May is Jewish American Heritage Month. Check out the winners of this year's Sydney Taylor Book Awards, which are presented annually by the Association of Jewish Libraries to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience.
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Madame Alexander : the creator of the iconic American doll by Susan Goldman Rubin 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Picture Book Vividly brings to life the inspiring story of feminist entrepreneur Beatrice Alexander, who grew up fixing and making dolls, then founded the Madame Alexander doll company after WWII, creating some of the first plastic and collectible dolls that never break. |
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Shoham's bangle
by Sarah Sassoon 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Picture Book |
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Raquela's seder
by Joel Edward Stein 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Picture Book |
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When the opportunity arises, Shirley, the daughter of immigrants who live above their corner grocery store, turns some overlooked gefilte fish into a marketing strategy that changes the flavor of the neighborhood |
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The Very Best Sukkah : A Story from Uganda
by Shoshana Nambi 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor for Picture Books |
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Sitting shiva
by Erin Silver 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor for Picture Books |
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The tower of life : how Yaffa Eliach rebuilt her town in stories and photographs
by Chana Stiefel 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Picture Books |
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Alias Anna : Zhanna Arshanskaya: a biography in verse : a true story of outwitting the Nazis by Susan Hood 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Middle Grade This thrilling nonfiction novel in verse brings to life the true story of a young Ukrainian Jewish girl using the alias Anna whose extraordinary piano-playing skills allowed her and her sister to outwit the Nazis and hide in plain sight. |
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The woman who split the atom : Lise Meitner
by Marissa Moss 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Middle Grade |
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When eleven-year-old Milla's best friend Honey joins her school for sixth grade Milla finds herself in her friend's shadow, but as the year progresses through the Jewish holidays Milla tries to cope with the tensions and the dramas of school--including the death of a beloved teacher. |
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To save her sick twin brother from the Angel of Death by taking him to find doctors who can cure him, Ziva accidentally frees a half-demon boy instead, who leads them to a fabled city where no one dies. |
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2023 Sydney Taylor Honor for Middle Grade When a school trip to Barcelona to reconnect with her best friend doesn’t go as planned, Ellen, a neurodivergent 13-year-old, must expand her horizons as she makes new friends and learns to let go of old ones. |
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Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Middle Grade |
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Ethel's song : Ethel Rosenberg's life in poems by Barbara Krasner 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Young Adults In 1953, Ethel Rosenberg, a devoted wife and loving mother, faces the electric chair. People say she's a spy, a Communist, a traitor, a red. How did she get here? In a series of heart-wrenching poems, Ethel tells her story. The child of Jewish immigrants, Ethel Greenglass grows up on New York City's Lower East Side. She dreams of being an actress and a singer but finds romance and excitement in the arms of the charming Julius Rosenberg. Both are ardent supporters of rights for workers, but are they spies? Who is passing atomic secrets to the Soviets? Why does everyone seem out to get them? |
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The ghosts of Rose Hill
by R. M. Romero 2023 Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Young Adults |
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My fine fellow
by Jennieke Cohen 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor for Young Adults |
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Some Kind of Hate
by Sarah Darer Littman 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor for Young Adults |
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Eight nights of flirting
by Hannah Reynolds 2023 Sydney Taylor Honor for Young Adults |
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When the angels left the old country
by Sacha Lamb 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award for Young Adults |