|
Jacob and the Mandolin Adventure |
Dublin, Anne |
2021 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Canadian-Jewish books, Music, ORPHANS |
220 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Abby Tried and True |
Gephart, Donna |
2021 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, MENTAL HEALTH |
272 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Magician's Visit, The |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Gomez, Eva Sanchez, Peretz, I. L. |
2021 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ELIJAH (PROPHET), MAGIC, Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Passover Guest, The |
Kusel, Susan, Rubin, Sean |
2021 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ELIJAH (PROPHET), MAGIC, Passover, SEDER |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Soosie the Horse that Saved Shabbat |
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, Halberstadt, Menahem |
2021 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, JERUSALEM, Shabbat |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Esther Didn't Dream of Being Queen |
Ofanansky, Allison, Belloni, Valentina |
2021 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ESTHER (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Donkey and the Garden, The |
Busheri, Devora, Halberstadt, Menahem |
2021 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Akiva, MIDRASH |
32 p. |
HUMILITY/ANAVAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Rainy Day Story, A |
Calderon, Ruth, Kelner, Noa |
2021 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Environment, TALMUD |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO |
|
Hiding Baby Moses |
Roth, Judith L., Cataldo, Melanie |
2021 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE), MOSES (PROPHET), SIBLINGS |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Going Rogue (at Hebrew School) |
Breton, Casey |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, SCHOOL |
224 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Beni's War |
Stein, Tammar |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, ISRAEL - YOM KIPPUR WAR, WAR |
280 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESILIENCE, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Runaway, The |
Cahn, Yehuda |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, families, FRIENDSHIP, Hospitality, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, parent and child relationships, POVERTY |
144 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
If I Lived with Noah |
Moritz, Pamela, Haley, MacKenzie |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Noah's Ark |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
River |
Nayman, Shira |
2020 |
High School |
FAMILY, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, persecutions, time travel |
285 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Bear and Fred: A World War II Story |
Argaman, Iris, Ofer, Avi, Appel, Annette |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
44 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE |
|
Don't Thank Me |
Perlowitz, Rebecca |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FARMS AND FARMING, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, GRATITUDE |
32 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail |
Newman, Leslea, Gal, Susan |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ANIMALS, Passover |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Place at the Table, A |
Faruqi, Saadia, Shovan, Laura |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AMERICANIZATION, Cooking, families, FRIENDSHIP, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, PREJUDICE |
336 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom Graphic Memoir |
Feder, Tyler |
2020 |
High School - Adult |
DEATH, Graphic Novel, HUMOR, MOURNING, parent and child relationships |
202 p. |
COMFORTING MOURNERS/NICHUM AVEILIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
I Have a Jewish Name |
Vorst, Rachel |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IDENTITY, NAMES AND NAMING |
28 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Maurice and His Dictionary: A True Story |
Fagan, Cary, Mariano, Enzo Lord |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Education, Holocaust, REFUGEES, JEWISH |
56 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE |
|
Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom |
Aroeste, Sarah, Rubio, Ayesha |
2020 |
Preschool |
SEPHARDIM, Shabbat |
12 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Fish Out of Water |
Levy, Joanne |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, IDENTITY |
144 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Recommended for You |
Silverman, Laura |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY |
272 p. |
OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Bubbe & Zaide |
Asner, Ann-Marie Baila |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship |
22 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Passover Mouse, The |
Wieder, Joy Nelkin, Kober, Shahar |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, Hospitality, Passover |
32 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Miriam at the River |
Yolen, Jane, Le, Khoa |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, MIRIAM (BIBLICAL FIGURE), MOSES (PROPHET) |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Alligator Seder |
Hickman, Jessica, Elissambura |
2020 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ANIMALS, Passover |
12 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Too Far from Home |
Shmuel, Naomi, Katz, Avi |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ETHIOPIAN JEWS; antisemitism; prejudices;, IDENTITY, SCHOOL |
96 p. |
HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
It's My Party and I Don't Want to Go |
Panitch, Amanda |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAT MITZVAH, MENTAL HEALTH |
216 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book |
Copland, Rabbi Mychal |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BIBLE STORIES |
32 p. |
TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Chance: Escape from the Holocaust |
Shulevitz, Uri |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, ART, Biography, FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN POLAND, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
336 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV |
|
You're the cheese in my blintz |
Kimmelman, Leslie [nid:11416], , Kaulitzki, Ramona |
2020 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
CHILDREN, families, Music |
12 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Becoming Brianna |
Libenson, Terri |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, FRIENDSHIP, Graphic Novel, INTERMARRIAGE |
320 p. |
GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESILIENCE |
|
Maurice and His Dictionary: A True Story |
Fagan, Cary, Mariano, Enzo Lord |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, Immigration, SCHOOL |
56 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Such a Library!: A Yiddish Folktale Re-imagined |
Nadler, Jill Ross, van den Berg, Esther |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, LIBRARIES, MAGIC |
40 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You've Never Heard Of |
Becker, Helaine, Rust, Kari |
2020 |
|
Anti Semitism, Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, FEMINISM, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, Women |
40 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Shalom Bayit: A Peaceful Home |
Marshall, Linda Elovitz, Jatkowska, Ag |
2020 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ANIMALS, HOMES |
12 p. |
PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night |
Ofanansky, Allison, Teplow, Rotem |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Passover, SEPHARDIM |
36 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, Love for Israel, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Abba Tree, The |
Busheri, Devora, Shkedi, Gal |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
parent and child relationships, TREES, Tu B' Shevat |
24 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Eight Knights of Hanukkah, The |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Bernstein, Galia |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, Hanukkah, MITZVOT |
48 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Crowded Farmhouse Folktale, A |
Rostoker-Gruber, Karen , Swarner, Kristina |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FARMS AND FARMING, FOLKLORE |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO |
|
Louder Than Words |
Kacer, Kathy |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
233 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Blackbird Girls, The |
Blankman, Anne |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Anti Semitism, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
352 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Havadalah is Coming! |
Newman, Tracy, Garafoli, Viviana |
2020 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
HAVDALAH, Shabbat |
12 p. |
KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Very Big Problem, A |
Levine, Amy-Jill, Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CREATION, MIDRASH, MODERN |
40 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Hillel Builds a House |
Lepon, Shoshana, Ruiz, Angeles |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH |
|
Sweet Tamales for Purim |
Bietz, Barbara, Kanzler, John |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, Purim |
32 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
My Sister Is Sleeping |
Busheri, Devora, Kichka, Michel |
2020 |
Juvenile |
FAMILY, SIBLINGS |
24 p. |
, ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
The Conspiracy. The Plot to Kill Hitler, Book One |
Marino, Andy. |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, WARDING OFF EVIL |
|
Judy Led the Way |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Lucas, Margeaux |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BAT MITZVAH, Biography |
34 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Ninth Night of Hanukkah, The |
Perl, Erica S., Kober, Shahar |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, Hanukkah, Love Your Neighbor |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PRESERVING PEACE/DARCHEI SHALOM |
|
Judah Touro didn't want to be famous |
Ades, Audrey , Mildenberger, Vivien |
2020 |
Juvenile |
Biography, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES |
32 p. |
, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HUMILITY/ANAVAH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Village of Scoundrels |
Preus, Margi |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
304 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Letters from Cuba |
Behar, Ruth |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, FAMILY, IDENTITY |
272 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Sadie's Shabbat Stories |
Stoller, Melissa, Goldberg, Lisa |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Shabbat |
36 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
I Am Standing at Mount Sinai |
Wasserman, Sherry, Cisse, Ruthie |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Shavuot |
38 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Peddler and the Baker, The |
Molchadsky, Yael, Grossman, Liora |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, SEPHARDIM, Shabbat |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
No Vacancy |
Cohen, Tziporah |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FAMILY |
220 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale |
Wolfe, Suzanne, Ebbeler, Jeffrey |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Hanukkah, RABBIS |
24 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Hard Hat Cat! |
Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie, Lee, Maxine |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Israel |
24 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM |
|
Benny Feldman's All-Star Klezmer Band |
Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
KLEZMER MUSIC, SCHOOL, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
208 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Way Back, The |
Savit, Gavriel |
2020 |
High School |
FANTASY, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
360 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Basket Full of Figs, A |
Elon, Ori, Halberstadt, Menachem |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
MIDRASH, TREES, Tu B'shevat |
|
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, from generation to generation / L'DOR V'DOR |
|
Noah Green Saves the World |
Toffler-Corrie, Laura, Pamintuan, Macky |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAR MITZVAH, CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, HUMOR |
280 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Honey on the Page: A Treasury of Yiddish Children's Literature |
Udel, Miriam |
2020 |
|
YIDDISH LITERATURE |
352 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Clarence's Topsy-Turvy Shabbat |
MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia, Poh, Jennie |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, Shabbat |
24 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Ceiling Made of Eggshells |
Levine, Gail Carson |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
400 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Dona Gracia's Secret |
Froggart, Marilyn |
2020 |
High School |
INQUISITION, Spanish Inquisition Spain Converts |
56 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon’s Battle for Women’s Rights in Japan |
Gottesfeld, Jeff., Witanto, Sheila |
2020 |
Juvenile |
CIVIL RIGHTS, FEMINISM, HUMAN RIGHTS |
44 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, CRITICIZING CONSTRUCTIVELY/HOCHEACH TOCHEEACH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Turtle Boy |
