Amanda, a fourth grader in our Education Program, has written reviews of two children's books! Thanks, Amanda!
Vive La Paris, by Esme Raji Codell
Vive La Paris is about a girl named Paris living in Chicago. Paris is in the 5th grade, and has 4 brothers. She takes piano lessons from a neighbor named Mrs. Rosen. Mrs. Rosen helps her face challenges involving her friends and brothers. What I like best about this book is how brave Paris is, and how much Mrs. Rosen helps her, even though Mrs. Rosen is much older than Paris, is Jewish and has a completely different way of thinking.
Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse
Joseph Michtom is a 14 year old Jewish boy living in Brooklyn, New York in the early 1900s. He works at his parents’ store selling Teddy bears that his mother invented. Joseph does not like working in the store. What he really wants to do is go to Coney Island. This book tells about his adventures trying to get there.
This book has another story, one about orphans and badly treated children. These children live under the Brooklyn Bridge with their pet parrot. These two stories make you want to discover how they connect and eventually they do. I would recommend this book to 3rd grade and up. It is good for girls and boys who like realistic and/or historical fiction.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED!
The 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Award, a prize for Jewish Children's and Teen Literature from the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL), has recently been announced. To see the winners, click here:
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/stba/STBAAwardList2009.pdf
To celebrate and showcase the 2009 gold and silver medalists, there will be a Blog Tour! Here is the schedule:
http://www.sydneytaylorbookaward.blogspot.com
Sydney Taylor was the author of the All of a Kind Family series - chapter books about a family with 5 girls (and eventually, one boy) living with their Mama and Papa in the Lower East Side in the early 1900's. The author's family established this award after she died, under the auspices of the AJL, to encourage and support the writing of wonderful and engaging Jewish books for children and teens. Written in the 1950's, this series is still enjoyed by children today.
http://www.jewishlibraries.org/ajlweb/awards/stba/STBAAwardList2009.pdf
To celebrate and showcase the 2009 gold and silver medalists, there will be a Blog Tour! Here is the schedule:
http://www.sydneytaylorbookaward.blogspot.com
Sydney Taylor was the author of the All of a Kind Family series - chapter books about a family with 5 girls (and eventually, one boy) living with their Mama and Papa in the Lower East Side in the early 1900's. The author's family established this award after she died, under the auspices of the AJL, to encourage and support the writing of wonderful and engaging Jewish books for children and teens. Written in the 1950's, this series is still enjoyed by children today.
Thursday, January 08, 2009
HOT READS FOR COLD DAYS!
NEW CHILDREN’S BOOKS
BIOGRAPHIES
Hill, Anne E. Sasha Cohen / biography of the Olympic figure skater.
Drucker, Malka. Portraits of Jewish American heroes
Nobleman, Marc Tyler. Boys of steel : the creators of Superman
FICTION
Hesse, Karen. Brooklyn Bridge
Michelson, Richard. A is for Abraham : a Jewish family Alphabet /
Kimmel, Eric A. A horn for Louis
Schram, Peninnah The hungry clothes and other Jewish folktales
NON-FICTION
Yolen, Jane. Naming Liberty
Michelson, Richard. As good as anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami. Passover around the world
Kuklin, Susan. Families
YOUNG ADULT
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. The truth about my bat mitzvah /
Schmidt, Gary D. Mara's stories : glimmers in the darkness / tales told within the concentration camps
ADULT NON-FICTION
BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR
Rose, Ernestine L. Mistress of herself : speeches and letters of Ernestine Rose, early women's rights leader
Sabar, Ariel
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq /
Foster, Richard J., Mark Spitz : the extraordinary life
of an Olympic champion /
Spiegelman, Art. Breakdowns : portrait of the artist as a young %@[squiggle][star]! /
Bacon, Ursula. Shanghai diary : a young girl's journey from Hitler's hate to war-torn China /
Greenberg, Murray. Passing game : Benny Friedman and the transformation of football /
FAMILY/PARENTING/RELATIONSHIPS
Family matters : Jewish education in an age of choice /
Nemzoff, Ruth E. Don't bite your tongue : how to foster rewarding relationships with your adult children /
Diamant, Anita. How to raise a Jewish child : a practical handbook for family life /
Meszler, Joseph B. A man's responsibility : a Jewish guide to being a son, a partner in marriage, a father, and a community leader /
PRAYER, SPIRITUALITY, ETHICS
Tefilat nashim. The Jewish woman's prayer book /
Spitz, Elie Kaplan, Healing from despair : choosing wholeness in a broken world /
Borowitz, Eugene B. A touch of the sacred : a theologian's informal guide to Jewish belief /
Jewish stories from heaven and earth : inspiring tales to nourish the heart and soul /
Hirsch, Sherre Z. We plan, God laughs : 10 steps to finding your divine path when life is not turning out like you wanted /
Gillman, Neil Doing Jewish theology : God, Torah & Israel in modern Judaism /
Schulweis, Harold M. Conscience : the duty to obey and the duty to disobey /
HOLOCAUST, HISTORY, ISRAEL, POLITICS,
Ackerman, Diane. The zookeeper's wife /
Kisliuk, Ingrid From trauma to trepidation memories transmitted by hidden children to the second generation
Carvalho, Solomon Nunes Incidents of travel and adventure in the far West.
