The REAL 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Awards
The Real Sydney Taylor Book Awards were announced on January 27, 2025. Below are the real winners, honors, and notable books for 2025. We've linked to the Shmooze reviews, but you'll notice that there are a few books we didn't review. We try to cover all the Jewish books published each year but sometimes we miss a few.
Listen to a podcast interview with awards chair Aviva Rosenberg on The Book of Life about this year's winners!
Picture Book Winner: An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben
Picture Book Honors
Joyful Song by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal, published by Levine Querido
Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, published by Candlewick
Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finklestein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper, published by Holiday House
The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig, published by Rocky Pond Books
Picture Book Notables
Mr. Katz and Me by Marc Kornblatt, illustrated by Nanette Regan, published by Apples & Honey Press
Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, illustrated by Tim Smart, published by Kar-Ben
Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan, illustrated by Selina Alko, published by Holiday House
Middle Grade Winner: The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout, and Sammy Savos, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar, published by Nancy Paulsen Books
Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy, published by Katherine Tegen Books
Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Middle Grade Notables
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz, published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
Things That Shimmer by Deborah Lakritz, published by Kar-Ben
Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton, published by Tundra Books
Young Adult Winner: Night Owls by A.R. Vishny, published by HarperCollins
Young Adult Honors
Trajectory by Cambria Gordon, published by Scholastic Press
The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb, published by Levine Querido
Young Adult Notables
The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger with Esme Schwall, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Inkflower by Suzy Zail, published by Walker Books Australia
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