Wolkenstein, M. Evan |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, GRATITUDE, PHYSICALLY DISABLED |
400 p. |
BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Generous Fish, The |
Jules, Jacqueline, Tyrell, Frances |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, caring for the environment |
40 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Assignment, The |
Wiemer, Liza |
2020 |
High School |
ANTI-SEMITISM, Holocaust Education, SCHOOL |
322 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, GRIEF CAUSED BY OTHERS/AGMAT NEFESH, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Worse and Worse on Noah’s Ark |
Kimmelman, Leslie. |
2020 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CONFLICT RESOLUTION, Noah's Ark |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Book of Secrets, The |
Tonti, Mat |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BOOKS AND READING, FOLKLORE, MIDRASH, SIBLINGS |
208 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Ruth Objects: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Rappaport, Doreen, Velasquez, Eric |
2020 |
Juvenile |
CIVIL RIGHTS, FEMINISM, HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL ACTION, UNITED STATES - HISTORY |
48 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin |
Newman, Tracy, Halpin, Abigail |
2020 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, MUSICIANS, PHYSICALLY DISABLED |
40 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE |
|
Not Your All-American Girl |
Shang, Wendy Wan-Long, Rosenberg, Madelyn |
2020 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FRIENDSHIP, GRANDPARENTS, INTERFAITH RELATIONS, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS |
243 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Sammy Spider's First Book of Prayers |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2020 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Prayer |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, BLESSINGS RECITED AT PERSONAL OR PRIVATE OCCASIONS/BERACHOT PERATIYOT, DEVOTION/KAVANAH |
|
Light the Menorah: A Playful Action Rhyme |
Broide, Tova Gitty, Agroff, Patti |
2019 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah |
12 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
A Boy Is not a Bird |
Ravel, Edeet |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN CANADA, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Once Upon an Apple Cake |
Rubenstein, Elana, Naalchigar, Jennifer |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Mystery, Rosh Hashanah Cooking Holidays |
108 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Feeling Better A to Z: A Book About Bikur Cholim |
Chomer, Malka Nussbaum, Bolton, Bill |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
visiting a sick friend; caring for others. |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
No Day Without Torah: The Story of Meir Shapiro and the Daf Yomi |
Sokol, Leah, Ackerman, Dena |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, Education, TALMUD |
32 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Rachel's roses |
Lucas, Margeaux, Wolff, Ferida |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CLOTHING AND DRESS, FAMILY, Grandmothers, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, ROSH HASHANAH |
112 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, respect for the elderly; V'hadarta p'nei zaken, RESPECT/KAVOD |
|
Yossi & Nussi’s Trip to the Zoo: Learning Good Middos from Animals through Pirkei Avos |
Farkas, Rachel, Nadell, Yocheved |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, MIDDOT, parent and child relationships |
36 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Noah and the Eight Trucks of Hanukkah |
Rips, Nancy, Saumell, Marina |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah, MACCABEES |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Bar Mitzvah Boys, The |
Uhlberg, Myron, Arcabascio, Carolyn |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
BAR MITZVAH, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
32 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
A Hoopoe Says Oop! Animals of Israel |
Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie, Kuman, Ivana |
2019 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, Israel |
10 p. |
LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
In the Neighborhood of True |
Carlton, Susan Kaplan |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH |
320 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
The Hanukkah Fable of Little Dreidel and Silver Menorah |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Derby, T.L. |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, parent and child relationships |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV |
|
Just Like Rube Goldberg: The Incredible True Story of the Man Behind the Machines |
Aronson, Sarah, Neubecker, Robert |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, Comics |
48 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Here Comes the Mitzvah Team! A Story about Zrizus |
Lieberman, Naomi, Leff, Tova |
2019 |
|
FAMILY, MITZVOT |
26 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
A Light in the Darkness : Janusz Korczak, his Orphans, and the Holocaust |
Marrin, Albert |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, Holocaust Biography, JEWS IN POLAND |
400 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, RESILIENCE, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Spiller, Sara, Bane, Jeff |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, Jewish Women |
24 p. |
FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Shimri's Big Idea: A Story of Ancient Jerusalem |
Weber, Elka, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ISRAEL - ANCIENT, JERUSALEM, SIBLINGS |
32 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Book Rescuer (the): How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come |
Macy, Sue, Innerst, Stacy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
BOOKS AND READING, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, YIDDISH LANGUAGE, YIDDISH LITERATURE |
48 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
All of Me |
Baron, Chris |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, BAR MITZVAH, EATING DISORDERS |
320 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Bold and Brave : A Fun-to-Read Book |
Peysin, Shainy, McFarland, Michael |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Hanukkah, HISTORICAL FICTION, MACCABEES |
127 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, CLEAVING TO GOD/DEVEIKUT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Travels with Sushi in the Land of the Mind |
Shyfrin, Eduard, Tomic, Tomislav |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
FANTASY, MIDDOT, time travel, TORAH |
190 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Golden Bell, The |
Sachs, Tamar, Abolafia, Yossi |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, HONOR |
24 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HONESTY/EMET, VIRTUOUS PERSON |
|
White Bird: A Wonder Story |
Palacio, RJ |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
Grandmothers, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN FRANCE |
220 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Walk Till You Disappear |
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, Sawyer, Odessa |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
208 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Mitzvah Pizza |
Scheerger, Sarah Lynn, Melmon, Deborah |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MITZVOT, parent and child relationships |
32 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM |
|
Bubby Karp, Senior Detective—Book One |
Walfish, Miriam., Ognarov, Evgeniy |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandmothers, MYSTERY STORIES |
212 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT |
|
The Sages of Chelm and the Moon |
Abas, Shlomo, Hoffmann, Omer |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Chelm & Story Collections, HUMOR |
32 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Someday we will fly |
DeWoskin, Rachel |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, Jews in China, JEWS IN POLAND |
353 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
The Case of the Disappearing Chanukah Candles |
Roteman, Ellen |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, Hanukkah, Mystery |
114 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Gittel's Journey : An Ellis Island Story |
Newman, Leslea, Bates, Amy June [nid:50781], illustrator |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
48 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Broken Strings |
Walters, Eric, Kacer, Kathy |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Holocaust |
282 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank |
Churnin, Nancy, Nayberg, Yevgenia |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, CIVIL RIGHTS, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, RACE RELATIONS |
32 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Is It Tu B’Shevat Yet? |
Barash, Chris, Psacharopulo, Alessandra |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
NATURE STUDY, Tu B' Shevat |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
The key from Spain : Flory Jagoda and her music |
Levy, Debbie, Wimmer, Sonja [nid:52770], illustrator |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Holocaust, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN SPAIN, Music, MUSICIANS, SEPHARDIM, Spanish Inquisition |
32 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Pavel and the Tree Army |
Hyde, Heidi Smith [nid:11019], , Vavouri, Elisa |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
caring for the environment, HISTORY-MODERN, Immigration |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Rabbi Slurps Spaghetti, The |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Davey, Sharon |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, LIFE CYCLE, Mystery, RABBIS |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Yossi & Laibel Make A Friend |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Nodel, Norman |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
DISABILITY AWARENESS, FRIENDSHIP |
14 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Ezra’s Big Shabbat Question |
Brown, Aviva, Kanavaliuk, Anastasia |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
COMMANDMENTS, COMPARATIVE JUDAISM |
32 p. |
DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany |
Maraniss, Andrew |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
JEWS IN GERMANY, Jews in Sports |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, RESILIENCE, RESPECT/KAVOD, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, STRENGTH/KOACH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Good Night, Wind |
Marshall, Linda Elovitz, Dolveux, Maëlle |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Environment, kindness |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV |
|
Benny’s Gif |
Altein, Chani, Rooney, Miri |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
gifts, kindness |
34 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT |
|
The King’s Secret Mission: The Story of Modeh Ani |
Sher, Shiri, Vardi, Geula |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GRATITUDE, Prayer |
35 p. |
Belief in God, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN |
|
Hanukkah Baby |
Trukhan, Ekaterina |
2019 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah |
12 p. |
from generation to generation / L'DOR V'DOR, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Anya and the Dragon |
Pasternack, Sofiya |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Anti Semitism, FANTASY, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
416 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH, WARDING OFF EVIL |
|
Best Four Questions, The |
Burk, Rachelle, Florian, Mélanie |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Passover, SIBLINGS |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Hole in the boat, A |
Relevy, Adi Zelichov, Fuman, Shiraz |
2019 |
Juvenile |
MIDRASH, VALUES |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Mr. Tempkin Climbs a Tree |
Fagan, Cary, Carles, Arbat |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, visiting a sick friend; caring for others. |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Wait! It's Friday |
Barash, Chris, Grove, Christine |
2019 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, Shabbat |
24 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Ghost in Apartment 2R |
Markell, Denis |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, LEGENDS |
320 p. |
RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Sick kids in love |
Moskowitz, Hannah. |
2019 |
High School - Adult |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS |
300 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Pippa’s Passover Plate |
Kirkfield, Vivian, Weber, Jill |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, Passover |
40 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Onions and Garlic |
Sheir, Rebecca, Hahn, Sabina |
2019 |
Juvenile |
FOLKLORE |
46 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Right Side Up: Adventures in Chelm |
Kimmel, Eric A., Brown, Steve |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Chelm & Story Collections, HUMOR |
96 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
Esther's Gragger: A Toyshop Tale of Purim |
Simpson, Martha Seif, Bernhard, Durga Yael |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Purim, SIBLINGS |
28 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
It’s Passover, Grover |
Shepherd, Joe, Mathieu, Joe |
2019 |
Preschool |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Passover |
24 p. |
FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories |
Locke, Katherine, Silverman, Laura |
2019 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY, SEXUALITY |
320 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Doctor Esperanto and the language of hope |
Rockliff, Mara, Dzierzawska, Zosia |
2019 |
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COMMUNITY LIFE, EASTERN EUROPE-SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
40 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, NOT KEEPING SOMEONE IN IGNORANCE/LIFNEI IVER LO TITEN MICHSHOL, NOT PLACING A STUMBLING BLOCK/LO TITEYN MICHSHOL, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESILIENCE, RESPECT/KAVOD, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
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Yiddish Saves the Day |
Levy, Debbie, Borlasca, Hector |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
HUMOR, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Long Summer Nights |
Appelfeld, Aharon, Mintzi, Vali, Green, Jeffrey |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Anti Semitism, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN THE SOVIET UNION, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
272 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
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What Could You Say to Make a Great Day? An Interactive Book About Positive Thinking |
Genish, Ahuva, Pelleg, Tirtsa |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
parent and child relationships, Parenting Values |
45 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Signs in the Well |
Smith, Shoham, Mintzi, Vali |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BOOKS AND READING, LEARNING |
29 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, RESILIENCE |
|
Our Year of Maybe |
Solomon, Rachel Lynn |
2019 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY, SEXUALITY |
370 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, RESILIENCE |
|
Sarah Builds a School: The Life of Sarah Schenirer |
Koffsky, Ann D., Klein, Leslie Ginsparg, Ackerman, Dena |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, SCHOOL, WOMEN IN JUDAISM |
32 p. |
HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM |
|
Scarf for Keiko, A |
Malaspina, Ann, Liddiard, Merrilee |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
RACE RELATIONS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CLOTHING THE NATION/HALBASHAT ARUMIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Be Kind |
Shulman, Naomi, Pan, Hsingping |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - High School |
kindness, MITZVOT |
80 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae |
Barash, Chris, Battuz, Christine |
2019 |
Preschool |
ROSH HASHANAH |
24 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, REDEMPTION/GEULA |
|
Whale of a Tale |
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
JONAH (PROPHET), time travel |
152 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Lady Amelie Jakobovits: Queen of Kindness |
Gebber, Leah |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, JEWS IN ENGLAND |
102 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, MODESTY/TZENIUT |
|
Parrots, pugs, and pixie dust : a book about fashion designer Judith Leiber |
Blumenthal, Deborah, D'yans, Masha |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, ARTS, DECORATIVE, Biography, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
40 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, RESILIENCE, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
No Room for a Pup |
Suneby, Liz, Molk, Laurel |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, GRATITUDE |
32 p. |
GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Journey to Justice. |
Levy, Debbie, Gardner, Whitney |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, FEMINISM, HUMAN RIGHTS |
208 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT |
|
The Elephant in the Sukkah |
Mandell, Sherri, Kuman, Ivana |
2019 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
SUKKOT |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
One Yellow Daffodil: A Chanukah Story |
Adler, David A., Katz, Avi |
2019 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Crying Laughing |
Rubin, Lance |
2019 |
High School |
BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, HUMOR |
328 p. |
DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Hear the Megillah: A Playful Action Rhyme |
Broide, Tova Gitty, Agroff, Patti |
2019 |
Preschool |
Purim |
12 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Masters of silence |
Kacer, Kathy |
2019 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN GERMANY, RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS |
272 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Grover Goes to Israel |
Sussman, Joni Kibort, Leigh, Tom |
2019 |
Preschool |
Israel |
12 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
Miep and the Most Famous Diary: The Woman Who Rescued Anne Frank's Diary |
Pincus, Meeg, Solano, Jordi |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT |
|
Kugel for Hanukkah? |
Everin, Gretchen M., Ashdown, Rebecca |
2019 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandmothers, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Hanukkah, kindness |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Oops! I’m Sorry. |
Blau, Sara, Taylor, Erin |
2019 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Jewish Values |
28 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, HUMILITY/ANAVAH, REDEMPTION/GEULA |
|
Hanukkah Hamster |
Markel, Michelle, Ceolin, Andre |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, FRIENDSHIP, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
12 Before 13 |
Greenwald, Lisa |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BAT MITZVAH, CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP |
368 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KEEPING COMMANDMENTS/NEDARIM |
|
Bubbe's Got the Beat |
Press, Judy, Hall, Mary |
2018 |
Preschool |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Shabbat |
12 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
The Discovery of Flight |
Glickman, Susan |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AUTHORS, CHILDREN - CHRONIC DISEASE, FAMILY |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Avi for President |
Koffsky, Ann D. |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
FRIENDSHIP, SCHOOL |
32 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, DECENT SPEECH/LASHON TOV, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON |
|
The Montefiores: Champions of the Jewish People |
Zakon, Rabbi Nachman |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
History Israel, JERUSALEM, Jewish History |
102 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Room for Rent |
Goldberg, Lea, Katz, Shmuel |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, HUMOR, Love Your Neighbor |
24 p. |
RESPECT/KAVOD, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
How It’s Made: Hanukkah Menorah |
Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
Light the Menorah!: A Hanukkah Handbook |
Jules, Jacqueline, Swarner, Kristina [nid:14588], illustrator |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
AGUNAH, FAMILY, Hanukkah, JEWISH CULTURE |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
|
Can You Hear a Coo Coo? |
Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie, Lumer, Marc |
2018 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES |
10 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
And There Was Evening and There Was Morning |
Helfand, Harriet Cohen, Zager, Ellen Kahan |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Art Hebrew |
24 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Yanky's Amazing Discovery |
Bauman, Reuven |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
LEARNING, MIDDOT, MITZVOT, SCHOOL |
77 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH, TRUTH / EMET |
|
Solomon Schonfeld: Hero of the Kindertransport |
Goldstein, Riki |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - High School |
Biography, Education, Holocaust |
116 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Anne Frank |
Agrimbau, Diego, Mezquita, Fabián |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, FRANK, ANNE |
80 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
The Sound of Freedom |
Kacer, Kathy |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, Israel, MUSICIANS |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
All the World Praises You!: An Illuminated Aleph-Bet Book |
Band, Deborah, Band, Arnold J. |
2018 |
Preschool - Adult |
ART, Hebrew, NATURE STUDY |
34 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, Belief in God, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
Spy with the Red Balloon, The |
Locke, Katherine |
2018 |
High School |
MAGIC, time travel, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
284 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Heart-Shaped Leaf, The |
Gefen, Shira, Polonsky, David |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Environment, FANTASY, GRATITUDE, parent and child relationships |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Sadie’s Snowy Tu B’Shevat |
Korngold, Jamie, Fortenberry, Julie [nid:26493] illustrator |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, TREES |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
All-of-a-Kind-Family Hanukkah |
Jenkins, Emily, Zelinsky, Paul [nid:52252] illustrator |
2018 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
CULTURE, JEWISH, FAMILY, Hanukkah, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Is It Rosh Hashanah Yet? |
Barash, Chris, Psacharopulo, Alessandra |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, ROSH HASHANAH, TRADITION |
32 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Resistance |
Nielson, Jennifer |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
400 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Listen! Israel’s All Around |
Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie, Mack, Steve |
2018 |
Preschool |
Israel |
10 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
World Needs Beautiful Things, The |
Berkowitz, Leah Rachel, Fabbri, Daniele |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, TEMPLE |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Roller-Coaster Grandma: The Amazing Story of Dr. Ruth |
Westheimer, Dr. Ruth K, Pierre A. Lehu, Simmons, Mark |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
GRANDPARENTS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, Jewish Women |
64 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESILIENCE |
|
Escape from Iran: Two Jewish Girls’ Story of Survival. |
Djalilmand, Shira Yehudit |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HISTORY-MODERN, ISLAM, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS |
123 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
The Cure for Cold Feet |
Ain, Beth |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ADOLESCENCE, SCHOOL STORIES |
212 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Nowhere Boy |
Marsh, Katherine |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, FRIENDSHIP |
362 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Story of Rebbetzin Henny Machlis: Her Amazing Home and Family, The |
Zakon, Rabbi Nachman, Zakon, Miriam Stark |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, MITZVOT |
172 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, RIGHTEOUSNESS/ TZEDEK, TZEDEKIM |
|
We Can Find a Way: A Hachnosas Orchim Inclusion Story |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Wummer, Amy |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
DISABILITY AWARENESS, FAMILY |
36 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Paulie’s Passover Predicament |
Sutton, Jane, Vagnozzi, Barbara |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HUMOR, Passover |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
What the Night Sings |
Stamper, Vesper |
2018 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, MUSICIANS |
271 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
A Smile is Catchy |
Kramer, Chaya, Massry, Sarah |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
kindness, MITZVOT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV |
|
Cage Without Bars, A |
Dublin, Anne |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
129 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
A Queen in Jerusalem |
Shem-Tov, Tami, Sandbank, Rachella, Ofer, Avi |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ART, Israel, Purim |
32 p. |
BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD |
|
Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life and Art |
Rosenstock, Barb, GrandPre, Mary [nid:10432] illustrator |
2018 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
ARTISTS, Biography, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SOCIAL ACTION |
40 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RESILIENCE, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, SEEKING PEACE/REDIFAT SHALOM |
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Regina Persisted: An Untold Story |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Lucas, Margeaux |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Education, Holocaust, WOMEN IN JUDAISM |
32 p. |
HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Israel |
Rechner, Amy |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, Israel, ISRAEL - SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
32 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, Love for Israel |
|
Yael and the Party of the Year |
Lane, Tamsin |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, BAT MITZVAH, FRIENDSHIP |
160 p. |
OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Kids Speak 10 |
