Subject search:Jews AND Fiction

Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat: A Chanukah Story

by Naomi Howland
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, generosity, honoring elders, tzedakah - charity, food, magic, Russia
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3886
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E HOW

Happy New Year, Beni

by Jane Breskin Zalben
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Rosh Hashanah, High Holidays - High Holy Days, forgiveness - selichot, bears
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3821
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E ZAL

Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah

by Sylvia Rouss
Paperback, 1996
Tags
High Holidays - High Holy Days, Rosh Hashanah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
3825
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E ROU

Too Young for Yiddish

by Richard Michelson
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
AR book - LG, Yiddish language, honoring elders, wisdom - study - learning, books and reading, grandparents
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3852
Status
Available
Call number
E MIC

My Yiddish vacation

by Ione Skye
Hardcover, 2014
Tags
AR book - LG, Yiddish language, brothers, sisters, grandparents, family, Florida
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3843
Status
Available
Call number
E SKY

The Lion And The Unicorn

by Shirley Hughes
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
World War II, England, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, humiliation, fantasy, historical fiction, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3848
Status
Available
Call number
J F HUG

The Dog of Knots

by Kathy Walden Kaplan
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Israel - Yom Kippur War, AR book - MG, Israel, community - kehillah, courage - ometz lev, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, kindness to animals, loving one's neighbor, Arab-Jewish relations, family — 4 more, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, dogs, Israel - history, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3839
Status
Available
Call number
J F KAP

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
3818
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.21 GIL

Mrs. Katz and Tush

by Patricia Polacco
Paperback, 1992
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, honoring elders, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, prayer - tefillah — 7 more, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, caring for the dead, African American - Jewish relations, animals, cats, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3779
Status
Available
Call number
E POL

A grandma like yours ; A grandpa like yours

by Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum
Paperback, 2006
Tags
AJL Notable Book, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, grandparents, honoring elders, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3777
Status
Available
Call number
E ROS

Rebecca's journey home

by Brynn Olenberg Sugarman
Paperback, 2006
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, adoption, PJ Library, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, AR book - LG, life cycle events, multi-cultural, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, family
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3774
Status
Available
Call number
E SUG

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Paperback, 2008
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, Linda Silver, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness, community - kehillah — 3 more, optimism, animals, occupations
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3770
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

Hanna's Sabbath dress

by Itzhak Schweiger-Dmi'el
Paper Book, 1996
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, PJ Library, mensch - decent person, honoring elders, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, mitzvah - mitzvot, Elijah (Prophet), folklore - folktales - legends
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3762
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SCH

Red, blue, and yellow yarn : a tale of forgiveness

by Miriam R. Kosman
Paperback, 1996
Tags
grandparents, forgiveness - selichot, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, honoring elders, ages 3-5, ages 6-8
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3753
Status
Available
Call number
E KOS

Favorite Tales of Sholom Aleichem

by Sholem Aleichem
Hardcover, 1990
Tags
Yiddish literature, Sholem Aleichem
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
3750
Status
Available
Call number
F ALE

Night Lights: A Sukkot Story

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Hardcover, 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
3722
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E GOL

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street

by Elsa Okon Rael
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
Simchat Torah, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 4, Judaism through Children's Books, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - LG — 6 more, reverence and awe - yirah, honoring elders, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, family, New York
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3716
Status
Available
Call number
H SM E RAE

Mrs. Katz and Tush

by Patricia Polacco
Paperback, 1994
Tags
PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, honoring elders — 9 more, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, prayer - tefillah, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, caring for the dead, African American - Jewish relations, animals, cats, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3710
Status
Available
Call number
E POL

Passover Magic

by Roni Schotter
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Passover
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3709
Status
Available
Call number
H PS E SCH

Arthur Yorinks's The flying latke

by Arthur Yorinks
Paper Book, 1999
Tags
Hanukkah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, family
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3718
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E YOR

The Runaway Latkes

by Leslie Kimmelman
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
PJ Library, AR book - LG, cooperation, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, food, Hanukkah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3695
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E KIM

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
3691
Status
Available
Call number
J F TAY

Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah

by Sylvia A. Rouss
Paperback, 1993
Tags
Hanukkah, colors, numbers and counting
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Sammy Spider
Barcode
3686
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E ROU

The Seven Species: Stories and Recipes Inspired by the Foods of the Bible

by Matt Biers-Ariel
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
cookbook, recipes, food, short stories, caring for the environment, Bible, ecology, folklore - folktales - legends, Tu b'Shevat, Seven Species
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
3844
Status
Available
Call number
641.5 BIE

Rivka's First Thanksgiving

by Elsa Okon Rael
Paperback, 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
3664
Status
Available
Call number
E RAE

Hanukkah moon

by Deborah da Costa
Paper Book, 2007
Tags
Hanukkah, kindness to animals, AR book - LG, women, animals, photography, Rosh Hodesh, Sephardim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3659
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E DAC

