Children's Book Suggestions | Jewish American Heritage Month 2026

A few of our favorite books about Jewish American past and present published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our Jewish American Heritage Month lists from 2025 and 2024. 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 January 30, 2026
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Children's Book Suggestions | Jewish American Heritage Month 2026

A few of our favorite books about Jewish American past and present published in 2025. For more book ideas, check out our Jewish American Heritage Month lists from 2025 and 2024. 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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Max in the land of lies
Gidwitz, Adam
Paper Book
Instant New York Times bestseller! USA Today bestseller! "A heartrending masterpiece of middle-grade historical fiction.″ -Booklist, starred review "The whip-smart combination of intrigue and adventure along with thought-provoking...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

A world worth saving
Lukoff, Kyle
Paper Book
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)

Right back at you
Mackler, Carolyn
Paper Book
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Not If I Can Help It, a story about reaching across time to find the support you need against bullies, bad friends, and antisemitism. Mason lives in 2023. His parents have just split up, and there's a guy at school who won't get off his...

Young Teen Fiction (Grades 5-7)

Elsa's chessboard
Andrus, Jenny Gewing
Paper Book
Elsa carries her chessboard everywhere, always ready for a game. When World War II forces her from Europe, can chess help make America home? Growing up in 1900s Vienna, Elsa's brothers are always playing chess. "No girls!" they tell her when she first asks to learn; but she...

Children's Nonfiction (Age 9-12)

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