The Sydney Taylor Shmooze

Two more Sydney Taylor Honor Books are featured on today's Blog Tour stops. In the Picture Book Category: Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued written and illustrated by Peter Sís , an illustrated biography of a Righteous Gentile. In the Young Adult Category: The Last Words We Said by Leah Scheier , an exploration of grief among a Modern Orthodox group of friends. Here are today's blog tour stops: Nicky & Vera at Vivan Kirkfeld's Blog The Last Words We Said at Kayla Reads and Reviews The Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour February 7-11, 2022 Click here for full blog tour schedule

Today's Blog Tour stops bring you three more Sydney Taylor Honor Books. In the Picture Book category: The Christmas Mitzvah by Jeff Gottesfeld , illustrated by Michelle Laurentia Agatha , a holiday story of bridge building across religions. In the Middle Grade category: The Genius Under the Table by Eugene Yelchin , a whimsically illustrated memoir of life behind the Iron Curtain. In the Young Adult category: The Summer of Lost Letters by Hannah Reynolds , a summer romance and the discovery of family history. Here are today's blog tour stops: The Christmas Mitzvah at Pragmatic Mom The Genius Under the Table at Jewish Books for Kids The Summer of Lost Letters at Bookishly Jewish The Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour February 7-11, 2022 Click here for full blog tour schedule

On Day 2 of the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour, we meet three of our Honor Books. In the Picture Book category: Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin , illustrated by Bethany Stancliffe , a historical tale of a single activist reader impacting the writing of Charles Dickens. In the Middle Grade category: Linked by Gordon Korman , a contemporary story of kids banding together to fight antisemitism. In the Young Adult category: Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero by E. Lockhart , illustrated by Manuel Preitano , a graphic novel that introduces a new Jewish teen superhero with canine powers to Batman's hometown. Here are today's blog tour stops: Dear Mr. Dickens at Good Reads with Ronna Linked at 100 Scope Notes at School Library Journal Whistle at A Fuse #8 Production at School Library Journal The Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour February 7-11, 2022 Click here for full blog tour schedule

We kick off the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour with the gold medalists! In the Picture Book category: The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel , illustrated by Sean Rubin , a retelling of I.L. Peretz's "The Magician."  In the Middle Grade category: How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani , an exploration of Jewish intersectional identity set during the Civil Rights movement. In the Young Adult category: The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros , a gothic fantasy thriller. Here are today's blog tour stops: The Passover Guest at the Horn Book's Out of the Box blog How To Find What You're Not Looking For at Mr. Schu Reads The City Beautiful at the Jewish Book Council's blog, The Paper Brigade The Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour February 7-11, 2022 Click here for full blog tour schedule

The Sydney Taylor Book Award will be showcasing its 2022 gold and silver medalists with a Blog Tour, February 7-11, 2022! Interviews with winning authors and illustrators will appear on a variety of Jewish and kidlit blogs. Interviews will appear on the dates below, and will remain available to read at your own convenience. Below is the schedule for the 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour. Please follow the links to visit the hosting blogs on or after their tour dates, and be sure to leave them plenty of comments! MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2022 Susan Kusel and Sean Rubin , author and illustrator of The Passover Guest Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Picture Book Category at Out of the Box at The Horn Book Veera Hiranandani , author of How to Find What You're Not Looking For Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Middle Grade Category at Mr. Schu Reads Aden Polydoro s, author of The City Beautiful Sydney Taylor Book Award in the Young Adult Category at Paper Brigade Daily at The Jewish Book C

The Real Sydney Taylor Book Awards were announced on January 24, 2022! Here is the press release , and below are the real winners, honors, and notable books for 2022! 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.  You're invited to AJL's After Party with guest of honor Jo Taylor Marshall, daughter of Sydney Taylor and sponsor of the book awards, Sunday January 30 at 12:30pm ET! Register HERE . Listen to a podcast interview with awards chair Martha Seif Simpson on The Book of Life about this year's winners! The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel, illustrated by Sean Rubin. Published by Neal Porter Books, an imprint of Holiday House. In Washington, D.C. during the Great Depression, Muriel invites a ragged juggler to celebrate Passover with her family. When he arrives, they are stunned to discover a magnificent feast to share w