Jewish Heritage Month for Kids

Jewish Heritage Month is celebrated across Canada each May.

Updated April 24, 2026
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Jewish Heritage Month for Kids

Jewish Heritage Month is celebrated across Canada each May.

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Beni's tiny tales : around the year in Jewish holidays
Zalben, Jane Breskin
Paper Book
Join Beni and his family as they celebrate a year in Jewish Holidays, including all their favorite craft activities, recipes, songs, and stories for each occasion. The perfect gift book that gives all year long. Chronicling a full year of Jewish festivities--from...
Broken strings
Walters, Eric
Paper Book
A violin and a middle-school musical unleash a dark family secret in this moving story by an award-winning author duo. For fans of The Devil's Arithmetic and Hana's Suitcase. It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother...
Challah day!
Offsay, Charlotte
Paper Book
"An oasis of Jewish joy." --School Library Journal Baked with love! A family mixes, kneads, braids, and bakes bread for dinner with Grandma and Grandpa in this joyful, rhyming story. Inspired by memories author Charlotte Offsay and illustrator Jason Kirschner...
Friedel and Gina: A True Story of Sisterhood and Survival During the Holocaust
Dronfield, Jeremy
The bestselling author of National Jewish Book Award Finalist The Boy Who Followed His Father Into Auschwitz is back with another powerful nonfiction book for young readers, this time spotlighting twin sisters whose worlds were turned upside down when Adolf Hitler assumed power. Through...
The house on the canal : the story of the house that hid Anne Frank
Harding, Thomas
Paper Book
"Deeply moving, powerful, and breathtaking." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A house reveals the story of its inhabitants, including Anne Frank--and honors four centuries of history--in a moving and exquisitely illustrated picture book from the creators of...
Jacob and the mandolin adventure
Dublin, Anne
Paper Book
Thirteen-year-old Jacob's life is hard in 1920s Poland, where he lives in an orphanage for Jewish children. His days are brightened by playing in the orphanage mandolin orchestra. When an American benefactor arrives with the promise of a new life in Canada at a farm school, Jacob and his friends...
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...
Last Known Address: The Stumbling Stones of Europe
Kacer, Kathy
Paper Book
Embedded into the cobblestones of Europe are Stolpersteine--stumbling stones. Carefully hand-chiseled with names and dates, these small, brass plaques make up the largest monument to the Holocaust in the world. Today, you can find over 100,000 stones across Europe. The Stumbling...
Nicky & Vera : a quiet hero of the Holocaust and the children he rescued
Sís, Peter
Paper Book
In December 1938, a young Englishman canceled a ski vacation and went instead to Prague to help the hundreds of thousands of refugees from the Nazis who were crowded into the city. Setting up a makeshift headquarters in his hotel room, Nicholas Winton took names and photographs from parents...
P is for pastrami the ABCs of Jewish food
Silberberg, Alan
Paper Book
Eat the alphabet with all of these delicious Jewish foods! From apples and honey all the way to zhug, Alan Silberberg brings his signature wacky humor to this alphabet of Jewish food. It's perfect for board book readers with a funny bone, and anyone who wants to celebrate the...
The Passover Pet Surprise
Shua, Ana Maria
Paper Book
A multicultural addition to the Passover picture book canon, this sweet story explores the meaning of freedom for the Jewish people-and their pets! Also available in Spanish: La gran sorpresa de Pésaj. This Passover, Jordanita's family is leaving their Miami...
Rising
Ludwig, Sidura
Paper Book
An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Book A quiet, joyful story celebrating a Jewish mother's tradition of making challah with her child merges a lyrical text with stunning illustrations--and includes the author's favorite recipe. Melt into the...
Robot Island
Fagan, Cary
Paper Book
It isn't bad enough that Willis has to live with his cold uncle Tod in a dusty old house of used books. He can't even spend time with his friends Harrison and Galaxi because of the nasty after-school jobs his uncle makes him take on. But then his uncle asks him to visit an old widow lady in the...
Scattergood
Bouwman, H. M.
In rural Iowa in 1941, twelve-year-old Peggy's quiet life is turned upside down by refugee arrivals, first love, and a heartbreaking diagnosis. Growing up a farm girl, Peggy's life has never been particularly exciting. But a lot changes in 1941. Her friend Joe starts acting...
Sitting shiva
Silver, Erin
Paper Book
Key Selling Points A heartwarming story that explains an important Jewish custom in a child-appropriate way. Centers around the beauty of an age-old tradition that shows how much more alike we are than different as we seek to comfort and nourish one another in times of need....
Something Sweet: A Sitting Shiva Story
Newman, Leslea
Paper Book
From award-winning author Lesléa Newman comes a shiva story about grief and remembrance, Jewish culture and connection, and learning how to support a friend. Something Sweet is a beautiful and touching picture book for 5 to 8 year-olds that handles the difficult theme of...
A sweet year : Jewish celebrations and festive recipes for kids and their families
Nathan, Joan
Paper Book
A LA TIMES BEST COOKBOOK OF THE YEAR * A STRATEGIST BEST COOKBOOK TO GIFT THIS YEAR The "queen of American Jewish cooking" (Houston Chronicle) revises her children's classic for a new generation. In Jewish tradition, holidays are a time for family and...
Two pieces of chocolate
Kacer, Kathy
Paper Book
In 1945, young Francine and her maman are sent to the Bergen-Belsen Nazi prison camp, where life is gray and hopeless. Determined to lift Francine's spirits, Maman shares a secret: hidden inside her bag are two pieces of chocolate. They're the first sweets Francine has seen in years, but Maman...
We belong here
Wishinsky, Frieda
Paper Book
In troubling times, two very different children find power in friendship and solidarity. Eve Bloom doesn't like being taunted at school for being a newcomer. This is her home. When Eve notices the same children bullying Mark Nakamura for his Japanese culture, she jumps in to defend him. A...
What Jewish looks like
Kleinrock, Liz
Paper Book
Compiled by educator and author Liz Kleinrock and author Caroline Kusin Pritchard, this powerful intersectional anthology celebrates thirty-six Jewish heroes--from Tracee Ellis Ross and Victor "Young" Perez to Doña Gracia Nasi. A first-ever collection that disrupts...
When You're Brave Enough
Bendheim, Rebecca
Paper Book
A heartfelt, gorgeously written debut middle grade novel about best friends, first crushes, and coming out-perfect for fans of Kyle Lukoff and Jake Maia Arlow. Before she moved from Austin to Rhode Island, everybody knew Lacey as one half of an inseparable duo- Lacey-and-Grace,...
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