Goldstein, Elyse. New Jewish feminism : probing the past, forging the future
Sharansky, Natan. Defending identity its indispensable role in protecting democracy
Sarna, Jonathan D. A time to every purpose : letters to a young Jew /
Bronfman, Edgar M. Hope, not fear : a path to Jewish renaissance /
Dershowitz, Alan M. The case against Israel's enemies : exposing Jimmy Carter and others who stand in the way of peace /
Kritzler, Ed. Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world in their quest for treasure, religious freedoms and revenge
Jews and American comics : an illustrated history of an American art form
Weiss, Avraham. Spiritual activism : a Jewish guide to leadership and repairing the world
Brown, Erica. Inspired Jewish leadership : practical approaches to building strong communities
Firestone, Reuven Who are the real chosenpeople? : the
meaning of chosenness in Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam
Salkin, Jeffrey K. Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible :
ancient role models for sacred relationships
Rubinger, David, Israel through my lens : sixty years as a photojournalist
HEBREW, TORAH, STUDY
Alpert, Rebecca T. Whose Torah? : a concise guide to progressive Judaism
Kravitz, Leonard S.
Eichah : a modern commentary on the Book of Lamentations
Artson, Bradley Shavit. The everyday Torah : weekly reflections and inspirations /
Stavans, Ilan. Resurrecting Hebrew
Elkins, Dov Peretz. The wisdom of Judaism : an introduction to the values of the Talmud
MUSIC
Safam (musical group) Safam the complete collection anthology
FICTION/LITERARY ESSAYS/GRAPHIC NOVELS
Grossman, David Writing in the dark/
Nadelson, Scott. Saving Stanley : the Brickman stories /
Roth, Philip. Indignation /
Sfar, Joann. The rabbi's cat /Graphic novel.
Modan, Rutu Jamilti & other stories/ Graphic novel
Montefiore, Sebag. Sashenka .
Yehoshua, Abraham B. Friendly fire : a duet
Kellerman, Faye The Mercedes coffin (mystery)
Katzir, Judith. Dearest Anne : a tale of impossible love /
Anton, Maggie. Rashi's daughter : secret scholar
Keret, Etgar, The girl on the fridge
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef . To this day
Manseau, Peter. Songs for the butcher's daughter
Brown, Danit Ask for a convertible : stories
Silva, Daniel, Moscow rules (Thriller)
NEW FILMS
Izen, Shulamit Hineini coming out in a Jewish high
school
NEW BOOKS ON CD
Silva, Daniel, Moscow rules
Roth, Philip Indignation
BIOGRAPHIES
Hill, Anne E. Sasha Cohen / biography of the Olympic figure skater.
