Reviews
Lots of Latkes: A Hanukkah Story
“It’s a warm story for a cold Chanukah winter’s night, perfect to read to pre-schoolers and early elementary children, perhaps after lighting the menorah and before the latkes.” View →
“It’s a charming story that will engage small children as they anticipate what happens to the cake, and the sukkah.” View →
“Young children will easily see themselves in these photos and they remind a parent of all the pleasure that comes when youngsters are part of the holiday celebrations.” View →
Sarah Laughs
Jules retells and expands upon the story of Sarah, wife of Abraham. This quiet version, informed by biblical scholarship and legend, emphasizes Sarah’s feelings and faith. The illustrations’ curved lines and soothing colors match the book’s calm tone; this is an epic… View →
A gentile grandfather tells his Jewish granddaughter the story of Jethro (Moses’s Midianite father-in-law) and his Jewish grandson, Moses’s son Gershom. The parallels between modern-day family and the biblical one are effective, but the storytelling is confusing. An… View →
Detective Gordon: A Complicated Case
In their second case, Detective Gordon (an elderly toad) and Police Assistant Buffy (a young mouse) investigates who has been saying ‘nasty things’ to fellow forest creatures. As before, the friends’ application of the law is just. Humor and affection in the text and… View →
Hanukkah Nights
“Gorgeously executed and a treat to read.” —Good Reads with Ronna View →
Pirate Passover
“I adore a jolly good pirate tale and this one’s got rollicking rhyme as well, making for a rewarding Passover read-aloud.”―Good Reads with Ronna View →
My Family Haggadah
“For the child perhaps still too little to ask comes this bright, informative board book introducing key elements of the Passover seder. The table is set with candles, wine, matzoh, and a full seder plate; juice is poured, hands are washed, the story of the Israelites’ escape View →
Debbie's Song
This picture biography will charm teachers, caregivers, and all who listen to Jewish music."―Jewish Book Council View →
Duct Tape Purim
“Anyone preparing to put on Purim spiels (plays) or deliver shalach manot will find inspiration in this exciting new book. It proves that it is possible to stick to traditions and renew them at the same time.”―Jewish Book Council View →
Hanukkah in Little Havana
“Vividly colored, high-energy illustrations and stereotype-breaking grandparents complete a delicious package. Now all we need is a recipe for buñuelos: a fried Hanukkah pastry in South America and the Caribbean.”―Jewish Book Council View →
My Name Is Hamburger
The title of Jacqueline Jules’s highly recommended new novel-in-verse reflects the ironies of growing up Jewish in a small southern town in the mid – twentieth century. Trudie Hamburger has loving parents and close friends. Her father’s German accent and her family’s… View →
The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle
“Children will be captivated by the attractive pictures of the Ziz and will love listening to the tale, one that lends itself to reading aloud.” View →
Yom Kippur: A Family Service
“Stories, songs, activities convey both the holiday spirit and significance of these High Holy Days…to young and old together, tying in the synagogue services with service and family celebration at home.” View →
Shoham's Bangle
“Shoham’s Bangle presents a slice of Jewish and Israeli history, but it is also filled with family feeling, nostalgia, and hope.”—Jewish Book Council View →
An Unbroken Chain: My Journey through the Nazi Holocaust
“Written with a good deal of emotion, the book is very affecting. A solid choice for Holocaust-memoir collections.” —School Library Journal View →
Hanukkah Nights
“Imagine the wonder children will experience on parents’ laps as they are exposed to such different techniques for designing the flames as dripping, scraping, stamping, crisscrossing, sponging, spattering, doodling, and brushing.” ―San Diego Jewish World View →
Tizzy the Dizzy Dreidel
This colorful tale is a fun addition to the extensive collection of Hanukkah stories to be enjoyed by young children."―Association of Jewish Libraries View →
Lily Blue Riding Hood: A Purim Story
“A lively and entertaining addition to books for the Purim holiday.”―Association of Jewish Libraries View →
A Wild, Wild Hanukkah
“An upbeat addition to the growing selection of Hanukkah stories, this will be a useful choice for story times and reading at home.”―Association of Jewish Libraries View →
A World of Knowing: A Story about Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
“. . .a very well-written, easy to understand biography.” —Christian Library Journal View →
Bears at the Beach: Counting 10 to 20
“Long outshadowed in the counting-book genre by their single-digit predecessors, numerals 10 through 20 get their day in the sun when 11 friendly-looking, swimsuit-clad bears turn a trip to the beach into a numbers game. Yektai. . . debuts as an illustrator in this clever… View →
“. . .vivid, breathtaking, and provacative photos. . . the books [A Walk in the Deciduous Forest, A Walk in the Desert, A Walk in the Prairie, and A Walk in the Rain Forest] are beautiful, fascinating, and informative.” —Children’s Book and… View →