Walder, Chaim, Benedict, Devorah |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
MIDDOT, MITZVOT |
224 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Kristallnacht |
Fitzgerald, Stephanie |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - KRISTALLNACHT, WORLD WAR I, 1914-19, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
112 p. |
IMPULSE TOWARD EVIL/YETZER HA-RA, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
A Moon for Moe and Mo |
Zalben, Jane Breskin, Ariel, Liat Binyamini [nid:26443] illustrator |
2018 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
FRIENDSHIP, JEWISH - MOSLEM RELATIONS, ROSH HASHANAH |
48 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, HOLINESS/KEDUSHA, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL, RESPECT/KAVOD |
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Meet Me at the Well |
Yolen, Jane, Goldin, Barbara Diamond |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, Jewish Women |
104 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DEVOTION/KAVANAH, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, STRENGTH/KOACH |
|
Bitter and Sweet |
Feder, Sandra V., Brooker, Kyrsten [nid:26457], illustrator |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION, moving households |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Princess Dolls, The |
Schwartz, Ellen, Ando, Mariko |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
148 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
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Candlewick |
Rosner, Jennifer, Swarner, Kristina |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
DEAFNESS, FRIENDSHIP, kindness |
|
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM |
|
Tu B’Shevat is Coming |
Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana |
2018 |
Preschool |
Tu B'shevat |
12 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
All Three Stooges |
Perl, Erica S. |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
BAT MITZVAH, Comedy, DEATH, FRIENDSHIP |
240 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
David and the Lost Lamb |
Bauers, W.C., Costa, Marta |
2018 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES |
14 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Chanukah Tales from Oykvetchnik |
Davis, Scott Hilton, Levine, Amy F. |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FOLKLORE, Hanukkah, HUMOR |
118 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
My First Jewish Baby Book |
Merberg, Julie, Feiner, Beck |
2018 |
Preschool |
HEBREW LANGUAGE, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
28 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Fania’s Heart |
Renaud, Anne, Rudnicki, Richard |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
ART, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
The Length of a String |
Weissman, Elissa Brent |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOPTION, BAT MITZVAH, FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, TRUTH / EMET |
|
Jonah and the Whale |
Bauers, W.C., Costa, Marta |
2018 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES |
14 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
All Eyes on Alexandra |
Levine, Anna, Pasqualotto, Chira |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, parent and child relationships |
32 p. |
LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
My Sometimes Feelings |
Rubabshi, Leah Chana, Wummer, Amy |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
MIDDOT |
28 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, TRUTH / EMET |
|
Sammy Spider’s Passover Shapes |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2018 |
Preschool |
ARTS AND CRAFTS, CULTURE, JEWISH, Passover |
12 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone |
Solomon, Rachel Lynn |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DISEASE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, MOTHERS, SISTERS |
2 018 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, DIFFERENCE OF OPINION/VIKUACH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECT/KAVOD, TRUTH / EMET |
|
Miriam and Pharaoh’s Daughter |
Bauers, W.C., Costa, Marta |
2018 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES |
14 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
The Horror of the Holocaust. |
Throp, Claire |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Holocaust |
48 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, RESILIENCE, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
God Bless America: The Story of an Immigrant Named Irving Berlin. |
Nuchi, Adah, Polivka, Rob |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
AMERICANIZATION, Immigration, Music |
32 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say |
Sales, Leila |
2018 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, SCHOOL |
336 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
|
Irving Berlin, the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing |
Churnin, Nancy, Sanchez, James Rey [nid:52270], illustrator |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, Jewish Immigration, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, MUSICIANS |
32 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Creation Book, The |
Gansburg, Chani, Ackerman, Dena |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Bible Torah |
32 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Fast Asleep in a Little Village in Israel |
MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia, Beeke, Tiphanie |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Israel |
32 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
When We Were Shadows |
Wees, Janet |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
families, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
200 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, RESILIENCE |
|
No Truth without Ruth: The Life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg |
Krull, Kathleen, Zhang, Nancy |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, Women |
48 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, TRUTH / EMET |
|
Write On, Irving Berlin |
Kimmelman, Leslie [nid:11416], , Gardner, David C. [nid:52274], illustrator |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Biography, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, MUSICIANS |
32 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SOUL/NESHAMA |
|
Lillian Wald: America’s Great Social and Healthcare Reformer |
Kaplan, Paul M. |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Biography, COMMUNITY LIFE, Jewish Women, SOCIAL ACTION |
112 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Family with Two Front Doors, The |
Ciddor, Anna |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, MARRIAGE, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
208 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
No Seder Without You: Passover Past and Future |
Parker, Joan Goldstein, Sayre, Michael |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Passover |
60 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, LOVING GOD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Heart Just Like My Mother's, A |
Nargi, Lela, Cis, Valeria |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
kindness, parent and child relationships, POVERTY |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Sara the Bucket Filler |
Fishman, Rivka, Sin-Shalom, Miriam |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CHILDREN - MORAL DEVELOPMENT, SCHOOL STORIES |
32 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GUARDING ONE'S TONGUE/SHEMIRAT HALASHON |
|
ScaVentures Jerusalem: The Experiential Guidebook. |
Tarlow, Tali Kaplinski |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
Israel |
204 p. |
Love for Israel, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
French Toast Sundays |
Spielman, Gloria, Bousidan, Inbal Gigi [nid:52277], illustrator |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
DEATH, FAMILY, MOURNING |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
The Illustrated Haggadah |
Scherman, Nosson, Scherman, Yitzchak Zev, Stern, Hannah |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Passover, Haggadahs, Cookbooks |
64 p. |
DEVOTION/KAVANAH, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR |
|
Bagel King, The |
Larsen, Andrew, Nichols, Sandy |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOOD, Grandparent-grandchild relationship |
32 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
What’s Going on with My Mother? |
Kaufman, Rivka, Schwab, Sarah |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
MENTAL HEALTH, PARENTS |
32 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
The Passover Parrot (Revised Edition) |
Zusman, Evelyn, Brooker, Kyrsten |
2018 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
FAMILY, Passover, PETS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Scarlett and Sam Search for the Shamir |
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
JERUSALEM, TEMPLE, time travel |
152 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, WISDOM/CHOCHMA |
|
Rabbi Avraham Blumenthal: Father of Orphans |
Lieber, C.B. |
2018 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
CHILDREN, JERUSALEM, ORPHANS |
110 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, LOVE FOR TORAH, VIRTUOUS PERSON |
|
A Seder for Grover |
Sussman, Joni Kibort, Leigh, Tom |
2018 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP, Passover |
12 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Who’s Got the Etrog? |
Kohuth, Jane, Elissambura |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation |
Frank, Anne, Folman, Ari [nid:52282], adaotir, Polonsky, David [nid:52283], illustrator |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FRANK, ANNE, Holocaust |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Where's the Potty on This Ark? |
Olitzky, Kerry M., Tompkins, Abigail |
2018 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Noah's Ark |
24 p. |
TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Echo Still: Is There More to Life than Making the Team? |
Tibbits, Tim |
2018 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, FAMILY, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, sports |
178 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
We are Jewish Faces |
Darvick, Debra B. |
2018 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CHILDREN, IDENTITY, JUDAISM |
32 p. |
CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Drop by drop |
Jules, Jacqueline, Nayberg, Yevgenia [nid:50827] illustrator |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Akiva, LEARNING, RACHEL (MATRIARCH), Scholar |
32 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II (Young Readers Edition) |
Golabek, Mona, Sher, Emil, Cohen, Lee |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
224 p. |
RESILIENCE, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Engineer Arielle and the Israel Independence Day Surprise |
Cohen, Deborah Bodin, Orrelle, Yael Kimhi, illustrator |
2017 |
Preschool |
History Israel, ISRAEL - INDEPENDENCE |
24 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Man's Search for Meaning: Young Adult Edition |
Frankl, Victor, Foreword by John Boyne |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
200 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Yossi and Laibel's Shabbos Surprise |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Nodel, Norman |
2017 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, Shabbat, SIBLINGS |
16 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam |
Gilani-Williams, Fawzia [nid:51750], , Fedele, Chiara |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS, Israel, FOLKLORE |
24 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Moti the Mitzvah Mouse |
Newman, Vivian, Knopp-Kilpert, Inga |
2017 |
Preschool |
MITZVOT |
24 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Origami for Hanukkah |
Hardyman, Robyn |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ART, CRAFTS, Holidays |
32 p. |
LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Cholent brigade |
Herman, Michael, Harmer, Sharon |
2017 |
Preschool |
Shabbat, FOOD, FRIENDSHIP |
24 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Hannah’s Hanukkah Hiccups |
Silva, Shanna, McMahon, Bob |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, HUMOR, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, TRADITION |
32 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Viva, Rose! |
Krawitz, Susan |
2017 |
|
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
240 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Supreme Court Justice |
Small, Cathleen |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Biography, HUMAN RIGHTS, Women |
91 p. |
HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Tisha B'Av: A Jerusalem Journey |
Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Tisha B'av, Israel, ISRAEL - CHILDREN, PHOTOGRAPHY |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
This Is Just a Test |
Rosenberg, Madelyn, Shang, Wendy Wan-Long |
2017 |
|
BAR MITZVAH, Grandmothers, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, INTERMARRIAGE |
256 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Fight for Survival: The Story of the Holocaust |
Freeburg, Jessica |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Holocaust |
112 p. |
SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
Avi the Ambulance and the Snowy Day |
Carlson, Claudia, Koffsky, Ann D., Decker, C.D. |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
The Search is On! |
Ribowsky, Helene, Zlotowitz, Rachel, Black, Elisheva |
2017 |
|
Passover |
32 p. |
OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT |
|
Seeking Refuge: A Graphic Novel |
Watts, Irene N., Shoemaker, Kathryn E. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT |
128 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Six-Day Hero, the |
