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children's literature

Cover of The Upside-Down Boy and the Israeli Prime Minister
Chil­dren’s
The Upside-Down Boy and the Israeli Prime Minister
Sherri Mandell, Robert Dunn (Illustrator)
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Fic­tion
Sadie’s Shab­bat Stories
Melis­sa Stoller
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Fic­tion
The Maps of Mem­o­ry: Return to But­ter­fly Hill
Marjorie Agosín, Lee White (Illustrator)
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Chil­dren’s
The Sur­prise in the Desk
Carol Ungar, Mira Simon (illustrator)
Interview

‘It’s a Sto­ry First’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Amy Hest

Emi­ly Schneider
April 12, 2021
Cover of Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
Chil­dren’s
Nicky & Vera: A Qui­et Hero of the Holo­caust and the Chil­dren He Rescued
Peter Sís
Cover of The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Baer
Chil­dren’s
The Boy Who Thought Out­side the Box: The Sto­ry of Video Game Inven­tor Ralph Baer
Marcie Wessels, Beatriz Castro (illustrator)
Cover of Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi
Chil­dren’s
Osnat and Her Dove: The True Sto­ry of the World’s First Female Rabbi
Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Wild Vision­ary: Mau­rice Sendak in Queer Jew­ish Context
Golan Y. Moskowitz
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Chil­dren’s
The Passover Guest
Susan Kusel, Sean Rubin (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
The Magi­cian’s Visit
Barbara Diamond Goldin, adapted from a story by I. L. Peretz, Eva Sánchez Gómez(illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Lenny and Benny
Naa­ma Benziman
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Chil­dren’s
Matzah Craze
Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh, Lauren Gallegos (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Meet the Matzah
Alan Sil­ber­berg
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Jew­ish Text
Seder in Motion: A Hag­gadah to Move Body and Soul
Ron Isaacs, Leora Isaacs, Martin Wickstrom (illus.)
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Chil­dren’s
Esther’s Mag­i­cal Mys­tery Torah
Rabbi Jonathan Leener, Jessica Tamar Deutsch (illus.)
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