Awards search:Capitol Choices Noteworthy Book for Children and Teens

Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis

by Susan Hood
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
poetry, ages 912, Holocaust, Ukraine, women, piano, music
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6971
Status
Available
Call number
J 786.2092 HOO

Creation

by Gerald McDermott
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, Torah portions - Bereshit, AR book - LG, Creation
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1922
Status
Available
Call number
E 222 MCD

The Cats in Krasinski Square

by Karen Hesse
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Holocaust, ages 9-12, kindness to animals, AR book - LG, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, feeding the hungry, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, Holocaust - Poland, Poland — 4 more, sisters, cats, ghettos, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
2076
Status
Available
Call number
J F HES

Beyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the Holocaust

by Doreen Rappaport
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Holocaust, AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, spirit - ruach, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
2070
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 RAP

His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg

by Louise W. Borden
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Holocaust, Sweden, AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, biography, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
2056
Status
Available
Call number
T B WAL

Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein

by Don Brown
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, ALA Notable Children's Book, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, AR book - LG, respecting differences, biography, science
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1810
Status
Available
Call number
E B EIN

No Pretty Pictures: A Child of War (National Book Award Finalist)

by Anita Lobel
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, teen - young adult, Holocaust, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - UG, brothers, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - refugees, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - Poland — 4 more, Poland, parents, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1489
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.531 LOB

Be Not Far From Me

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, Bible stories, reverence and awe - yirah, mitzvah - mitzvot, loving God, folklore - folktales - legends, Midrash, Bible - Old Testament, Abraham (patriarch), Isaac (patriarch) — 18 more, Jacob (patriarch), Joseph (son of Jacob), Moses (prophet), Joshua (Biblical figure), Deborah (Biblical figure), Gideon (prophet), Samson and Delilah, Samuel (Biblical figure), David (King of Israel), Solomon (King of Israel), Elijah (Prophet), Jonah (prophet), Amos (prophet), Hosea (Prophet), Isaiah (prophet), Jeremiah (prophet), Ezekiel (biblical figure), Daniel (Biblical figure)
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4205
Status
Available
Call number
J 221.95 KIM

When the Beginning Began: Stories about God, the Creatures, and Us

by Julius Lester
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, AR book - MG, Adam and Eve, Bible stories, Creation, folklore - folktales - legends, Genesis, Bible - Old Testament, ages 9-12 — 1 more, teshuvah - repentance
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1727
Status
Available
Call number
J 296.19 LES

Brundibar

by Tony Kushner
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Linda Silver "Future Classic?", Maurice Sendak, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, New York Times Best Illustrated Books, bullies and bullying, AR book - LG, aiding those in distress, honoring parents, perseverance, animals, brothers — 8 more, fantasy, folklore - folktales - legends, Holocaust - concentration camps, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, mothers, music, sisters, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1778
Status
Available
Call number
E KUS

THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL: The Definitive Edition

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, URJ Middle School list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, URJ Library List, AR book - MG+, Anne Frank, Netherlands, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1874
Status
Available
Call number
T 949.207 FRA

Breaking Stalin's Nose

by Eugene Yelchin
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Newbery Medal, teen - young adult, Soviet Union, communism, AR book - MG
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1409
Status
Available
Call number
J F YEL

How to Heal a Broken Wing

by Bob Graham
Paperback, 2008
Tags
birds, healing, kindness to animals, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3626
Status
Available
Call number
E GRA

Strudel Stories

by Joanne Rocklin
Paperback, 2000
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Notable Children's Book, Linda Silver "Classic", Judaism through Children's Books, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, Americanization, assimilation, baseball, family, food — 1 more, immigration and emigration
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1745
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROC

Hana's Suitcase

by Karen Levine
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Notable Children's Book, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", Holocaust, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG, perseverance, Czech Republic - Czechoslovakia, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
1746
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.531 LEV

Dave at Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Paperback, 2001
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, AR book - MG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, African-Americans, Americanization, artists, historical fiction — 4 more, New York, orphans, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1728
Status
Available
Call number
J F LEV

