Subject search:Jews AND Fiction

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

Sammy Spider's First Purim

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Purim
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
5902
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E ROU

When Mindy Saved Hanukkah

by Eric Kimmel
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, grandparents, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, taking initiative, synagogues, ages 6-8, inner strength - gevurah
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5898
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

Sammy Spider's First Purim

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Purim
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
5884
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E ROU

The Trees Of The Dancing Goats

by Patricia Polacco
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Hanukkah, Christmas, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, cooperation, visiting the sick - bikur cholim — 8 more, aiding those in distress, loving one's neighbor, family, farms and farming, interfaith relations, Jewish-Christian relations, Michigan, United States - Midwest
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5882
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E POL

Tamar's Sukkah

by Ellie Gellman
Paperback, 1988
Tags
Sukkot, cooperation, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5877
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E GEL

The Aleph-Bet Story Book

by Deborah Pessin
Paperback, 1987
Tags
ages 6-8, short stories, Hebrew alphabet
Collections
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5875
Status
Available
Call number
J F PES

Amos and Abraham

by Sharyn Bellafiore
Hardcover, 2013
Tags
ages 6-8, ages 9-12, Christianity
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5846
Status
Available
Call number
E BEL

Champion and Jewboy: Two Novellas

by Bruce H. Siegel
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, grandparents, anti-Semitism, boxing, ages 9-12, teen - young adult
Collections
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5842
Status
Available
Call number
J F SIE

Holiday Tales of Sholom Aleichem

by Sholom Aleichem
Paperback, 1985
Tags
Sholem Aleichem, ages 9-12, holidays, Sukkot, Passover, Hanukkah, Purim
Collections
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5836
Status
Available
Call number
J F ALE

Rabbi in the Attic: And Other Stories

by Eileen Pollack
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
short stories
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
5766
Status
Available
Call number
F POL

Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks

by Amy Schwartz
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, honoring parents, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, moving
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5769
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SCH

Rivka's First Thanksgiving

by Elsa Okon Rael
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
AR book - LG, Thanksgiving, Sukkot, pogroms, immigration and emigration, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov, historical fiction, honoring elders, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, taking initiative, wisdom - study - learning — 7 more, Americanization, family, New York, rabbis, ages 9-12, ages 6-8, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5770
Status
Available
Call number
E RAE

Mrs. Greenberg's Messy Hanukkah

by Linda Glaser
Paperback, 2004
Tags
intergenerational relations, AR book - LG, honoring elders, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, Hanukkah, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Mrs. Greenberg's Hanukkah (2)
Barcode
5777
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GLA

Molly's Pilgrim

by Barbara Cohen
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, Sukkot, AR book - LG, historical fiction, honoring parents, immigration and emigration, respecting differences, mothers, school — 1 more, Thanksgiving
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Molly (1)
Barcode
5779
Status
Available
Call number
E COH

The Kugel Valley Klezmer Band (PJ Library)

by Joan Betty Stuchner
Paperback, 2009
Tags
music, violin, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, taking initiative, work ethic, AR book - LG, perseverance, Canada, klezmer, ages 6-8, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5785
Status
Available
Call number
E STU

Night Lights: A Sukkot Story

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paperback, 2002
Tags
Sukkot, courage - ometz lev, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, humiliation, sisters, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5787
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E GOL

The Wise Shoemaker of Studena

by Syd Lieberman
Paperback, 1994
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Tot Shabbat list, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, respecting differences, wisdom - study - learning, folklore - folktales - legends, Hungary
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5789
Status
Available
Call number
E LIE

The Castle on Hester Street

by Linda Heller
Paperback, 2007
Tags
PJ Library, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, grandparents, AR book - LG, honoring elders, immigration and emigration, cheerfulness
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5791
Status
Available
Call number
E HEL

Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 1996
Tags
High Holidays - High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
5793
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E ROU

The Trees Of The Dancing Goats

by Patricia Polacco
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Hanukkah, Christmas, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, tzedakah - charity, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, cooperation, visiting the sick - bikur cholim — 8 more, aiding those in distress, loving one's neighbor, family, farms and farming, interfaith relations, Jewish-Christian relations, Michigan, United States - Midwest
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5801
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E POL

Beni's Family Treasury: Stories for the Jewish Holidays

by Jane Breskin Zalben
Paperback, 1998
Tags
holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Purim, Hanukkah, Passover, ages 3-5
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5804
Status
Available
Call number
E ZAL

Bubbe Isabella And The Sukkot Cake

by Kelly Terwilliger
Paperback, 2005
Tags
Sukkot, Tot Shabbat list, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, kindness to animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5807
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E TER

The Mystery Bear: A Purim Story

by Leone Adelson
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Purim, kindness to animals, AR book - LG, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5808
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E ADE

Shlemiel Crooks

by Anna Olswanger
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Passover, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, PJ Library, AR book - LG, community - kehillah, animals, crime and criminals, Elijah (Prophet), humor, United States - Midwest, Yiddish culture — 2 more, St. Louis, Missouri
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
5809
Status
Available
Call number
H PS J F OLS

When Mindy Saved Hanukkah

by Eric Kimmel
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, grandparents, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, taking initiative, synagogues, ages 6-8, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5816
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

