Children's Book Suggestions | Jewish American Heritage Month 2025

A few of our favorite books about Jewish American past and present published in 2024. For more book ideas, check out our Jewish American Heritage Month 2024 lists or browse the library catalog. Books about Jewish holidays can be found in the general holiday section under 296 or in the Hanukkah section. Books about the Holocaust can be found in nonfiction in 940.5318.

More great books are honored annually with the Sydney Taylor Book Award.

Updated April 17, 2025
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Children's Book Suggestions | Jewish American Heritage Month 2025

A few of our favorite books about Jewish American past and present published in 2024. For more book ideas, check out our Jewish American Heritage Month 2024 lists or browse the library catalog. Books about Jewish holidays can be found in the general holiday section under 296 or in the Hanukkah section. Books about the Holocaust can be found in nonfiction in 940.5318.

More great books are honored annually with the Sydney Taylor Book Award.

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One small spark : a Tikkun Olam story
Spiro, Ruth
Paper Book
Imagine the world you want to live in. If it's not the world you see, will you create it? So begins a young girl's journey to solve a problem she notices one rainy day while walking to school. In that moment, the small spark inside her grows and then connects her to others who...

Picture Book (Age 4-8)

The truth about the Tooth Fairy
Cypess, Leah
Paper Book
A charming new chapter book series about a young Orthodox Jewish girl out to discover the truth about all the magical mysteries in her world, perfect for fans of Marya Khan and Zoey and Sassafras A Junior Library Guild Selection A School Library Journal<...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

Rachel Friedman breaks the rules
Kapit, Sarah
Paper Book
Introducing a charming chapter book series starring Rachel Friedman, a sweet and silly Jewish girl renowned for her peanut butter challah baking skills and larger-than-life personality! Rachel loves being Jewish, but she hates following the rules at synagogue--and everywhere...

Bridging Fiction (Grades 2-4)

On all other nights : a Passover celebration in 14 stories
Baron, Chris
Ebook
A joyful middle-grade anthology centered around Passover--from an exciting array of bestselling and award-winning Jewish creators! Named a best Passover book of all time by Parade magazine A Junior Library Guild Selection * A Bank Street College of...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

Max in the house of spies
Gidwitz, Adam
Paper Book
An acclaimed Best Book of 2024! Instant New York Times bestseller . Wall Street Journal Best Books of the Year . Booklist Editors' Choice . Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year . School Library Journal Best Books of the Year . Common Sense Best Books...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

When we flew away : a novel of Anne Frank, before the diary
Hoffman, Alice
Paper Book
Bestselling author Alice Hoffman delivers a stunning novel about one of contemporary history's most acclaimed figures, exploring the little-known details of Anne Frank's life before she went into hiding. Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has captivated and inspired readers for...

Children's Fiction (Grades 3-5)

A world worth saving
Lukoff, Kyle
Ebook
A NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST * A groundbreaking, action-packed, and ultimately uplifting adventure that intertwines elements of Jewish mythology with an unflinching examination of the impacts of transphobia, from Newbery Honor winner Kyle Lukoff. "Rare and beautiful--a novel...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Benji Zeb is a ravenous werewolf
Moulton, Deke
Paper Book
Benji Zeb has a lot going on. He has a lot of studying to do, not only for school but also for his upcoming bar mitzvah. He's nervous about Mr. Rutherford, the aggressive local rancher who hates Benji's family's kibbutz and wolf sanctuary. And he hasn't figured out what to do about Caleb, Mr....

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Just shy of ordinary
Sass, A. J.
Paper Book
A SYDNEY TAYLOR HONOR BOOK ★ In this heartfelt novel about family, friendship, and identity perfect for fans of The List of Things That Will Not Change and Ivy Aberdeen's Letter to the World, a thirteen-year-old nonbinary kid discovers that life doesn't...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

The girl who sang : a Holocaust memoir of hope and survival
Nadel, Estelle
Paper Book
A heartrending graphic memoir about a young Jewish girl's fight for survival in Nazi occupied Poland, The Girl Who Sang illustrates the power of a brother's love, the kindness of strangers, and finding hope when facing the unimaginable. Born to a Jewish family in a...

Young Teen Graphic Novel (Grades 5-7)

The keeper of stories
Pritchard, Caroline Kusin
Paper Book
A Sydney Taylor Book Award Picture Book Honor Three starred reviews! In this "poignant" (Booklist, starred review) and uplifting true story of community, a neighborhood comes together in the wake of a library fire to save the stories within, offering...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 4-8)

Afikoman, where'd you go? : a Passover hide-and-seek adventure
Levington, Rebecca Gardyn
Paper Book
Help the children find the afikoman during their seder! It's a rambunctious Passover hide-and-seek story for fans of Where's Waldo? and The Gingerbread Man. This lively, funny picture book brings to life the Passover tradition of searching for the afikoman-literally. When...

Holiday Book (Age 4-8)

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