Stein, Tammar |
2017 |
|
ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - ARAB CONFLICT, WAR, FAMILY |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, RESILIENCE, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
It Only Takes a Minute |
Goetz, Bracha, Bolton, Bill |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
MIDDOT, MITZVOT |
20 p. |
BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Glixman in a Fix |
Klempner, Rebecca |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
MENTAL HEALTH, Mystery |
278 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Golem of Prague, The |
Cohen-Janca, Irene, Quarello, Maurizio A. C. [nid:50819] illustrator |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
GOLEM |
51 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Journey through Jerusalem |
Benjamin, Amanda, Blumenfeld, Tamar |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
JERUSALEM |
24 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
To Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen's Account of a War Criminal Trial |
Kacer, Kathy, Lebowitz, Jordana |
2017 |
High School - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WAR CRIMES - TRIALS |
256 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Tutti's Promise |
Fishman, K. Heidi |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, Holocaust, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
232 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH |
|
Tisha B'Av: A Jerusalem Journey |
Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ARCHEOLOGY, JERUSALEM, Tisha B'av |
32 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
Almost Autumn |
Kaurin, Marianne, Hedger, Rosie |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, Jews in Norway |
288 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Balcony on the Moon: Coming of Age in Palestine |
Barakat, Ibtisam |
2017 |
High School |
PALESTINIANS |
224 p. |
STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Goblins of Knottingham: A History of Challah, The |
Klein, Zoe, Bogert, Beth |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Challah ; Baking ; Grandmothers; Grandmother-grandchild relationship |
30 p. |
WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
Sukkot is Coming |
Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana |
2017 |
Preschool |
SUKKOT |
12 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Purim is Coming |
Newman, Tracy, Garofoli, Viviana |
2017 |
Preschool |
Purim |
12 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Concert in the Sand, A |
Shem-Tov, Tami, Ofer, Avi |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Israel, MUSICIANS |
32 p. |
Love for Israel, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Hurry-Up Exit from Egypt, The |
Bower, Gary, Chotiner, Barbara |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
32 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Girl with the Red Balloon, the |
Locke, Katherine |
2017 |
|
COMMUNISM, JEWS IN GERMANY, MAGIC, time travel |
256 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, RESILIENCE |
|
Queen of the Dosas |
Ehrenberg, Pamela, Sarkar, Anjar |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
32 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Genevieve's War |
Giff, Patricia Reilly, Stadtlander, Becca |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT |
|
Knish War on Rivington Street, The |
Oppenheim, Joanne, Davis, Jon |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Immigration, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
32 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y) |
|
Lucky Broken Girl |
Behar, Ruth |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, FAMILY, Immigration |
243 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH, STRENGTH/KOACH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Passover Cowboy, The |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Capaldi, Gina |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Immigration |
32 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PURSUING PEACE/RODEF SHALOM, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Yom Kippur Shortstop |
Adler, David A., Creolin, Andre |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
YOM KIPPUR, BASEBALL |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Shavuos Guess Who? |
Stern, Ariella, Argoff, Patti |
2017 |
Preschool |
Shavuot |
28 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Koala Challah |
Gehl, Laura, Mola, Marla |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Challah ; Baking ; Grandmothers; Grandmother-grandchild relationship, Shabbat |
24 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Sammy Spider's Hanukkah Colors |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2017 |
Preschool |
ART, CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Hanukkah |
12 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
JPS B'nai Mitzvah Torah Commentary |
Salkin, Rabbi Jeffrey K. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
BAR MITZVAH, BAT MITZVAH, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, PROPHETS, TORAH |
398 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Different Kind of Passover, A |
Leopold-Strauss, Linda, Tugeau, Jeremy |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Passover |
32 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Under the Sabbath Lamp |
Herman, Michael, Massari, Alida |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Shabbat, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM, SHTETL, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, Immigration |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Hiding Game, The |
Strauss, Gwen, Gretna, Herb Leonhard |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ARTISTS, HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN FRANCE |
40 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, VIRTUOUS PERSON |
|
Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm |
Glaser, Linda, Zolotic, Aleksandar |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Chelm & Story Collections, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale |
Koster, Gloria, Eastland, Sue |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Forever Garden, The |
Snyder, Laurel, Cotterill, Samantha |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
caring for the environment, Love Your Neighbor, TALMUD |
40 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Bentzi and the Magic Potion |
Glick, Shifra |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, MITZVOT |
113 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Passover Scavenger Hunt |
Silva, Shanna, Sakamoto, Miki |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, SEDER |
24 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Mini Adventures in Jerusalem |
Lewis, Sheldon, Howard, Kim |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, JERUSALEM, MITZVOT |
53 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale |
Kimmel, Eric A., Starr, Jim |
2017 |
Preschool |
ROSH HASHANAH, Folklore Holidays, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HEARING THE SHOFAR/LISHMOA KOL SHOFAR, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH |
|
Adam's Animals |
Schwartz, Barry L., Doneva, Steliyana |
2017 |
Preschool |
ADAM AND EVE, ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, MIDRASH |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story, The |
Londner, Renee, Bodnaryk, Iryna |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
32 p. |
|
|
Art Lesson, The |
Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne, Wilkinson, Annie |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ART, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Shavuot |
32 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Long Trail Home, The |
Burkhart, Kiersi, Keyser, Amber |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANIMALS, ANTI-SEMITISM, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST |
233 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Under the Sabbath Lamp |
Herman, Michael, Massari, Alida |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Immigration, Shabbat |
30 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Knish War on Rivington Street |
Oppenheim, Joanne, Davis, Jon |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY, United States Immigration |
32 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT |
|
City of Grit and Gold |
Powell, Maud Macrory |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, LABOR UNIONS |
164 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Best Sukkot Pumpkin Ever, The |
Steinberg, Laya, Madden, Colleen |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
SUKKOT |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Talia and the Haman-tushies |
Marshall, Linda Elovitz, Assirelli, Francesca |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Purim |
32 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R.B.G. vs. Inequality |
Winter, Jonah, Innerst, Stacy |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Biography, Jewish Women, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST |
48 p. |
ESTABLISHING A SYSTEM OF JUSTICE/SHOFTIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT |
|
Escaping the Nazis on the Kindertransport |
Berne, Emma Carlson |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT |
112 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Maddie the Mitzvah Clown |
Rostoker-Gruber, Karen , Grove, Christine |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandparent-grandchild relationship, MITZVOT |
32 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Judah Maccabee Goes to the Doctor |
Koffsky, Ann D., Shipman, Talitha |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah, MACCABEES |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Mort Ziff Is Not Dead |
Fagan, Cary |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, MITZVOT, SIBLINGS |
169 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Language of angels |
Michelson, Richard [nid:12446], , Gudeon, Karla |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
HEBREW LANGUAGE. FAMILY. ISRAEL |
32 p. |
HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, SCHOLAR/TALMID CHACHAM |
|
Dollmaker of Krakow |
Romero, R. M. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN POLAND, MAGIC |
336 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
I Go to Eretz Yisroel |
Benenfeld, Rikki |
2017 |
Preschool |
Israel, MITZVOT |
32 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
Most Dangerous Thing, The |
Lieberman, Leanne |
2017 |
High School |
FEMINISM, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, SEXUALITY |
240 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Hoopla Under the Huppah |
Weinstein, Dori |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
ADOLESCENCE, FAMILY, HUMOR, WEDDINGS |
259 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Gal Gadot |
Orr, Tamra B. |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ACTORS, Biography, Women |
32 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING WOMEN/KEVOD NASHIM, Love for Israel |
|
Refugee |
Gratz, Alan |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S |
352 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra |
|
Armstrong & Charlie |
Frank, Stephen B. |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, FRIENDSHIP, RACE RELATIONS |
304 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
Wordwings |
Pearl, Sydelle |
2017 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
170 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, RESILIENCE |
|
Rosie Saves the World |
Herman, Debbie, Lyon, Tammie |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
MITZVOT |
24 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH |
|
Mr. Benjamin’s Suitcase of Secrets |
Chang, Pei-Yu |
2017 |
Juvenile |
Holocaust, JEWS IN FRANCE, MYSTERY STORIES |
32 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Subject to Change |
Nesbitt, Karen |
2017 |
High School |
FAMILY, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOMOSEXUALITY |
288 p. |
LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
Joseph the Dreamer |
Laff, Becky |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BIBLE STORIES, SIBLINGS |
48 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Building |
Wachsler, Leah, Lohmann, Renate |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, MITZVOT |
20 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Librarian of Auschwitz, the |
Iturbe, Antonio, Thwaites, Lilit |
2017 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
432 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
What Are the Ten Commandments? |
McDonough, Yona Zeldis |
2017 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Bible, COMMANDMENTS, Shavuot |
112 p. |
Belief in God, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Hedy's Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the Holocaust |
Bisson, Michelle, Ramon, El Primo |
2017 |
|
Holocaust, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE |
40 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, RESILIENCE |
|
Cholent Brigade, The |
Herman, Michael, Harmer, Sharon |
2017 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
BAT MITZVAH, COMMUNITY LIFE |
24 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Concert in the sand, a |
Shem-Tov, Tami, Sandbank, Rachella, Ofer, Avi |
2017 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
History Israel, MUSIC, ISRAELI |
32 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
AbarakaPOW |
Campbell, Isaiah, Perillo, Dave |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS, MAGIC |
391 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Who Is the King? A Midrashic Tale on the Power of the Tongue |
Rubabshi, Leah Chana, Pushkin, Yael |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
MIDRASH |
