Star of Luis |
Talbert, Marc |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
CONVERSION TO CHRISTIANITY, FAMILY, IDENTITY |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, HONORING THE AGED/KIBUD ZEKAYNIM, PRIDE OF ANCESTRY/YACHSON |
David and the Trash-Talkin' Giant |
Anderson, Joel, Goolsby, Abe |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, DAVID (KING OF ISRAEL) |
0 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, STRENGTH OF SPIRIT/RUACH |
In My Hands: Memoirs of a Holocaust Rescuer |
Opdyke, Irene Gut |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, JEWS IN POLAND, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA, SAVING HUMAN LIFE/PIKUACH NEFESH |
Missing Girls |
Metzger, Lois |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
DEATH, FRIENDSHIP |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
Albert Einstein: Visionary Scientist |
Severance, John B. |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) |
Biography, EINSTEIN, ALBERT, SCIENCE |
0 p. |
ALL OF ISRAEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ONE ANOTHER/ KOL YISRAEL AREVIM ZEH BASEH, LOVE OF LEARNING/AHAVAT LIMUD, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |
Harpist of Granada, The |
Kranzler, Gershon, Rubin, Chedvah |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
ANTI-SEMITISM, JEWS IN SPAIN |
53 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM |
Jonah's Trash, God's Treasure |
Anderson, Joel, Krenina, Katya |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, JONAH (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
FORGIVENESS/SELICHOT, OBEDIENCE TO GOD, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH |
My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love After Auschwitz |
Bitton-Jackson, Livia |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, PERSONAL NARRATIVES |
0 p. |
AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, FREEDOM OF CHOICE/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
Strudel Stories |
Rocklin, Joanne |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
AMERICANIZATION, ASSIMILIATION, BASEBALL, FAMILY, FOOD, IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT |
Escape: Teens Who Escaped the Holocaust to Freedom |
Giddens, Sandra |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HOLOCAUST - KINDERTRANSPORT, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES |
0 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, INTERVENING TO PREVENT MURDER OR INJURY/RODEF, NOT STANDING BY WHILE OTHERS ARE THREATENED/LO TA'AMOD AL DAM RE'ECHA |
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat |
Taback, Simms |
1999 |
Preschool |
FOLKLORE, YIDDISH LANGUAGE |
0 p. |
COMMUNITY/KEHILLAH |
Frank O. Gehry: Outside In |
Jordan, Sandra |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - Adult |
ARCHITECTURE, Biography |
0 p. |
INDIVIDUALITY/VIKUACH |
Ten Commandments for Jewish Children, The |
Nerlove, Miriam |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, COMMANDMENTS |
0 p. |
COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT |
Run, Boy, Run |
Orlev, Uri |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, Holocaust, HOLOCAUST - SURVIVORS, HOLOCAUST - WARSAW GHETTO, IDENTITY |
192 p. |
COURAGE/OMETZ LEV, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, INDUSTRIOUSNESS, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
Exodus |
Wildsmith, Brian |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
BIBLE STORIES, BIBLE.PENTATEUCH, JEWS IN EGYPT, MOSES (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
Journeys With Elijah: Eight Tales of the Prophet |
Goldin, Barbara Diamond, Pinkney, Jerry |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
FOLKLORE, ELIJAH (PROPHET) |
0 p. |
ACTS OF LOVING-KINDNESS / GEMILUT HASADIM, AWARENESS OF EVIL/yada ra, COMPASSION/RACHAMIM |