When Pirates Came to Brooklyn

by Phyllis Shalant
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
derekh eretz - doing the right thing, Booklist Top 10 Books for Youth About Religion, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honoring parents, keeping one's word, respecting differences, tolerance, anti-Semitism — 10 more, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, interfaith relations, Jewish-Christian relations, New York, mothers, prejudice, race relations, school, Brooklyn
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3699
Status
Available
Call number
J F SHA

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat

by Simms Taback
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Caldecott Medal, AR book - LG, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, clothing - fashion
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3625
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 TAB

The Harmonica

by Tony Johnston
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Holocaust, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, World War II, Holocaust - concentration camps, music
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4231
Status
Available
Call number
J F JOH

Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks

by Amy Schwartz
Paperback, 1983
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, honoring parents, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, moving
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3603
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SCH

Milkweed

by Jerry Spinelli
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
URJ High School and Young Adult list, Holocaust, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Golden Kite Award, National Jewish Book Award finalist, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, anti-Semitism, Holocaust - Warsaw Ghetto, Holocaust - Poland — 7 more, homeless, Poland, orphans, World War II, historical fiction, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3498
Status
Available
Call number
T F SPI

Anne Frank and Me

by Jeff Gottesfeld Cherie Bennett
Paperback, 2001
Tags
Holocaust, AR book - UG, Anne Frank, France, Paris, teen - young adult
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3496
Status
Available
Call number
T F BEN

Marika

by Andrea Cheng
Paperback, 2004
Tags
Holocaust, teen - young adult, AR book - MG, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, anti-Semitism, assimilation, historical fiction, Eastern Europe, World War II, Hungary, Budapest
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
3475
Status
Available
Call number
T F CHE

K'Tonton's Yom Kippur Kitten

by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
teshuvah - repentance, kindness to animals, Yom Kippur, feeding the hungry, gossip or bad speech, animals, cats, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
K'tonton
Barcode
3465
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E WEI

Kabbalah: A Love Story

by Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Paperback, 2007
Tags
URJ Significant Jewish Books, Kabbalah, mysticism, Betty's 100 Books, New York, spirituality
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
4505
Status
Available
Call number
F KUS

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
3459
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SCH

Papa's Latkes

by Jane Breskin Zalben
Paperback, 2013
Tags
Hanukkah, PJ Library, AR book - LG, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, cheerfulness, honoring parents, fathers, food
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3455
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E ZAL

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

A Thread of Grace: A Novel

by Mary Doria Russell
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Holocaust, Italy, World War II, historical fiction, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - resistance and rescue
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
3334
Status
Available
Call number
F RUS

Kaaterskill Falls

by Allegra Goodman
Paperback, 1999
Tags
National Book Award finalist, women, family, New York, summer
Collection
Adult Fiction
Barcode
3332
Status
Available
Call number
F GOO

Legend of Freedom Hill

by Linda Jacobs Altman
Paperback, 2003
Tags
acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, AJL Notable Children's Book, ages 6-8, Storytelling World Honor Book, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, generosity, historical fiction, honoring parents — 11 more, multi-cultural, respecting differences, aiding those in distress, perseverance, African American - Jewish relations, African-Americans, United States - West, slavery, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3319
Status
Available
Call number
E ALT

Mrs. Katz and Tush

by Patricia Polacco
Paperback, 1994
Tags
PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, Judaism through Children's Books, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, honoring elders — 9 more, l'dor v'dor - passing on traditions, prayer - tefillah, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, caring for the dead, African American - Jewish relations, animals, cats, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3317
Status
Available
Call number
E POL

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
3316
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SIM

Hanna's Sabbath Dress

by Itzhak Schweiger-Dmi'el
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, PJ Library, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 3-5, ages 6-8, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, mitzvah - mitzvot, mensch - decent person, honoring elders — 3 more, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Elijah (Prophet), folklore - folktales - legends
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3315
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E SCH

Across the Alley

by Richard Michelson
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
AJL Notable Book, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, prejudice, race relations, ages 6-8, AR book - LG, historical fiction, multi-cultural, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, African American - Jewish relations, baseball — 7 more, music, African-Americans, violin, Holocaust - survivors, ages 3-5, diversity and inclusion, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3977
Status
Available
Call number
E MIC

Fire at the Triangle Factory

by Holly Littlefield
Paperback, 1995
Tags
ages 6-8, ages 9-12, AR book - LG, social activism, aiding those in distress, Triangle Factory Fire, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, New York, labor unions, factories — 1 more, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
On My Own History
Barcode
3411
Status
Available
Call number
J F LIT

Bubbe Isabella and the Sukkot Cake

by Kelly Terwilliger
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sukkot, Tot Shabbat list, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, kindness to animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3295
Status
Available
Call number
H SK E TER

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
3286
Status
Available
Call number
E WOO

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

Wandering Stars: An Anthology of Jewish Fantasy and Science Fiction

by Jack Dann
Paperback, 1974
Tags
science fiction, fantasy
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Series
Wandering Stars (1)
Barcode
3263
Status
Available
Call number
813.0876 DAN
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