fear, Star of Hope
Hoestlandt, Jo.
Nine-year-old Helen is confused by the disappearance of her Jewish friend during the German occupat... More
The Always Prayer Shawl
Oberman, Sheldon.
A prayer shawl is handed down from grandfather to grandson in this story of Jewish tradition and th... More
Letters from Rifka
Hesse, Karen.
In letters to her cousin, a young Jewish girl chronicles her family's flight from Russia in 19... More
The Chanukkah Guest
Kimmel, Eric A.
On the first night of Chanukkah, Old Bear wanders into Bubba Brayna's house and receives a del... More