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Frankenstein's Matzah: A Passover Parody

In this Passover picture book parody of Frankenstein, Vee, Victor Frankenstein's great, great, great Jewish non-binary grand-descendant, wants to win the school science fair and become the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: A Ramadan to Remember
Starred Review & Award Count 1

A Ramadan to Remember

From the Series Holidays in Our Home

Ramadan is almost here! It's Zain's favorite time of the year. Well, it usually is. After a recent move and with no mosque or Islamic school in his new neighborhood, will Zain find a new… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2024

Afikotective

A family of bears is getting ready for the Passover seder, preparing all the items for the seder plate. When the time comes in the seder for hiding the afikomen, Grandma breaks the middle… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024
Cover: Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah
Starred Review & Award Count 1 1

Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah

Praise for Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, illustrated by Tim Smart: Sydney Taylor Notable Book This true story begins long ago in Spain, where… Read More →

  • Dewey: 296.4/5371
  • Copyright: 2024

Tyrannosaurus Tsuris: A Passover Story

All the dinosaurs are getting ready for Passover, but no one will come to Tyrannosaurus Rex's seder because they think he will eat them. This gives him terrible tsuris, the Yiddish word for… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2024

Una fruta es una maleta para las semillas (A Fruit Is a Suitcase for Seeds)

Muchas semillas viajan dentro de las frutas. La fruta es como una maleta para las semillas. Las protege durante el viaje. Los lectores conocerán de qué manera están diseñadas las frutas para Read More →

  • Dewey: 581.4/67
  • Copyright: 2024

Doña Gracia Saved Worlds

In 16th-century Portugal, even Doña Gracia's Jewish name was a secret. But she and her merchant husband helped other secret Jews, by persuading the king to protect them during the… Read More →

  • Dewey: 305.892/40469
  • Copyright: 2023

Ruth First Never Backed Down

Ruth First was born in South Africa, where her Jewish family fled from danger in Europe in the early 1900s. South Africa was a safe place for Jews, but not for Black people. Inspired by her… Read More →

  • Dewey: 305.800968/09045 [B]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality
Starred Review & Award Count 5 2

Small Shoes, Great Strides: How Three Brave Girls Opened Doors to School Equality

On November 14, 1960, first graders Leona Tate, Tessie Prevost, and Gail Etienne stepped into history by going to school. Escorted by U.S. Marshals and facing swarms of shouting protestors,… Read More →

  • Dewey: 379.2/630976335
  • Copyright: 2023

The Lunar New Year Surprise

From the Series Holidays in Our Home

"It's the first day of the Lunar New Year—the biggest, yummiest, NOISIEST celebration of the year!" During the festivities, can Gege find the perfect moment to present his handcrafted… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

The Bookshop Mice

Pirates, monkeys, galleons and treasure! Isn't it amazing where books can take you? Astrid is a bookshop mouse, but when she tells her new classmates about her astromouse mom and the… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

A Wild, Wild Hanukkah

On the first night of Hanukkah, the door flies open and a perky polar bear walks into the house, shaking the snow from his fur. On the second night of Hanukkah, two crusty, crying crocodiles… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023

Have You Seen Dinosaur?

Play hide and seek with a boy, his animal friends, and a dinosaur that's surprisingly hard to spot in the city. The brilliantly interactive follow-up to international bestselling picture book Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023

I Ship: A Container Ship's Colossal Journey

From the Series On the Move

Made of steel, / colossal, / strong, / I ship around the world. Come aboard a massive container ship as it pulls into port, loads up with cargo, and heads out to the open ocean. The ship’s… Read More →

  • Dewey: 387.5/442
  • Copyright: 2023

Mrs. Maccabee's Miracle

The Maccabee brothers are always losing their things—cloaks, scrolls and spinning tops. It’s a good thing their mom is around to help find the missing items. But, uh-oh. When the Maccabees… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: Sensitive
Starred Review & Award Count 1

Sensitive

"You feel way too much." / "Will you stop being dramatic?" This tender picture book follows a girl who is told she is too intense, too sensitive, too much. She's told to grow a thicker skin,… Read More →

  • Dewey: 158.2
  • Copyright: 2023

The Mexican Dreidel

Danielito loves Janucá, especially playing dreidel. This year, he is old enough to visit Bobe by himself. Piñatas hang from the trees, and the kids in Bobe’s neighborhood play with Mexican… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023
Cover: The Power of Snow
Starred Review & Award Count 1

The Power of Snow

On a snowy day . . . Two flakes play. Four flakes sashay. Eight flakes twirl. Sixteen flakes swirl. At this rate, how long will it take to surpass 100 snowflakes? How about 1,000? Or even… Read More →

  • Dewey: 372.7/1
  • Copyright: 2023

Chloe's Nature Journal

When her teacher assigns the class to start a science journal, noting the animals they find in their yards, Chloe is sure she'll discover the most. But once she's in her yard with her… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Eye Spy

"I spy with my little eye, Something beginning with M. It curls its tail around the stalk and eats the wheat at Harvest. It rhymes with house . . ." Come on a playful journey through the day Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Home for Grace

When a woman appears with a sleeping bag, living in a shop doorway, Jess is full of questions. Where is her home? Why did she leave? And what will happen when the snow comes? Inspired by a… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2022

In My Skin

In this poem, children find creative ways to embrace the world around them. In my skin, I move. I spin like crinkly leaves on a windy day. I dance to my very own rhythm. In my skin, I hope. I Read More →

  • Lexile: 490
  • Copyright: 2023

Loud!

Abigail is frustrated. She can't focus on writing and fools around instead. She is sent to the cooling down room. After that is music class, and she can't make any of the instrument's work!… Read More →

  • Dewey: [Fic]
  • Copyright: 2023

Olive

From the Series The Fairy-Tale Color Collection

Who is the real giant in this wordless retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk? Perspective is everything in this visual exploration of what big and small can mean. Olive, the little girl… Read More →

  • Dewey: [E]
  • Copyright: 2023