32 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
|
The Ship to Nowhere |
Arato, Rona |
2016 |
|
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, Israel, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Creation |
Rylant, Cynthia |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, CREATION |
40 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, HUMILITY/ANAVAH |
|
What's Best for Me: Being Glad with What I've Got |
Massry, Sarah, Salanitro, Robert |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
|
24 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1 |
|
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark |
Levy, Debbie [nid:11937] , Baddeley, Elizabeth |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, CIVIL RIGHTS |
40 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
This Is NOT the Abby Show |
Fisher, Debbie Reed |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
SCHOOL, SPECIAL EDUCATION |
314 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
Skating with the Statue of Liberty |
Meyer, Susan Lynn |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
320 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Mitzvah Kids: Learning and Laughing Throughout the Jewish Year |
Goren, Michal |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Holidays, MITZVOT |
92 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, GOSSIP, BAD SPEECH/LASHON HA-RA, KOSHER/KASHRUT |
|
Bicycle Spy, The |
McDonough, Yona Zeldis |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
208 p. |
PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
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Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog, The |
Gidwitz, Adam , Aly, Hatem |
2016 |
|
HISTORY - MEDIEVAL, INQUISITION, JEWS IN FRANCE |
384 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
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Hero Two Doors Down: A Story of Friendship Between a Boy and a Baseball Legend, The |
Robinson, Sharon |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, BASEBALL, FRIENDSHIP |
208 p. |
LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, SEEKING PEACE/REDIFAT SHALOM |
|
We Are in Exile: Estamos en Galut |
Ioannides, Mara W. Cohen |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
HISTORICAL FICTION, SEPHARDIM |
120 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Life of an Olive, The |
Bernhard, Durga Yael |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ISRAEL - HISTORY, TREES |
36 p. |
Love for Israel |
|
I Promise You |
Mermelstein, Yael |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS |
279 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Anna and the Swallow Man |
Savit, Gavriel |
2016 |
|
Holocaust-Poland, FRIENDSHIP |
232 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
There's a Reason Why! A Dan L'kaf Zechus Story |
Biniashvili, Freidele Gayla Soban, Zimmer, Glenn |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP |
30 p. |
GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT/DAN L'CHAF ZECHUT |
|
Little Red Rosie |
Kimmel, Eric A., Gutierrez, Monica |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Challah ; Baking ; Grandmothers; Grandmother-grandchild relationship, ROSH HASHANAH |
32 p. |
BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Fascinating : the Life of Leonard Nimoy |
Michelson, Richard, Rodriguez, Edel, illustrator |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ACTORS, Biography, Immigration |
40 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Glad to Be Me |
Blau, Sara, Ebert, Len |
2016 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, MITZVOT |
16 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Potatoes at Turtle Rock |
Schnur, Susan, Schnur-Fishman, Anna, Steele-Morgan, Alex |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah, TRADITION |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Sky-High Sukkah |
Packer, Rachel Ornstein, Zemke, Deborah |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, SUKKOT |
|
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DWELLING IN A SUKKAH/LAYSHEV BASUKKAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Kayla and Kugel's Almost-Perfect Passover |
Koffsky, Ann D. |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Passover, SEDER |
24 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: : a Story about Knitting and Love |
Edwards, Michelle, Karas, G. Brian |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, MITZVOT, OLD AGE |
40 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Little Esrog, The |
Kochin, Rochelle, Hechter, Janice |
2016 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
SHTETL, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HUMILITY/ANAVAH |
|
Hanukkah with Mazel, A |
Stein, Joel Edward, Vavouri, Elisa |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Maya Prays for Rain |
Tarcov, Susan, Ochoa, Ana |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, Love for Israel |
|
Gratitude Game, The |
Hauser, Julie, Salanitro, Robert |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
GRATITUDE |
21 p. |
|
|
Extra Seat, An |
Herzfeld, Rabbi Shmuel, Herzfeld, Caryl, Herzfeld, Jacob |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH |
|
Dreidels on the Brain |
Ben Izzy, Joel |
2016 |
|
Hanukkah, FAMILY, MAGIC |
318 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
sammy Spider's First Bar Mitzvah |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
BAR MITZVAH |
32 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Chameleon That Saved Noah's Ark, The |
Molchadsky, Yael, Bergman, Orit |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS IN THE BIBLE, Noah's Ark |
32 p. |
INDUSTRIOUSNESS, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
A Poem for Peter : the Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The snowy day |
Pinkney, Andrea Davis |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Adult |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, ARTISTS, AUTHORS, Biography, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
52 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Ship to Nowhere: On Board the Exodus, The |
Arato, Rona |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ISRAEL - IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
144 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, Love for Israel |
|
Skating with the Statue of Liberty |
Meyer, Susan Lynn |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICANS, Immigration |
304 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Sundown Kid, The |
Bietz, Barbara, Kanzler, John |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Shabbat |
32 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup |
Mayer, Pamela, Melmon, Deborah |
2016 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
My Aunt Manya |
Patterson, Jose, Drew, Patricia |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Immigration |
88 p. |
Belief in God, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Sparkling Gift: The Story of the Miraculous Mon, The |
Rozen, Abigail, Hammerman, Lisa Cain |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES |
32 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
My Very Own Letter |
Hecht, Zalmy, Judowitz, Chani |
2016 |
|
TORAH SCROLLS |
18 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Gabriel's Horn |
Kimmel, Eric A., Surducan, Maria |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MITZVOT, FAMILY |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Flower Girl Wore Celery, The |
Gordon, Meryl G., Clifton-Brown, Holly |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
HOMOSEXUALITY, WEDDINGS |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES, TOLERANCE/sovlanut |
|
Honorable Mentschen: A Torah-Based Guide to Derech Eretz and Social Skills |
Krohn, Genendel, Cohen, Avigayil |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
MIDDOT, SOCIAL LIFE AND CUSTOMS |
84 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), DECENT SPEECH/LASHON TOV, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, RESPECT/KAVOD |
|
Not this Turkey |
Steinberg, Jessica, Pike, Amanda |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
THANKSGIVING, FAMILY, Immigration |
32 p. |
BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Avi the Ambulance to the Rescue |
Carlson, Claudia, Decker, CD |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Israel |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Cricket and the Ant" A Shabbat Story, The |
Ben-Gur, Naomi, Kober, Shahar |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, Shabbat |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
On One Foot |
Glaser, Linda, Balaguer, Nuria |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
RABBIS, TORAH |
32 p. |
HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup |
Mayer, Pamela, Melmon, Deborah |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Cooking, FAMILY |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, RESPECTING/APPRECIATING DIFFERENCES |
|
Gefilte Fishy Tale, A |
Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne, Andriani, Renee |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Challah ; Baking ; Grandmothers; Grandmother-grandchild relationship, Shabbat |
44 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Shimmy Shambone Will Not Go to Bed |
Zoldan, Yael, Salanitro, Robert |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CHILDREN |
37 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Greatest Ten, The |
Surlin, Janice, Krinsky, Rivka |
2016 |
Preschool |
TEN COMMANDMENTS |
24 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
The Sundown Kid: A Southwestern Shabbat |
Bietz, Barbara, Kanzler, John |
2016 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, Shabbat, FAMILY |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Place for Elijah, A |
Ruben, Kelly Easton, Friar, Joanne |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, ELIJAH (PROPHET), SEDER |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking Through Anne Frank's Window |
Gottesfeld, Jeff, McCarty, Peter |
2016 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANNE, Holocaust |
40 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO |
|
More Than Enough: A Passover Story |
Wayland, April Halprin, Kath, Katie |
2016 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
SEDER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
On Blackberry Hill |
Mann, Rachel |
2016 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, community ; shomar shabbat ; friendship ; moving households. otherness, MOTHERS |
198 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
|
The Bicycle Spy |
McDonough, Yona Zeldis |
2016 |
|
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN FRANCE |
208 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Irena's Children: Younger Readers Edition; A Story of Courage |
Mazzeo, Tilar J., Farrell, Mary Cronk |
2016 |
|
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
272 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Shanghai Sukkah |
Hyde, Heidi Smith [nid:11019], , Tsong, Jing Jing [nid:50802], illustrator |
2015 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, Jews in China, SUKKOT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match |
Rostoker-Gruber, Karen , Isaacs, Ron, Decker, CD |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
44 Hours or Strike! |
Dublin, Anne |
2015 |
|
LABOR UNIONS, JEWS IN CANADA |
135 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Paper Hearts |
Wiviott, Meg |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIRTHDAYS, FRIENDSHIP, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
342 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Serendipity's Footsteps |
Nelson, Suzanne |
2015 |
High School |
CHILDREN - DISABLED, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, ORPHANS |
368 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Kayla and Kugel |
Koffsky, Ann D. |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, Shabbat |
24 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish |
Deutsch, Barry |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HEROES, ORTHODOX JUDAISM |
144 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Sam and Charlie (and Sam Too) at Camp! |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Tambellini, Stefano |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, FRIENDSHIP, MIDDOT |
39 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT |
|
Is It Hanukkah Yet? |
Barash, Chris, Psacharopulo, Alessandra |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Stones on a Grave |
Kacer, Kathy |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY, ORPHANS |
240 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Avi the Ambulance Goes to School |
Carlson, Claudia |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Israel |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Jewish Dog, The |
Kravitz, Asher, Kessler, Michal |
2015 |
High School |
ANIMALS, HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS, WORLD WAR II, 1939-1945 |
239 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Chaim Ephraim and the Shabbos Guests |
Holzman, Lori, Edelstein, Rachel |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, Shabbat |
33 p. |
HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles |
Adler, David A., Ebbeler, Jeff [nid:50810] illustrator |
2015 |
Preschool |
Hanukkah, MITZVOT, Shabbat |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
My Name Is Aviva |
Newman, Leslea, Jatkowska, Ag |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
NAMES AND NAMING, SCHOOL |
32 p. |
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION/ L'DOR VA-DOR, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO |
|
The Parakeet Named Dreidel |
Singer, Isaac Bashevis |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
One Good Deed |
Fields, Terri, Melmon, Deborah |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, MITZVOT |
