Let's start at the very beginning... a very good place to start. OK, cut the singing and let's start finding books.
We are looking for Jewish books for children and teens that are being published this spring from January 1- May 30, 2020. We'll do a fall list later in the year.
Here are titles that have come to our attention. If you know of others not listed here, please tell us about them in the comments. The book
must have Jewish content and be published in 2020 for ages 0-18.
Picture Books
| Title | Author |
| Judah Touro Didn't Want to Be Famous | Ades, Audrey |
| Buen Shabbat, Shabbat Shalom | Aroeste, Sarah |
| Sweet Tamales for Purim | Bietz, Barbara Foster |
| I Love Matzah | Biniashvili, Freidele |
| My Sister is Sleeping | Busheri, Debora |
| No Steps Behind | Gottesfeld, Jeff |
| Lilah Tov Good Night | Gundersheimer, Ben |
| Alligator Seder | Hickman, Jessica |
| The Generous Fish | Jules, Jacqueline |
| Hard Hat Cat! | Kiffel-Alcheh, Jamie |
| You're the Cheese in My Blintz | Kimmelman, Leslie |
| Worse and Worse on Noah's Ark | Kimmelman, Leslie |
| Clarence's Topsy-Turvy Shabbat | MacLeod, Jennifer Tzivia |
| Shalom Bayit: A Peaceful Home | Marshall, Linda Elovitz |
| Have You Ever Zeen a Ziz? | Marshall, Linda Elovitz |
| Welcoming Elijah: a Passover Tale with a Tail | Newman, Lesléa |
| Havdalah is Coming! | Newman, Tracy |
| Asteroid Goldberg: Passover in Outer Space | Sayers, Brianna Caplan |
| I Have a Jewish Name | Vorst, Rochel |
| The Passover Mouse | Weider, Joy Nelkin |
| The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box | Wessels, Marcie |
| Miriam at the River | Yolen, Jane |
Middle Grade
| Title | Author |
| Catherine's War | Billet, Julia |
| The Blackbird Girls | Blankman, Anne |
| Albert Einstein: Kids in History | Canavan, Roger |
| We Had to Be Brave | Hopkinson, Deborah |
| Get a Grip Vivy Cohen | Kapit, Sarah |
| A Ceiling Made of Eggshells | Levine, Gail Carson |
| Peter's War | Ruelle, Karen |
| Too Far From Home | Shmuel, Naomi |
| A Place at the Table | Shovan, Laura |
| Trailblazers: Albert Einstein | Virr, Paul |
| Turtle Boy | Wolkenstein, M. Evan |
Young Adult
| Title | Author |
| Yes No Maybe So | Albertalli, Becky; Saeed, Aisha |
| We'll Soon Be Home Again | Bonde, Jessica |
| The Light in Hidden Places | Cameron, Sharon |
| Dancing at the Pity Party | Feder, Tyler |
| The Light Between Us | Fukuda, Andrew |
| Flowers in the Gutter | Gaddy, K.R. |
| They Went Left | Hesse, Monica |
| It's My Life | Ramey, Stacie |
This Schmooze is a great idea! Please add my book, RED MENACE, to the list. The pub date is/was February 4, 2020, by Carolrhoda/Lerner Book Group. Thanks so much! L
ReplyDeleteAnother YA: What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter (4/7/2020); don't know much about it, but heard there's Jewish representation.
ReplyDeleteAlways glad to hear people talking about books. Please consider Not Your All-American Girl (Scholastic, July) Madelyn Rosenberg and Wendy Wan-Long Shang. Thanks!!
ReplyDeletePlease add The Story of Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Susan B. Katz (Rockridge Press/Callisto Media, March, 2020) to the list. It is a chapter book for young readers. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI picked up 28 Days by David Safier (Feiwel & Friends) at ALA. Not sure if it is eligible, since it was originally published in Germany in 2014.
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