Sydney Taylor
Award-Winning Ebooks
K-6
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K-2 Ebooks (all available in Sora)
The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art
by Cynthia Levinson
Red and Green and Blue and White
by Adam Grupper
Sora (audio)
"On Isaac's street most of the houses are decorated in red and green for Christmas including his friend, Teresa's, while Isaac's house is blue and white for Hanukkah; then someone smashes Isaac's window in the night, and Teresa comes up with a way to show support her friend--and gets the whole community to rally around their Jewish family." -Follett
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
by Sue Macy
"Aaron Lansky has jumped into dumpsters, rummaged around musty basements, and crawled through cramped attics. He did all of this in pursuit of a particular kind of treasure . . . any book written Yiddish, the language of generations of European Jews. When he started looking for Yiddish books, experts estimated there might be about 70,000 still in existence. Since then, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient has collected close to 1.5 million books, and he's finding more every day . . . this story celebrates the power of an individual to preserve history and culture, while exploring . . . themes of identity and immigration"--Publisher
Grades 3-6 Ebooks (all available in Sora)
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
by Peter Sis
Light the Menorah: A Hanukkah Handbook
by Jacqueline Jules
"A guide to the traditions of Hanukkah with songs, recipes, and craft ideas." -Follett
A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah
by Nancy Churnin
"Henrietta Szold took Queen Esther as a model and worked hard to save the Jewish people. In 1912, she founded the Jewish women's social justice organization, Hadassah. Henrietta started Hadassah determined to offer emergency medical care to mothers and children in Palestine. When WWII broke out, she rescued Jewish children from the Holocaust, and broadened Hadassah's mission to include education, youth development, and women's rights. Hadassah offers free help to all who need it and continues its mission to this day." -Amazon
No Vacancy
by Tziporah Cohen
"Buying and moving into the run-down Jewel Motor Inn in upstate New York wasn't eleven-year-old Miriam Brockman's dream, but at least it's an adventure. Miriam befriends Kate, whose grandmother owns the diner next door, and finds comfort in the company of Maria, the motel's housekeeper, and her Uncle Mordy, who comes to help out for the summer"--Publisher.
This is Just a Test
by Madelyn Rosenberg & Wendy Wan-Long Shang
"In 1983 seventh-grader David Da-Wei Horowitz has a lot to worry about--his bar mitzvah is coming soon; his Jewish and Chinese grandmothers argue about everything; his teammates for the upcoming trivia contest, Scott and Hector, do not like each other; he is beginning to notice girls; and Scott has persuaded him to begin digging a fallout shelter just in case the Cold War heats up." -Follett
The Six-Day Hero
by Tammar Stein
"Twelve-year-old Motti discovers that there are many types of heroes as his tiny young nation of Israel fights for survival in the Six-Day War of 1967." -Follett
The Children of Willesden Lane: A True Story of Hope and Survival During World War II
by Mona Golabek & Lee Cohen
The Dollmaker of Krakow
by R.M. Romero
Sora (audio)
"At the beginning of World War II, Karolina's spirit magically travels from the war-torn Land of the Dolls to the Krakow, Poland, shop of the Dollmaker, Cyryl, and together they take great risks to save their Jewish friends"--OCLC
Skating with the Statue of Liberty
by Susan Lynn Meyer
"After having escaped with his family from Nazi-occupied France, Gustave finds a home in New York City, still worried about Marcel, his good friend who he left behind, and surprised to find bigotry in America, too." -Follett