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Hereville : how Mirka got her swordDeutsch, Barry.
Eleven-year-old Mirka Herschberg dreams of fighting dragons and spends her days honing her skills, e ...
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Rachel's library Ungar, Richard |
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Light Zalben, Jane Breskin.
A retelling of the midrash about the creation of light.
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Beni's first Chanukah Zalben, Jane Breskin.
On the first night of Hanukkah, a young bear helps his mother prepare latkes, plays "Spin the Dreide ...
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Sunrise, sunset Harnick, Sheldon
An illustrated version of the well-known song about the passage of time, from the musical "Fiddler o ...
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One eye laughing, the other weeping : the diary of Julie Weiss Denenberg, Barry.
During the Nazi persecution of the Jews in Austria, twelve-year-old Julie escapes to America to live ...
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Anna is still here Vos, Ida, 1931-
Thirteen-year-old Anna, who was a "hidden child" in Nazi-occupied Holland during World War II, gradu ...
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Jalape~no bagels Wing, Natasha.
For International Day at school, Pablo wants to bring something that reflects the cultures of both h ...
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Queen Esther saves her people Gelman, Rita Golden.
Retells the story of how a beautiful Jewish girl became the Queen of Persia and saved her people fro ...
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A stone in my hand Clinton, Cathryn.
Eleven-year-old Malaak and her family are touched by the violence in Gaza between Jews and Palestini ...
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The matzah man : a Passover story Howland, Naomi.
Just before the Passover seder, a man baked from scraps of matzo dough escapes from the oven and elu ...
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A faraway island Thor, Annika.
In 1939 Sweden, two Jewish sisters wait for their parents to join them in fleeing the Nazis in Austr ...
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Inside-out grandma Rothenberg, Joan.
Rosie's grandmother wears her clothes inside out to remind herself to buy oil for making latkes at H ...
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Milkweed : a novel Spinelli, Jerry. |
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Yellow star Roy, Jennifer Rozines, 1967-
From 1939, when Syvia is four and a half years old, to 1945 when she has just turned ten, a Jewish g ...
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The Entertainer and the dybbuk Fleischman, Sid, 1920-
A struggling American ventriloquist in post-World War II Europe is possessed by the mischievous spir ...
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The keeping quilt Polacco, Patricia.
A homemade quilt ties together the lives of four generations of an immigrant Jewish family, remainin ...
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Arthur Yorinks's The flying latke Yorinks, Arthur.
A family argument on the first night of Chanukah results in a food fight and a flying latke that is ...
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The harmonica Johnston, Tony, 1942-
Torn from his home and parents in Poland during World War II, a young Jewish boy starving in a conce ...
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Ghosts and golems : haunting tales of the supernatural
A collection of ten original contemporary stories of the supernatural which reflect a Jewish traditi ...
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This is the matzah Levine, Abby.
Rhyming text and illustrations describe the activities of a young boy and his family as they celebra ...
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The weight of the sky Sandell, Lisa Ann, 1977-
A sixteen-year-old girl travels to Israel to spend the summer on a kibbutz and discovers who she is ...
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The White ram : a story of Abraham and Isaac Gerstein, Mordicai.
A white ram, made on the sixth day of creation, waits patiently in the garden of Eden until the time ...
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Nothing here but stones Oswald, Nancy.
In 1882, ten-year-old Emma and her family, along with other Russian Jewish immigrants, arrive in Cot ...
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The latke who couldn't stop screaming : a Christmas story Snicket, Lemony.
"Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children's author. For ...
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The diary of Laura's twin Kacer, Kathy, 1954- |
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Say hello, Lily Lakritz, Deborah.
Lily wants to go with her mother to visit the people who live at Shalom Home, an assisted living fac ...
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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 Cathol ...
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Willy and Max : a Holocaust story Littlesugar, Amy.
In Belgium during World War II, Willy becomes friends with Max and his Jewish family, and although t ...
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Hanukkah moon da Costa, Deborah.
When Isobel visits her Aunt Luisa at Hanukkah, she not only has a wonderful time, she learns some ne ...
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Malka Pressler, Mirjam.
In the winter of 1943, a Polish physician and her older daughter make a dangerous and arduous trek t ...
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Dinosaur on Passover Rauchwerger, Diane Levin.
An enthusiastic dinosaur comes to a young boy's house to join him in celebrating Passover.
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It's not worth making a tzimmes over Rosenthal, Betsy R.
Sara and her grandma add too much yeast to the challah dough and it grows so big that it threatens t ...
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Broken song Lasky, Kathryn.
In 1897, fifteen-year-old Reuven Bloom, a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the viol ...
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A pickpocket's tale Schwabach, Karen.
When Molly, a ten-year-old orphan, is arrested for picking pockets in London in 1731, she is banishe ...
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Clara's war Kacer, Kathy, 1954-
Thirteen-year-old Clara and her younger brother Peter are living in Prague with their parents in 194 ...
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The cats in Krasinski Square Hesse, Karen.
Two Jewish sisters, escapees of the infamous Warsaw ghetto, devise a plan to thwart an attempt by th ...
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The doll with the yellow star McDonough, Yona Zeldis.
"Eight-year-old Claudine doesn't want to leave her home in France to go live in America, not without ...
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A grandma like yours ; A grandpa like yours Rosenbaum, Andria Warmflash, 1958-
Two rhyming stories of wonderful Jewish grandmothers and grandfathers.
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My guardian angel Weil, Sylvie.
In 11th century Troyes, France, Elvina, the unusual granddaughter of renowned Jewish rabbi Solomon b ...
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When Hitler stole pink rabbit Kerr, Judith.
Recounts the adventures of a nine-year-old Jewish girl and her family in the early 1930's as they tr ...
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Letter on the wind : a Chanukah tale Lamstein, Sarah, 1943-
When there is no oil for Chanukah, Hayim, the poorest man in the village, sends the Almighty a lette ...
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Escaping into the night Friedman, D. Dina.
Thirteen-year-old Halina Rudowski narrowly escapes the Polish ghetto and flees to the forest, where ...
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The Star houses : a story from the Holocaust Ross, Stewart. |
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Hide and seek Vos, Ida, 1931-
A young Jewish girl living in Holland tells of her experiences during the Nazi occupation, her years ...
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The runaway latkes Kimmelman, Leslie.
When three potato latkes escape Rachel Bloom's frying pan on the first night of Hanukkah, everyone i ...
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The mystery of the Dead Sea scrolls Allon, Hagit.
"What Daniel really wants is to be a detective, but so far he hasn't been having much luck. That is, ...
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