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Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When she finds her best friend is going to Aruba for vacation and her favorite teacher is taking a long leave of absence, sixth-grader Penina is not looking forward to Hanukkah with her little sister who is always stealing the spotlight.
203) The patchwork Torah
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"David learned from his grandfather to be a sofer, or scribe, and to care for the Torah scrolls that he receives, no matter their condition, until one day he assembles a complete scroll from pieces damaged in the Holocaust, fire, and floods." --
Author
Publisher
Kar-Ben Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When her synagogue's nursery school plans a hike to celebrate Shavuot, the holiday commemorating the day the Jewish people received the Ten Commandments, Sadie is not sure she will be able to climb a huge mountain. Includes facts about the holiday and a recipe for blintzes.
206) Rachel's roses
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In the Lower East Side of Manhattan during the early 1900s, third-grader Rachel's mother boldly starts her own dressmaking business and Rachel discovers the perfect way to set herself apart from tagalong little sister Hannah on Rosh Hashanah." --
Author
Publisher
Tricycle Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
As a Confederate family prepares for Passover the day after the Civil War has ended, a Yankee arrives on their Virginia doorstep and is invited to share their meal, to the dismay of ten-year-old Jacob. Includes historical notes about Corporal Myer Levy, on whom the story is based, and his prominent Philadelphia family.
209) Shoshi's Shabbat
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Bringing to life a tale drawn from the ancient Jewish stories known as the Midrash, this gentle picture book, set in Jerusalem long ago, follows Shoshi the ox as she shows her new owner the importance of a day of rest"--
Author
Publisher
Apples & Honey Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"One day, a young Jewish boy arrives in America. Here he finds that everything here is big, and crowded, and strange, and scary! So the boy creates a golem, an old-country mud monster, to protect him from the kids next door. But the golem was meant for old-world fears, and things are different here in the New World. Now what will his golem do, with no one to protect?" --
211) Peter and Veronica
Author
Publisher
Doubleday & Company
Pub. Date
[1969]
Language
English
Description
A twelve-year-old Jewish boy struggles to maintain his friendship with his tomboy classmate, Veronica, despite the opposition of their parents and the disapproval of his other friends.
212) Our year of maybe
Author
Publisher
Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Aspiring choreographer Sophie Orenstein would do anything for Peter Rosenthal-Porter, who's been on the kidney transplant list as long as she's known him. Peter, a gifted pianist, is everything to Sophie: best friend, musical collaborator, secret crush. When she learns she's a match, donating a kidney is an easy, obvious choice. She can't help wondering if after the transplant, he'll love her back the way she's always wanted. But Peter's life post-transplant...
213) How I saved Hanukkah
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Marla, the only Jewish student in her fourth-grade class, wishes she celebrated Christmas like her best friend Lucy, until one year when she decides to learn all about Hanukkah and to teach her family about it too. Marla Feinstein, the only Jewish kid in her fourth-grade class, knows what this holiday season will be like--for everyone else it's decorating a tree and hanging stockings; for her it's forgetting to light candles and staring at a big plastic...
Author
Series
Publisher
Apples & Honey Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Saralee is stunned to learn that she's not the only one in the family with a superpower. Her great-grandmother Gigi also had a magical sense of smell. And when Saralee makes Gigi's Hanukkah donut recipe, the scent creates a portal in time. Soon Saralee finds herself face-to-face with a young Gigi--and she's not the fierce, unstoppable person Saralee imagined. Gigi's ready to give up on her dreams. Saralee needs to help her find courage, or the future...
Author
Publisher
Gussie Rose Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"At the age of 12, Gerda Katz fled Nazi Germany and came to America all by herself. Decades before the label gained recognition, she become whats now know as an "unaccompanied minor." Gerda's story of family separation reflects the dislocating trauma, culture shock, and excruciating loneliness many unaccompanied minor immigrants experience. As Gerda becomes an American, she never stops longing to be reunited with her family. Three Stars in the Night...
216) Broken strings
Author
Publisher
Puffin Canada, an imprint of Penguin Random House Canada Young Readers, a Penguin Random House Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase. It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Gordy and his family live in Detroit, Michigan, the heart of the United States automobile industry. Every night after coming home from work at one of the plants, Gordy's father teaches him how to box. Their hero is the famous American boxer Joe Louis, who grew up in Detroit. But the Great Depression has come down hard on the economy. Detroit's auto industry is affected and thousands of people lose their jobs, including Gordy's father. When his mother...
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