24 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Time to Start a Brand New Year |
Vorst, Rochel Groner, Scheinberg, Shepsil |
2015 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, ROSH HASHANAH |
30 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket |
Korngold, Jamie S., Fortenberry, Julie [nid:26493] illustrator |
2015 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, GRANDPARENTS, OLD AGE, Passover |
|
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Avigail |
Zauderer, Chana, Abadi, Mary |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
MIDDOT, SISTERS, WEDDINGS |
32 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Girl in the Torch , the |
Sharenow, Robert |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Anti Semitism, Immigration, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
304 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Joey and the Giant Box |
Lakritz, Deborah, Byrne, Mike |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
IMAGINATION, MITZVOT |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Mazel Tov! It's a Boy/Mazel Tov! It's a Girl. |
Korngold, Jamie, Finkelstein, Jeff |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
BRIT MILAH, SIBLINGS |
32 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
I Say Shehechiyanu |
Rocklin, Joanne, Filipina, Monika |
2015 |
Preschool |
Prayer |
24 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN |
|
Og's Ark |
Marks, Allison, Marks, Wayne, Peluso, Martina |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MIDRASH, Noah's Ark |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Mr. Doctor: Janusz Korczak and the Orphans of the Warsaw Ghetto |
Cohen-Janca, Irene, Quarello, Maurizio A. C. [nid:50819] illustrator |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CHILDREN, Holocaust, Holocaust Biography |
68 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SANCTIFYING HUMAN LIFE/KEDUSHAT HA-HAYIM |
|
Uncle Eli's Wedding |
Newman, Tracy, Isik, Sernur |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Grandmothers, LIFE CYCLE, WEDDINGS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
If I Went to the Moon |
Blau, Sara, Romanenko, Vasilisa, Romanenko, Vitaliy |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
MITZVOT |
22 p. |
BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Wren and the Sparrow, The |
Lewis, J. Patrick, Nayberg, Yevgenia |
2015 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, Holocaust-Poland |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Safest Lie, the |
Cerrito, Angela |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO |
192 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Whale of a Time and More Stories for Thinking Kids!, A |
Stein, Rachel, Katz, Tova |
2015 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, SIBLINGS |
174 p. |
KOSHER/KASHRUT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Watch Out for Flying Kids!: How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build Community |
Levinson, Cynthia |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ARAB-JEWISH RELATIONS |
224 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Is It Passover Yet? |
Barash, Chris, Psacharopulo, Alessandra |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Courage & Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in WWII Denmark |
Hopkinson, Deborah |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, Holocaust-Denmark |
352 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Scarlett and Sam: Escape from Egypt |
Kimmel, Eric A., Stevanovic, Ivica |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Passover, SEDER |
168 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Deep Sea |
Thor, Annika |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN AUSTRIA |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
Audacity |
Crowder, Melanie |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Immigration, LABOR UNIONS |
390 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed |
Newman, Leslea, Bates, Amy June |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, MUSICIANS |
40 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Deep Sea |
Thor, Annika, Schenk, Linda [nid:50835] translator |
2015 |
High School |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, JEWS IN AUSTRIA |
240 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, INDUSTRIOUSNESS |
|
King David & Akavish the Spider |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Binus, Ari |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, MIDRASH |
36 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Adam & Thomas |
APPELFELD, AHARON, Dumas, Philippe [nid:50783], illustrator |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
160 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH, SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Oskar and the Eight Blessings |
Simon, Richard, Simon, Tanya, Siegel, Mark |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Hanukkah, Immigration, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
40 p. |
BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
Imagining Katherine |
Solomon, Carol |
2015 |
High School |
CIVIL RIGHTS, RACE RELATIONS |
188 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Engineer Ari and the Passover Rush |
Cohen, Deborah Bodin, Kober, Shahar |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Why Dogs Have Wet Noses |
Steven, Kenneth, Torester, Oyvind |
2015 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Noah's Ark |
36 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Hired Girl, the |
Schlitz, Laura Amy |
2015 |
High School |
IDENTITY, JUDAISM |
400 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Nonna's Hanukkah Surprise |
Fishman, Karen, Aviles, Martha |
2015 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, Grandparent-grandchild relationship, Hanukkah, MENORAH |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Last Night at the Circle Cinema |
Franklin, Emily |
2015 |
High School |
ADOLESCENCE, DATING, FRIENDSHIP |
200 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
Finding the Worm |
Goldblatt, Mark |
2015 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
BAR MITZVAH, SCHOOL |
345 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, PURSUING PEACE/RODEF SHALOM, STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Everybody Says Shalom |
Kimmelman, Leslie [nid:11416], , Shipman, Talitha, illustrator |
2015 |
Preschool |
HEBREW LANGUAGE, Israel |
40 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Cats of J-Town: A Clash of Colonies, The |
Karp, Raphael N. |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ANIMALS, Israel |
267 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, HONORING TEACHERS/KIBBUD MORIM, LEADERSHIP / MANHIGUT, RESORTING TO WAR AS A LAST RESULT/MILCHEMET CHOVAH |
|
Gottika |
Becker, Helaine, Griggs-Burr, Alexander |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FANTASY, GOLEM, SCIENCE FICTION |
256 p. |
HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET, PROTECTING PEOPLE FROM DANGEROUS SITUATIONS/MA'AKEH LE'GAGECHAH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible . . . on Schindler's List |
Leyson, Leon |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
240 p. |
AFFIXING A MEZUZAH/LIKBOA MEZUZAH, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, IMPULSE TOWARD GOOD/YETZER HA-TOV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Never Say a Mean Word Again |
Jules, Jacqueline, Bernhard, Durga Yael |
2014 |
Preschool |
INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, JEWS IN SPAIN |
32 p. |
DECENT SPEECH/LASHON TOV |
|
Patchwork Torah, the |
Ofanansky, Allison, Oriol, Elsa |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Holocaust, TORAH, SCRIBES |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, LOVE FOR TORAH |
|
Hidden Artist, The |
Rubabshi, Leah Chana, Saroff, Phyllis |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ART, Environment, GOD |
32 p. |
AWE,REVERENCE/YIRAH, Belief in God |
|
Lullaby |
Friedman, Debbie, Bubar, Lorraine |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, Prayer |
32 p. |
Belief in God, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM |
|
That's a Mitzvah |
Suneby, Liz, Heiman, Diane, Molk, Laurel |
2014 |
Preschool |
MITZVOT |
24 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, RETURNING LOST PROPERTY/HASHAVAT AVAYDAH, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Goldie takes a stand: Golda Meir's first crusade |
Krasner, Barbara, Garrity-Riley, Kelsey, illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
MEIR, GOLDA |
32 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM |
|
Playing for the Commandant |
Zail, Suzy |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - CONCENTRATION CAMPS |
256 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Ellis Island: An Interactive History Adventure |
Burgan, Michael |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Immigration |
112 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Freedom Summer: The 1964 Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi |
Rubin, Susan Goldman |
2014 |
High School |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, CIVIL RIGHTS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH |
120 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, SEEKING JUSTICE/DIRSHU MISHPAT, SELF SACRIFICE FOR THE SAKE OF MITZVAH/MESIRAS NEFESH |
|
Every Picture Tells a Story - Volume One: Bereishis |
Firszt, Chaim Natan, Grunberg, Emil (Ya'akov |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Bible |
107 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Whispering town, the |
Elvgren, Jennifer Riesmeyer, Santomauro, Fabio, illustrator |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, Holocaust-Denmark |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Prisoner of Night and Fog |
Blankman, Anne |
2014 |
High School - Adult |
ANTI-SEMITISM, HOLOCAUST - GERMANY |
401 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Little, Little House, The |
Souhami, Jessica |
2014 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, FAMILY, FOLKLORE |
48 p. |
CONTENTED PERSON/SAMAYACH B'CHELKO, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Every Picture Tells a Story - Volume Two: Shmos |
Firszt, Chaim Natan, Grunberg, Emil (Ya'akov |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
Bible |
113 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
Death by toilet paper |
Gephart, Donna |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
FAMILY, MOURNING |
272 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
Sadie's Lag Ba'Omer Mystery |
Korngold, Jamie S., Fortenberry, Julie |
2014 |
Preschool |
LAG BA-OMER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Hidden Like Anne Frank: 14 True Stories of Survival |
Prins, Marcel, Steenhuis, Peter Henk, Watkinson, Laura |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN, JEWS IN HOLLAND |
256 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, OPTIMISM/GAMZU LE TOBAH |
|
Happy Birthday to Me! |
Lieberman, Channah, Argoff, Patti |
2014 |
Preschool |
BIRTHDAYS |
28 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Here Is the World |
Newman, Leslea, Gal, Susan |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, Holidays, LIFE CYCLE |
45 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Like no other |
LaMarche, Una |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HASIDISM, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS, INTERFAITH RELATIONS |
352 p. |
LOVING ONE'S NEIGHBOR/V'AHAVTA L'REYACHA |
|
All Kinds of Strong |
Baker, Sharon Reiss, Wiltse, Kris |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
resilience ; conduct of life ; adaptability |
|
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
|
Sadie, Ori and Nuggles Go to Camp |
Korngold, Jamie, Fortenberry, Julie |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CAMPS AND CAMPING, SIBLINGS |
24 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Stork's Landing |
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, Shuttlewood, Anna, Illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ISRAEL-KIBBUTZIM, ANIMALS, ECOLOGY |
32 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
In Defiance of Hitler: The Secret Mission of Varian Fry |
McClafferty, Carla Killough |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE |
196 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Wherever We Go! |
Altein, Chani, Lumer, Marc, Olivares, Jovani |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
COMMUNITY LIFE, MITZVOT |
28 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), SANCTIFYING GOD'S NAME/KIDDUSH HA-SHEM |
|
Benny Goodman & Teddy Wilson: Taking the Stage as the First Black-and-White Jazz Band in History |
Cline-Ransome, Lesa, Ransome, James E. |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, MUSICIANS |
32 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM |
|
Anna & Solomon |
Snyder, Elaine, Bliss, Harry |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM |
|
Stone Soup with Matzoh Balls |
Glaser, Linda, Tabatabaei, Maryam |
2014 |
Preschool |
Passover, Chelm & Story Collections |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Sam and Charlie (and Sam Too) Return! |
Kimmelman, Leslie, Owl, William |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FRIENDSHIP, SEDER, Tu B' Shevat |
48 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
From Foe to Friend & Other Stories |
Agnon, S. Y., Charka, Shay |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
IMAGINATION, Israel, NATURE STUDY |
48 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW, RESILIENCE |
|
Shuki's Upside-Down Dream |
Ganz, Yaffa, Ackerman, Dena |
2014 |
Preschool - Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY |
25 p. |
HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM |
|
I Lived on Butterfly Hill |