Mezuzah on the Door

by Amy Meltzer
Paperback, 2007
Tags
AR book - LG, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, mezuzah, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, loving one's neighbor, moving, ages 6-8, Shema
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5821
Status
Available
Call number
E MEL

The Friday Nights of Nana

by Amy Hest
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, AR book - LG, honoring elders, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, ages 3-5, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5824
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E HES

The House on the Roof: A Sukkot Story

by David A. Adler
Paperback, 2009
Tags
Sukkot, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5825
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E ADL

The Friday Nights of Nana

by Amy Hest
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, AR book - LG, honoring elders, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, ages 3-5, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5830
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E HES

Skeletons at the Feast

by Chris Bohjalian
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
World War II, Holocaust, Germany, historical fiction
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
5750
Status
Available
Call number
F BOH

The Thirty-third Hour: A Novel

by Mitchell Chefitz
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
rabbis, Florida
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
5745
Status
Available
Call number
F CHE

Jerusalem Vigil (The Zion Legacy Series)

by Bodie Thoene
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
Israel, Jerusalem, Arab-Israeli conflict, Palestine
Collection
Adult Fiction
Series
Zion Legacy (1)
Barcode
5743
Status
Available
Call number
F THO

The Always Prayer Shawl (Reading Rainbow Books)

by Sheldon Oberman
Paperback, 2005
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, grandparents, AR book - MG, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, wearing a tallit — 4 more, faith in God, family, prayer - tefillah, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5726
Status
Available
Call number
E OBE

Molly's Pilgrim

by Barbara Cohen
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, Sukkot, AR book - LG, historical fiction, honoring parents, immigration and emigration, respecting differences, mothers, school — 1 more, Thanksgiving
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Molly (1)
Barcode
5727
Status
Available
Call number
E COH

Matzoh Mouse

by Lauren L. Wohl
Hardcover, 1991
Tags
Passover, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5632
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E WOH

Penny And The Four Questions (Read With Me Paperbacks)

by Nancy E. Krulik
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, Passover, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Read with Me [Cartwheel Books]
Barcode
5631
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E KRU

Just Enough Is Plenty: A Hanukkah Tale (Picture Puffins)

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paperback, 1990
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, Hanukkah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5630
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GOL

Matzah Ball: A Passover Story

by Mindy Avra Portnoy
Paperback, 1994
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, baseball, Passover, sports
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5627
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E POR

Something from Nothing

by Phoebe Gilman
Paperback, 1992
Tags
Ruth Schwartz Award, Sydney Taylor Award, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, Judaism through Children's Books, Tot Shabbat list, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, recycling, AR book - LG, family — 3 more, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5556
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

The Shabbat Box

by Lesley Simpson
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, PJ Library, AJL Notable Book, taking initiative, perseverance, achrayut - responsibility, school, ages 3-5, ages 6-8, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5561
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SIM

All-of-a-Kind Family

by Sydney Taylor
Paperback, 1984
Tags
Charles W. Follett Award, Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction — 3 more, honoring parents, family, New York
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
All-of-a-Kind Family (1), All-of-a-Kind Family: chronological by story (1)
Barcode
5551
Status
Available
Call number
J F TAY

When Jessie Came Across the Sea

by Amy Hest
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Christopher Award, Kate Greenaway Medal, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, immigration and emigration, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, work ethic, cheerfulness, honoring elders, grandparents — 4 more, New York, orphans, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5428
Status
Available
Call number
E HES

Always Prayer Shawl, The

by Sheldon Oberman
Paperback, 1993
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, mitzvah - mitzvot, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, grandparents, AR book - MG, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, wearing a tallit — 4 more, faith in God, family, prayer - tefillah, immigration and emigration
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5426
Status
Available
Call number
E OBE

The Memory Coat

by Elvira Woodruff
Paperback, 1999
Tags
ages 9-12, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, immigration and emigration, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, aiding those in distress, honoring parents, family, historical fiction, Ellis Island — 1 more, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5424
Status
Available
Call number
E WOO

Beni's Family Treasury: Stories for the Jewish Holidays

by Jane Breskin Zalben
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, Purim, Hanukkah, Passover, ages 3-5
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5349
Status
Available
Call number
E ZAL

Until the Messiah Comes: A Russian-Jewish Adventure (Roseman, Kenneth. Do-It-Yourself Jewish Adventure Series.)

by Kenneth D. Roseman
Paperback, 1999
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 5, assimilation, communism, historical fiction, Eastern Europe, Orthodox Judaism, Messiah
Collections
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5), Federation Collection
Series
Do-It-Yourself Jewish Adventure (6)
Barcode
5322
Status
Available
Call number
J F ROS

The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer

by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Hardcover, 1982
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Yiddish culture, short stories
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
5299
Status
Available
Call number
F SIN

The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Alaska, mystery, AR book - UG
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
5294
Status
Available
Call number
F CHA

What Zeesie Saw On Delancey Street

by Elsa Okon Rael
Paperback, 1996
Tags
ALA Notable Book, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, tikkun olam - repairing the world, community - kehillah, tzedakah - charity, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG, cooperation — 13 more, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, forgiveness - selichot, honesty - emet, generosity, immigration and emigration, achrayut - responsibility, aiding those in distress, choosing between right and wrong, humiliation, fundraising, New York, mitzvah - mitzvot, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5286
Status
Available
Call number
E RAE
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