Reviews
It's Spring!
“From the Celebrate the Seasons series, which includes It’s Fall (2001), this brightly illustrated picture book offers sensory impressions and childlike experiences representative of spring. Writing in first person from a boy’s point of view, Glaser proves an astute… View →
Flying Against the Wind: A Story about Beryl Markham
“This will appeal to aviation history buffs and those looking for stories about strong women.” —Booklist View →
The Numbers of My Jewish Year
“Part of the Very First Board Book series, this is a welcome addition to its companion board books, each delivering a basic concept in a holiday framework for the preschool crowd.” View →
“The illustrations are adorable, beautifully complementing the rhyming text…I highly recommend this book for preschool to grade 3 and everyone who has grandparents!” View →
Lots of Latkes: A Hanukkah Story
“The pleasant picture book communicates the joy of celebrating with friends.” View →
It's Hanukkah Time!
“This is an appealing and child-friendly book that will be welcome in Jewish early childhood classrooms and Jewish libraries serving young children.” View →
Things to Make for Your Doll
“Ross, the author of more than 40 craft books, presents 20 projects with clear directions for ‘what you need’(simple household items from paper clips, cardboard, and yarn to sand and crayons) and ‘what you do.’ Garvin’s simple line-and-watercolor… View →
Sammy Spider's First Sukkot
“…Kahn’s colorful cut paper illustrations are similar in style to the pictures in the other Sammy Spider books. They enliven and enhance the text. This book is recommended for all libraries… it is simply written and colorfully illustrated and offers good descriptions of building and… View →
The Babka Sisters
“A cute, rhythmic picture book. A lot of fun to read aloud.”―Book Riot View →
Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom
“An excellent story to help Jewish children understand the Sefardic past.”―HaLapid, Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies View →
“Attractive, heavily-textured, full-color paintings adorn the story, written in a light, lively style and divided into short chapters. . . Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder is an excellent addition to the genre.” —AJL… View →
"It is delighful, especially because of its superior color photographs, but also because the easy reader text covers the most important aspects of armadillos." —Appraisal View →
Three Jumps to Sorry: A Yom Kippur Story
“This short and sweet primer on saying sorry for one’s wrongs is a useful SEL selection for everyone.”―School Library Journal View →
Moses and the Runaway Lamb
“Jacqueline Jules adds to her successful Jewish literary tales oeuvre with this lovely and uplifting story of Moses when he was just a teenage shepherd…A nice message for children who are learning about their Jewish heritage.”―Association of Jewish Libraries View →
Luis de Torres Sails to Freedom
“An outstanding introduction to the Spanish Inquisition and the observance of Tisha B’Av.”―Association of Jewish Libraries View →
Hanukkah Nights
“A unique and creative board book meant for the youngest children [that] also serves as a clever art lesson.” ―Association of Jewish Libraries View →
Pirate Passover
“A pirate crew scrubbing and polishing their ship to get ready for Passover; the pirate captain preparing a seder plate; matzoh balls rolling off the plank into the ocean! What fun this clever Passover story is…It would be a great pre-seder read to share with the little ones… View →
Everything I Was
“What appears to Irene to be a calamity is merely the beginning of a journey she didn’t know she wanted to take. A compassionate and convincing book.” —Ellen Wittlinger View →
Abraham's Search for God
“Young readers will find much to connect with in Abraham’s curiosity about the world in the accessible text.” View →
The Boy from Seville
“This suspenseful novel gives a gritty look at life in Spain during the Inquisition. The action is non-stop and the suspense builds throughout the book as Manuel narrowly escapes discovery time after time.” View →
“This activity book is chock full of rhymes, mazes, pages to color and fun. It’s a great companion gift to go with Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah.” —San Diego Family Magazine View →
“. . .another sure to please favorite. . .” —San Diego Family Magazine View →
Tizzy the Dizzy Dreidel
“This is a sweet, clever story with a meaningful conclusion: When winter’s chill has filled the air/and dreidels start their dance/ why not pick a dizzy one/who only wants a chance?”―Hadassah Magazine View →