Noah's Ark |
Cousins, Lucy |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE) |
0 p. |
FAITH IN GOD/EMUNAH, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 |
Karwoski, Gail Langer, Papp, Robert |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3 - 5) - Middle School (Grades 5 - 8) |
FAMILY, HISTORICAL FICTION, JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES - WEST, PREJUDICE |
153 p. |
AIDING THOSE IN DISTRESS/HAKEM TAKIM IMO, CLEAVING TO FRIENDS/DIBUK CHAVERIM, FEEDING THE HUNGRY/HA'AKHALAT RE'EVIM, GENEROSITY/NEDIVUT, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PERSEVERANCE/SAWRAW |
Theo |
Harrison, Barbara |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
BROTHERS, HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - RESISTANCE AND RESCUE, HOLOCAUST - RIGHTEOUS GENTILES, ORPHANS, PUPPETRY |
0 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 |
Family Haggadah, The |
Schecter, Ellen, Waldman, Neil |
1999 |
Preschool |
HAGGADAH, Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
Just Right: The Story of a Jewish Home |
Emerman, Ellen, Krantz, Sarah |
1999 |
Preschool |
FAMILY, HOMES, SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISM |
0 p. |
AFFIXING A MEZUZAH/LIKBOA MEZUZAH, COMMANDMENT,COMMANDMENTS/MITZVAH, MITZVOT, OBSERVING DIETARY LAWS/KASHRUT, OBSERVING SHABBAT/SHAMOR V'ZACHOR SHABBAT, SHEMIRAT SHABBAT |
Noah's Trees |
LeTord, Bijou |
1999 |
Preschool |
BIBLE STORIES, NOAH (BIBLICAL FIGURE), TREES, TU BI'SHEVAT |
32 p. |
CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT/RECYCLING/DO NOT DESTROY/NOT DESTROYING/BAL TASHCHIT, OBEDIENCE TO GOD |
This Is Our Seder |
Hildebrandt, Ziporah, Roraback, Robin |
1999 |
Preschool |
Passover, SEDER |
0 p. |
JOY, HAPPINESS/SIMCHAH, REMEMBERING THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT/ZECHER LI-TZIAT MITZRAIM |
Flying Latke, The |
Yorinks, Arthur, Waldman, Neil |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
FAMILY, Hanukkah |
0 p. |
FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS/SHALOM BAYIT, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
Kids' Catalog of Bible Treasures, The |
Burstein, Chaya |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
Bible, ISRAEL - HISTORY, ISRAEL - ANCIENT, HISTORY - ANCIENT |
0 p. |
LOVE FOR TORAH, LOVING ONE'S FELLOW JEWS/AHAVAT YISRAEL, PEOPLEHOOD/KLAL YISRAEL |
Peddler's Gift, The |
Schur, Maxine Rose, Root, Kimberly Bulcken |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
LEGENDS, SHTETL |
0 p. |
CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, HONESTY/EMET, REPENTANCE/TESHUVAH, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
Two Suns In the Sky |
Bat-Ami, Miriam |
1999 |
Middle School (Grades 5-8) - High School |
HISTORICAL FICTION, HOLOCAUST - REFUGEES AND D.P.'S, INTERDATING, JEWISH - CHRISTIAN RELATIONS, UNITED STATES - HISTORY - WORLD WAR II |
0 p. |
HONORING PARENTS/KIBBUD AV VA-EM, HOSPITALITY, WELCOMING GUESTS/HACHNASAT ORCHIM, PEACE IN THE HOME/SHALOM BAYIT |
You Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed-Vavniks |
Prose, Francine, Podwal, Mark |
1999 |
Primary (Kindergarten - grade 2) |
LEGENDS, SHTETL |
21 p. |
CONTENTMENT VS. GREED/Pirke Avot 4:1, DOING RIGHTEOUS ACTS,CHARITY/TZEDAKAH, HUMBLE, MODEST/ANAV, HUMILITY/ANAVAH, REPAIRING THE WORLD/TIKKUN OLAM, RIGHTEOUS PERSON (ONE OF THE 36)/LAMED VAV, SAINTLY PERSON/TZADIK |
For Heaven's Sake |
Sasso, Sandy Eisenberg, Finney, Kathryn Kunz |
1999 |
Preschool |
DEATH, GRANDPARENTS |
0 p. |
HONORING HUMAN BEINGS/KEVOD HA-BERIOT, HONORING THE DEAD/KAVOD HA-MET |
King Solomon and His Magic Ring |
Wiesel, Elie, Podwal, Mark |
1999 |
Elementary (Grades 3-5) |
LEGENDS, SOLOMON (KING OF ISRAEL) |
0 p. |
AVOIDING TEMPTATION, CHOOSING BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG/BECHIRAH HOFSHIT, WISE PERSON/CHACHAM |