Lily's Crossing

by Patricia Reilly Giff
Paperback, 1999
Tags
ages 9-12, ALA Notable Children's Book, Newbery Honor Book, AR book - MG, World War II, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, Holocaust - refugees
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1771
Status
Available
Call number
J F GIF

Marven of the Great North Woods

by Kathryn Lasky
Paperback, 2002
Tags
ALA Notable Children's Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, multi-cultural, keeping kosher - kashrut — 5 more, work ethic, feeding the hungry, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, United States - Midwest, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1812
Status
Available
Call number
E LAS

Sigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind

by Catherine Reef
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", teen - young adult, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, anti-Semitism, biography, Austria, science
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1750
Status
Available
Call number
T B FRE

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Holocaust, teen - young adult, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, mensch - decent person, AR book - UG — 12 more, choosing between right and wrong, courage - ometz lev, feeding the hungry, honoring parents, wisdom - study - learning, books and reading, death, Germany, World War II, historical fiction, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1802
Status
Available
Call number
T F ZUS

You never heard of Sandy Koufax?!

by Jonah Winter
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ages 6-8, ALA Notable Children's Book, AR book - LG, baseball, athletes, sports
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Series
You Never Heard of...
Barcode
1808
Status
Available
Call number
E B KOU

Tropical secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba

by Margarita Engle
Paper Book, 2009
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, teen - young adult, Holocaust, AR book - MG+, aiding those in distress, Cuba, Holocaust - refugees, written in verse
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1528
Status
Available
Call number
T F ENG

The Boy Who Dared

by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Nili's list, teen - young adult, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, tikkun olam - repairing the world, AR book - MG+, social activism, choosing between right and wrong, civil rights, historical fiction, achrayut - responsibility — 1 more, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1710
Status
Available
Call number
T F BAR

The Passover Guest

by Susan Kusel
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Passover, Seder, Elijah (Prophet), Washington DC, ages 3-5, ages 6-8, Sydney Taylor Award
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6546
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E KUS

Hidden Child

by Isaac Millman
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Holocaust, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, Holocaust - hidden children, France, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, World War II
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1872
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.531 MIL

When the World Was Ours

by Liz Kessler
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
National Jewish Book Award finalist, Holocaust, Vienna, Austria, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6781
Status
Available
Call number
T F KES

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, tikkun olam - repairing the world, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Emma Lazarus, AR book - LG, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, social activism — 7 more, biography, poetry, United States - history, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
6363
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year

by Eric Kimmel
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
High Holidays - High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, AR book - LG, forgiveness - selichot, watching one's speech, teshuvah - repentance, Baal Shem Tov, fathers, folklore - folktales - legends, sin, ages 6-8 — 2 more, ages 9-12, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3733
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E 398.2 KIM

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year

by Eric Kimmel
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
teshuvah - repentance, Yom Kippur, ALA Notable Children's Book, BCCB Blue Ribbon Book, Sydney Taylor Award, AR book - LG, forgiveness - selichot, watching one's speech, Baal Shem Tov, fathers, folklore - folktales - legends — 4 more, sin, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1882
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E 398.2 KIM

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2000
Tags
High Holidays - High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, AR book - LG, forgiveness - selichot, watching one's speech, teshuvah - repentance, Baal Shem Tov, fathers, folklore - folktales - legends, sin, ages 6-8 — 2 more, ages 9-12, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collections
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
6014
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E 398.2 KIM

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, tikkun olam - repairing the world, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Emma Lazarus, AR book - LG, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, social activism — 7 more, biography, poetry, United States - history, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1811
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty

by Linda Glaser
Paperback, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, tikkun olam - repairing the world, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Emma Lazarus, AR book - LG, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, social activism — 7 more, biography, poetry, United States - history, women, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, rachamim - compassion and mercy, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
3460
Status
Available
Call number
E B LAZ

Gershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year

by Eric Kimmel
Paperback, 2000
Tags
High Holidays - High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah, AR book - LG, forgiveness - selichot, watching one's speech, teshuvah - repentance, Baal Shem Tov, fathers, folklore - folktales - legends, sin, ages 6-8 — 2 more, ages 9-12, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4364
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E 398.2 KIM

Boy from Buchenwald

by Robbie Waisman
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Holocaust - concentration camps, Holocaust - survivors, France, teens - teenagers, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6792
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 WAI

Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued

by Peter Sís
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, achrayut - responsibility, ages 6-8, Prague
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6786
Status
Available
Call number
E 940.53 SIS

The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain

by Melanie Little
Paperback, 2009
Tags
teen - young adult, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, poetry, written in verse, Spain, Inquisition, AR book - UG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, tolerance, Islam — 3 more, historical fiction, inner strength - gevurah, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1880
Status
Available
Call number
T F LIT

The People's Painter: How Ben Shahn Fought for Justice with Art

by Cynthia Levinson
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
art, artists, ages 6-8, seeking justice, Sydney Taylor Notable Book, National Jewish Book Award finalist
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
6733
Status
Available
Call number
E B SHA

Boys of steel : the creators of Superman

by Marc Tyler Nobleman
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, ALA Notable Children's Book, Jerry Siegel, Joe Shuster, AR book - LG, perseverance, artists, cartoonists, inner strength - gevurah — 1 more, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1536
Status
Available
Call number
J B SIE

Dancing at the Pity Party

by Tyler Feder
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
graphic novel format, teen - young adult, illness, Sydney Taylor Award, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6557
Status
Available
Call number
T 362.17 FED

Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster

by Jonathan Auxier
Hardcover, 2018
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, AR book - MG, ages 9-12, Golem, London, England, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5715
Status
Available
Call number
J F AUX

A Light in the Darkness: Janusz Korczak, His Orphans, and the Holocaust

by Albert Marrin
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, Sydney Taylor Notable Book, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6264
Status
Available
Call number
T B KOR

Marven of the Great North Woods

by Kathryn Lasky
Paperback, 2002
Tags
ALA Notable Children's Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, multi-cultural, keeping kosher - kashrut — 5 more, work ethic, feeding the hungry, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, United States - Midwest, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6824
Status
Available
Call number
E LAS

Marven of the Great North Woods

by Kathryn Lasky
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
ALA Notable Children's Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, multi-cultural, keeping kosher - kashrut — 5 more, work ethic, feeding the hungry, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, United States - Midwest, inner strength - gevurah
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5911
Status
Available
Call number
E LAS

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

by Kevin Henkes
Paperback, 1996
Tags
teshuvah - repentance, animals, ages 6-8, ages 3-5
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Henkes' Mouse Books (7)
Barcode
6842
Status
Available
Call number
E HEN

Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse

by Kevin Henkes
Paperback, 2006
Tags
teshuvah - repentance, animals, ages 6-8, ages 3-5
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Henkes' Mouse Books (7)
Barcode
6711
Status
Available
Call number
E HEN

The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

by Eugene Yelchin
Hardcover, 2021
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Soviet Union, ages 6-8, ages 9-12
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6766
Status
Available
Call number
J 947.085 YEL

Wonders and Miracles: A Passover Companion

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, Linda Silver "Future Classic?", Passover, URJ Middle School list, AR book - MG, Haggadah, miracles, Seder
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1809
Status
Available
Call number
H PS J 296.43 KIM

Habibi

by Naomi Shihab Nye
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, ALA Notable Children's Book, Judy Lopez Memorial Award, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, Arab-Jewish relations, family, immigration and emigration, Jerusalem, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1132
Status
Available
Call number
T F NYE

Aviva vs the Dybbuk

by Mari Lowe
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
anthology, supernatural, ages 9-12
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6977
Status
Available
Call number
J F LOW

Marven of the Great North Woods

by Kathryn Lasky
Paperback, 2002
Tags
ALA Notable Children's Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, multi-cultural, keeping kosher - kashrut — 5 more, work ethic, feeding the hungry, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, United States - Midwest, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3282
Status
Available
Call number
E LAS
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