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May is Jewish American Heritage Month, a time for "paying tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture and society." Books for children and teens "that authentically portray the Jewish experience" can be found at the Association of Jewish Libraries' Sydney Taylor Book Awards....
Welcome to our stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Tziporah Cohen and illustrator Yaara Eshet were kind enough to answer my questions about Afikomen, which received a Sydney Taylor Honor in the Picture Book category and was on the Horn Book’s 2023 Fanfare list. This inventive...
The author, age eight, in an Easter bonnet, hunting for eggs in her yard. Photo courtesy of Laurel Snyder. We talk a lot lately about representation in children’s literature, about the need for all kids to see themselves in the books they read. And, of course, this has been a...
Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, begins Sunday night, and this time of year, it seems there’s always a Jewish holiday either coming or going. Here are a few books to help observe, celebrate, and/or explain some of this season’s Jewish holidays. For Rosh Hashanah (and beyond), Richard Ho’s...
Whatever your JAHM, er, your jam — or your age or genre preferences — here are some recent recommended books (a non-exhaustive list!) about varied Jewish experiences, in the U.S. and beyond. There’s fiction and nonfiction; there’s humor and fantasy. In some of these books, Judaism and Jewish identity are...
Welcome to our stop on the Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Sacha Lamb was kind enough to answer my questions about When the Angels Left the Old Country just hours after the book won the STBA’s Gold Medal in the Young Adult category...and some other major accolades. The...
Today is Tu Bishvat*! The holiday, whose name just means “the fifteenth day of the month of Shvat,” is a Jewish holiday considered the New Year of the Trees. It’s a day to celebrate all things tree-related. Need a book recommendation? How about a whole forest of them? As others have...
May is Jewish American Heritage Month, and the following five middle-grade and middle-school titles provide glimpses into diverse Jewish experiences. Find more recommendations on hbook.com and in the Guide/Reviews Database; and see also the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Sydney Taylor Book Award winners. Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner’s Call to Science...
Welcome to our stop on the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award blog tour! Author Susan Kusel (my own former STBA committee chair) and illustrator Sean Rubin were kind enough to answer my questions about The Passover Guest (Porter/Holiday), this year’s Gold Medal winner in the Picture Book category. In this...