Agosin, Marjorie, White, Lee, O'Connor, E. M. |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION |
464 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Bubbe's Belated Bat Mitzvah |
Pinson, Isabel, Cis, Valeria |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BAT MITZVAH, GRANDPARENTS |
32 p. |
PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
My Yiddish Vacation |
Skye, Ione, Menchin, Scott |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
GRANDPARENTS, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
30 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH |
|
Winter Horses, the |
Kerr, Philip |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
ANIMALS, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
278 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Kids Love Jewish Holiday Crafts |
Agranoff, Tracey |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
CRAFTS, Holidays |
0 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Honi's Circle of Trees |
Gershator, Phillis, Hyman, Trina Schart |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ISRAEL - AFFORESTATION, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, LEGENDS, TALMUD, TREES |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Nest |
Ehrlich, Esther |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
FAMILY, MENTAL HEALTH |
330 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Jesse's Star |
Schwartz, Ellen |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN CANADA, JEWS IN EASTERN EUROPE, SHTETL, FANTASY |
108 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF |
|
Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education |
Finkelstein, Norman H. |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
AFRICAN AMERICAN-JEWISH RELATIONS, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - SOUTH |
80 p. |
ACTIVISM, SOCIAL/TIKUN OLAM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Dreidel that Wouldn't Ppin: A Toyshop Tale of Hanukkah, The |
Simpson, Martha Seif, Bernhard, Durga Yael |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
32 p. |
CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1 |
|
Bracha Do You Know? |
Stern, Ariella, Argoff, Patti |
2014 |
Preschool |
MITZVOT |
28 p. |
BLESSINGS OF PRAISE RECITED UPON PERFORMING MITZVOT/BIRCHOT HA-MITZVOT, BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN |
|
All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown |
Taylor, Sydney, Stevens, Mary |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, JEWS IN NEW YORK - HISTORY |
151 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Seder in the Desert |
Korngold, Jamie S., Keay, Claire |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, LAG BA-OMER, Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Elan, son of two peoples |
Hyde, Heidi Smith, Prevost, Mikela, illus. |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BAR MITZVAH, INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS, INTERMARRIAGE |
32 p. |
PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Fleabrain Loves Franny |
Rocklin, Joanne |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FRIENDSHIP, HISTORICAL FICTION |
288 p. |
COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
We Can Do Mitzvos Around the Jewish Year |
Zoldan, Yael, Salanitro, Robert |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Holidays, MITZVOT |
36 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
|
Becoming Holmes: The Boy Sherlock Holmes: His Final Case |
Peacock, Shane |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CRIME AND CRIMINALS, HEROES, JEWS IN ENGLAND |
264 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV |
|
Rachel's Hope |
Sanders, Shelly |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
Immigration, UNITED STATES - HISTORY |
288 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Growing Suspicion: A Rebecca Mystery, A |
Greene, Jacqueline Dembar, Giovine, Sergio |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - NEW YORK CITY |
165 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
|
New Month, New Moon |
Ofanansky, Allison |
2014 |
Preschool |
ROSH HODESH |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
All Kinds Of Strong |
Baker, Sharon Reiss, Wiltse, Kris |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Shabbat, Immigration, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - EAST |
33 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Imagine If... |
Zeegel, Rabbi, Mordecai, Darrell |
2014 |
Preschool |
Environment, HUMOR |
37 p. |
GOD'S LOVE FOR THE WORLD/AHAVAT HA-SHEM LA-OLAM, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
Story of Passover |
Adler, David A., Weber, J. [nid:15004], illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Passover, MOSES (PROPHET) |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
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Mitten String, the |
Rosner, Jennifer, Swarner, Kristina |
2014 |
Preschool |
SPECIAL EDUCATION, MITZVOT, FOLKLORE |
32 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT |
|
Shimmy Shambone Will Not Take a Bath |
Zoldan, Yael, Salanitro, Robert |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CHILDREN |
26 p. |
TAKING CARE OF ONE'S BODY/SHEMIRAT HAGUF |
|
Latke, the Lucky Dog |
Fischer, Ellen, Beeke, Tiphanie |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
ANIMALS, Hanukkah |
24 p. |
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Family for Frayda, A |
Levin, Menucha Chana |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
COMMUNITY LIFE, FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP |
430 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Chik Chak Shabbat |
Rockliff. Mara, Brooker, Kyrsten [nid:26457], illustrator |
2014 |
Preschool |
Shabbat, INTERETHNIC RELATIONS |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Moxie Kid, The |
Ruby, Lois |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FRIENDSHIP, OLD AGE HOMES, OLD AGE, IMAGINATION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - TEXAS |
214 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, TRUTHFULNESS/DIBUR EMET |
|
Enjoying the Book of Esther: The Bible in Rhyme |
Goldlist, Marcia |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BIBLE STORIES, MEGILLOT ESTHER |
64 p. |
STUDYING TORAH/TALMUD TORAH |
|
It's Called Kibud Av Va'eim! A Story about Honoring Parents |
Rosenfeld, Dina H., Ebert, Len |
2014 |
Preschool |
parent and child relationships |
30 p. |
HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Simon and the Bear: a Hanukkah Story |
Kimmel, Eric A., Trueman, Matthew [nid:14789], illustrator |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Hanukkah |
40 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Passover with a Twist: Rachel Imagines the Passover Story |
Herskowitz, Benjie, Katz, Avi |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
Passover, SEDER |
32 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
|
Shapes of My Jewish Year, The |
Gold-Vukson, Marji E. |
2014 |
Preschool |
CUSTOMS AND CEREMONIES, Holidays, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
10 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH |
|
Bagels Come Home! |
Stuchner, Joan Betty, Whamond, Dave |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
ANIMALS, FAMILY |
60 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
In My Family |
Perlowitz, Rebecca, Katz, Avi |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
CULTURE, JEWISH |
30 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL |
|
Sammy Spider's First Mitzvah |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Kahn, Katherine Janus |
2014 |
Preschool |
FRIENDSHIP, MITZVOT |
24 p. |
VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
My Grandfather's Coat |
Aylesworth, Jim, McClintock, Barbara, ill. |
2014 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE |
32 p. |
BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT |
|
Ahrele 1: The Incredible Touching Story of Rav Aharon Margalit, Shlit"a |
Margalit, Rav Aharon, Gold , Goldwasser, C. |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
Biography, Graphic Novel |
|
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
Rabbi Benjamin's buttons |
McGinty, Alice B, Reinhard, Jennifer Black [nid:49781], illustrator |
2014 |
Preschool |
Holidays, Cooking Holidays |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM |
|
Matzo Frogs |
Rosenthal, Sally, Sheldon, David |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
Cooking, Shabbat |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
|
Who Is Annie White(Fish)? |
Belsky, Judy |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
IDENTITY, NAMES AND NAMING, SCHOOL |
88 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
|
Hidden: a child's story of the Holocaust |
Dauvillier, Loïc, Lizano, Marc, illustrator, Siege, Alexis, translator |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - HIDDEN CHILDREN |
80 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT |
|
Stork's Landing |
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami, Shuttlewood, Anna, Illustrator |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANIMALS, Israel |
32 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Max Makes a Cake |
Edwards, Michelle [nid:9561], , Santosa,Charles, illustrator |
2014 |
Preschool |
Passover |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM |
|
Esperanza |
Feldbrand, Sarah |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Spanish Inquisition |
301 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH |
|
Confessions of a Closet Catholic |
Littman, Sarah Darer |
2014 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
CATHOLIC CHURCH, FAMILY, GOD, GRANDPARENTS, IDENTITY, JUDAISM, JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY, OLD AGE, Prayer, SIN, SPIRITUALITY |
193 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT, PERSONAL WORTH/YICHUS ATSMO, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON, SOUL SEARCHING/CHESHBON HA NEFESH |
|
Thank You, God |
Wigger, J. Bradley, Jago |
2014 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
GOD, GRATITUDE |
32 p. |
BLESSINGS OF THANKS FOR PLEASURES GRANTED TO HUMANS/BIRCHOT HA - NEHENIN, FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH |
|
Storm |
Napoli, Donna Jo |
2014 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
350 p. |
SURVIVAL, JEWISH |
|
Netta and Her Plant |
Gellman, Ellie [nid:10136] , Ugliano, Natascia |
2014 |
Preschool |
TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT |
|
Golemito |
Stavans, Ilan, Villegas, Teresa |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
GOLEM |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
|
Cheesecake for Shavuot |
Ofanansky, Allison, Alpern, Eliyahu |
2013 |
Preschool |
Israel, Shavuot |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, LOVING ALL OF GOD'S CREATION |
|
World of Blessings: Inspirational Stories for Jewish Children, A |
Rouss, Sylvia A., Cohen, Greg |
2013 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
BAR MITZVAH, LIFE CYCLE, WEDDINGS |
27 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
|
Mitzi's Mitzvah |
Koster, Gloria, Conger, Holli |
2013 |
Preschool |
ANIMALS, MITZVOT, ROSH HASHANAH |
10 p. |
GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, VISITING THE SICK / BIKUR HOLIM |
|
Eighth Menorah, The |
Wohl, Lauren, Hughes, Laura |
2013 |
Preschool - Primary (Kindergarten - Grade 2) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah, MENORAH |
32 p. |
DECENT PERSON/MENSCH (Y), GOOD DEED,GOOD DEEDS/MITZVAH/MITZVOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
|
Cats on Ben Yehuda Street, The |
Stampler, Ann Redisch, Alpern, Eliyahu |
2013 |
Preschool |
#N/A |
32 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, KINDNESS TO ANIMALS/TZA'AR BA'ALEI HAYYIM |
|
Tamar of Venice |
Verzov, Ella, Oirechman, Chana |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
JEWS IN ITALY |
55 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
JGuy's Guide: The GPS for Jewish Teen Guys, The |
Meszler, Joseph B., Reinharz, Shulamit, Suneby, Liz, Heiman, Diane |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
ADOLESCENCE, FRIENDSHIP, IDENTITY |
186 p. |
BEHAVING PROPERLY WITH GOOD MANNERS/HIDDUR MITZVAH, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
|
Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts: A Literary Cookbook |
Yolen, Jane, Stemple, Heidi E. Y., Shefrin, Sima Elizabeth |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Adult |
COOKBOOKS, FOLKLORE |
200 p. |
BRINGING PEACE BETWEEN PEOPLE/HA VA'AT SHALOM BEIN ADAM LAHAVERO, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT |
|
Moshe of Japan |
Verzov, Ella, Oirechman, Chana |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
|
52 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM |
|
Our New Special Baby |
Rosen, Chaya, Braverman, Rivkie |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) - Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) |
DOWN'S SYNDROME, FAMILY |
43 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, LOVING AND HONORING OTHERS/OHEV VEH ET ZEH |
|
Touched by Fire |
Watts, Irene N. |
2013 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
IMAGINATION, JEWS IN GERMANY, JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION |
197 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
|
The Purim Superhero |
Kushner, Lawrence, Byrne, Mike |
2013 |
Preschool |
HOMOSEXUALITY, IDENTITY, Purim |
32 p. |
BEAUTIFYING THE MITZVAH/HIDDUR MITZVAH, BEING CHEERFUL/SEVER PANIM YAFOT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
|
Lauren Yanofsky Hates the Holocaust |
Lieberman, Leanne |
2013 |
High School |
FRIENDSHIP, Holocaust, SCHOOL |
240 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, REMEMBRANCE/ZACHOR |
|
No Baths at Camp |
Fox, Tamar, Vasquez, Natalia |
2013 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
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