Drucker, Malka. Portraits of Jewish American heroes
Nobleman, Marc Tyler. Boys of steel : the creators of Superman
FICTION
Hesse, Karen. Brooklyn Bridge
Michelson, Richard. A is for Abraham : a Jewish family Alphabet /
Kimmel, Eric A. A horn for Louis
Schram, Peninnah The hungry clothes and other Jewish folktales
NON-FICTION
Yolen, Jane. Naming Liberty
Michelson, Richard. As good as anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom
Lehman-Wilzig, Tami. Passover around the world
Kuklin, Susan. Families
YOUNG ADULT
Baskin, Nora Raleigh. The truth about my bat mitzvah /
Schmidt, Gary D. Mara's stories : glimmers in the darkness / tales told within the concentration camps
ADULT NON-FICTION
BIOGRAPHY, MEMOIR
Rose, Ernestine L. Mistress of herself : speeches and letters of Ernestine Rose, early women's rights leader
Sabar, Ariel
My father's paradise : a son's search for his Jewish past in Kurdish Iraq /
Foster, Richard J., Mark Spitz : the extraordinary life
of an Olympic champion /
Spiegelman, Art. Breakdowns : portrait of the artist as a young %@[squiggle][star]! /
Bacon, Ursula. Shanghai diary : a young girl's journey from Hitler's hate to war-torn China /
Greenberg, Murray. Passing game : Benny Friedman and the transformation of football /
FAMILY/PARENTING/RELATIONSHIPS
Family matters : Jewish education in an age of choice /
Nemzoff, Ruth E. Don't bite your tongue : how to foster rewarding relationships with your adult children /
Diamant, Anita. How to raise a Jewish child : a practical handbook for family life /
Meszler, Joseph B. A man's responsibility : a Jewish guide to being a son, a partner in marriage, a father, and a community leader /
PRAYER, SPIRITUALITY, ETHICS
Tefilat nashim. The Jewish woman's prayer book /
Spitz, Elie Kaplan, Healing from despair : choosing wholeness in a broken world /
Borowitz, Eugene B. A touch of the sacred : a theologian's informal guide to Jewish belief /
Jewish stories from heaven and earth : inspiring tales to nourish the heart and soul /
Hirsch, Sherre Z. We plan, God laughs : 10 steps to finding your divine path when life is not turning out like you wanted /
Gillman, Neil Doing Jewish theology : God, Torah & Israel in modern Judaism /
Schulweis, Harold M. Conscience : the duty to obey and the duty to disobey /
HOLOCAUST, HISTORY, ISRAEL, POLITICS,
Ackerman, Diane. The zookeeper's wife /
Kisliuk, Ingrid From trauma to trepidation memories transmitted by hidden children to the second generation
Carvalho, Solomon Nunes Incidents of travel and adventure in the far West.
Goldstein, Elyse. New Jewish feminism : probing the past, forging the future
Sharansky, Natan. Defending identity its indispensable role in protecting democracy
Sarna, Jonathan D. A time to every purpose : letters to a young Jew /
Bronfman, Edgar M. Hope, not fear : a path to Jewish renaissance /
Dershowitz, Alan M. The case against Israel's enemies : exposing Jimmy Carter and others who stand in the way of peace /
Kritzler, Ed. Jewish pirates of the Caribbean : how a generation of swashbuckling Jews carved out an empire in the new world in their quest for treasure, religious freedoms and revenge
Jews and American comics : an illustrated history of an American art form
Weiss, Avraham. Spiritual activism : a Jewish guide to leadership and repairing the world
Brown, Erica. Inspired Jewish leadership : practical approaches to building strong communities
Firestone, Reuven Who are the real chosenpeople? : the
meaning of chosenness in Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam
Salkin, Jeffrey K. Righteous Gentiles in the Hebrew Bible :
ancient role models for sacred relationships
Rubinger, David, Israel through my lens : sixty years as a photojournalist
HEBREW, TORAH, STUDY
Alpert, Rebecca T. Whose Torah? : a concise guide to progressive Judaism
Kravitz, Leonard S.
Eichah : a modern commentary on the Book of Lamentations
Artson, Bradley Shavit. The everyday Torah : weekly reflections and inspirations /
Stavans, Ilan. Resurrecting Hebrew
Elkins, Dov Peretz. The wisdom of Judaism : an introduction to the values of the Talmud
MUSIC
Safam (musical group) Safam the complete collection anthology
FICTION/LITERARY ESSAYS/GRAPHIC NOVELS
Grossman, David Writing in the dark/
Nadelson, Scott. Saving Stanley : the Brickman stories /
Roth, Philip. Indignation /
Sfar, Joann. The rabbi's cat /Graphic novel.
Modan, Rutu Jamilti & other stories/ Graphic novel
Montefiore, Sebag. Sashenka .
Yehoshua, Abraham B. Friendly fire : a duet
Kellerman, Faye The Mercedes coffin (mystery)
Katzir, Judith. Dearest Anne : a tale of impossible love /
Anton, Maggie. Rashi's daughter : secret scholar
Keret, Etgar, The girl on the fridge
Agnon, Shmuel Yosef . To this day
Manseau, Peter. Songs for the butcher's daughter
Brown, Danit Ask for a convertible : stories
Silva, Daniel, Moscow rules (Thriller)
NEW FILMS
Izen, Shulamit Hineini coming out in a Jewish high
school
NEW BOOKS ON CD
Silva, Daniel, Moscow rules
Roth, Philip Indignation
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