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

Anna and the Swallow Man

by Gavriel Savit
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Betty's 100 Books, AR book - UG, Holocaust - Poland, teen - young adult, Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4512
Status
Available
Call number
T F SAV

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

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

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

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

The Book Thief

by Markus Zusak
Hardcover, 2006
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
3422
Status
Available
Call number
T F ZUS

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

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

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 Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

by Deborah Heiligman
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
AR book - LG, Cybils Award Finalist
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
3518
Status
Available
Call number
E B ERD

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

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

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 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

Code Name Verity

by Elizabeth Wein
Hardcover, 2012
Tags
AR book - UG, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, historical fiction, courage - ometz lev, Cybils Award Finalist, Betty's 100 Books, women, France, England, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Code Name Verity (1), Young Pilots (1)
Barcode
4513
Status
Available
Call number
T F WEI

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

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

Dave At Night

by Gail Carson Levine
Hardcover, 2000
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
6329
Status
Available
Call number
J F 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

The Diary of a Young Girl

by Anne Frank
Hardcover, 1995
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, World War II, Holocaust - hidden children
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2948
Status
Available
Call number
940.5318 FRA

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

I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark

by Debbie Levy
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
books, anti-Semitism, prejudice, women, biography, ages 9-12, ages 6-8, judges and lawyers, Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
4435
Status
Available
Call number
E B GIN

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

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

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

Emmy Noether: The Most Important Mathematician You've Never Heard Of

by Helaine Becker
Hardcover, 2020
Tags
women, math, ages 6-9
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
6604
Status
Available
Call number
E B NOE

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings: A Memoir

by Margarita Engle
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
biography, poetry, women, authors, Cuba, teen - young adult, AR book - MG
Collection
Teen Biography (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4438
Status
Available
Call number
T B ENG

Escape!: The Story of the Great Houdini

by Sid Fleischman
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
perseverance, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, biography, magic, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
4097
Status
Available
Call number
J B HOU

Eyes of the World: Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and the Invention of Modern Photojournalism

by Marc Aronson
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
AR book - MG+, teen - young adult, photography, newspapers and media, Spain, biography
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
5603
Status
Available
Call number
T 770 ARO

Found

by Salina Yoon
Paperback, 2014
Tags
mitzvah - mitzvot, mensch - decent person, returning lost objects
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Bear and Floppy (1)
Barcode
6359
Status
Available
Call number
E YOO

Found

by Salina Yoon
Paperback, 2014
Tags
mitzvah - mitzvot, mensch - decent person, returning lost objects
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Bear and Floppy (1)
Barcode
3808
Status
Available
Call number
E YOO

The Freedom Summer Murders

by Don Mitchell
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
African-Americans, civil rights, AR book - UG, Cybils Award Finalist
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
4118
Status
Available
Call number
976.2 MIT

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

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

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

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

Girl in the Blue Coat

by Monica Hesse
Hardcover, 2016
Tags
Netherlands, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, mystery, prejudice, Amsterdam, teen - young adult, AR book - MG+
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4590
Status
Available
Call number
T F HES

Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story

by Lesléa Newman
Hardcover, 2019
Tags
immigration and emigration, ages 9-12, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5761
Status
Available
Call number
E NEW

The Greatest Song of All: How Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall

by Megan Hoyt
Hardcover, 2022
Tags
music, violin
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
7043
Status
Available
Call number
E B STE

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

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
1108
Status
Available
Call number
T F NYE

Hana's Suitcase (Bank Street College of Education Flora Stieglitz Straus Award (Awards))

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
Collections
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5), Federation Collection
Series
Holocaust Remembrance
Barcode
4948
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.531 LEV

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

A Hanukkah Treasury

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
Hanukkah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
615
Status
Available
Call number
H HN J 296.43 KIM

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

Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust

by Loic Dauvillier
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
Holocaust, graphic novel, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, Holocaust - hidden children, Cybils Award Finalist
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3795
Status
Available
Call number
J F DAU

The Hired Girl

by Laura Amy Schlitz
Hardcover, 2015
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, teen - young adult, AR book - MG+, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, Judaism, Baltimore, Maryland, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, keeping kosher - kashrut
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3944
Status
Available
Call number
T F SCH

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
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