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Letters from Rifka

by Karen Hesse
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships — 15 more, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, bringing peace between people, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, optimism, perseverance, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, interfaith relations, inner strength - gevurah, peace - shalom
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
831
Status
Available
Call number
J F HES

Letters from Rifka

by Karen Hesse
Paper Book, 1992
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, ALA Notable Children's Book, ALA Best Books for Young Adults, School Library Journal Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Judaism through Children's Books, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships — 15 more, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, bringing peace between people, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, optimism, perseverance, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, interfaith relations, inner strength - gevurah, peace - shalom
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
946
Status
Available
Call number
T F HES

Dreams in the Golden Country : The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl

by Kathryn Lasky
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
historical fiction, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, New York, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ Middle School list, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, optimism, Americanization, Eastern Europe — 3 more, United States, immigration and emigration, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Dear America (20th Cen. Immigration: New York City, 1903), Dear America - Publication Order (9), Dear America Collections (Dear America: 20th Cen. Immigration, 1903), My Story (1903)
Barcode
698
Status
Available
Call number
J F LAS

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (Dear America)

by Kathryn Lasky
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
historical fiction, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, New York, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, URJ Middle School list, ages 9-12, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, optimism, Americanization, Eastern Europe — 3 more, United States, immigration and emigration, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Dear America (20th Cen. Immigration: New York City, 1903), Dear America - Publication Order (9), Dear America Collections (Dear America: 20th Cen. Immigration, 1903), My Story (1903)
Barcode
6336
Status
Available
Call number
J F LAS

Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps

by Andrea Warren
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - concentration camps, courage - ometz lev, optimism, AR book - UG, Poland, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4074
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.53 WAR

Surviving Hitler

by Andrea Warren
Paperback, 2002
Tags
personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, Holocaust - survivors, Holocaust - concentration camps, courage - ometz lev, optimism, AR book - UG, Poland, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
6080
Status
Available
Call number
T 940.53 WAR

Zlateh the Goat, and other stories

by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Paper Book, 1966
Tags
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, optimism, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, Yiddish literature — 2 more, Maurice Sendak, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
879
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.2 SIN

Zlateh the Goat, and other stories

by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Paper Book, 1966
Tags
Horn Book Fanfare Best Book, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, optimism, folklore - folktales - legends, shtetl, Yiddish literature — 2 more, Maurice Sendak, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
886
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.2 SIN

Greater Than Angels

by Carol Matas
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, Holocaust, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, optimism, historical fiction, Holocaust - resistance and rescue — 2 more, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1871
Status
Available
Call number
J F MAT

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, ages 6-8, community - kehillah, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness — 2 more, optimism, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
31
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

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

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Paperback, 2009
Tags
PJ Library, National Jewish Book Award, kibbutz - kibbutzim, Israel, Minnesota Book Award, ages 6-8, community - kehillah, kindness to animals, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, work ethic, cheerfulness — 2 more, optimism, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
4140
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

Chicken Man

by Michelle Edwards
Paperback, 2009
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 — 2 more, optimism, animals
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1234
Status
Available
Call number
E EDW

The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories From Chelm

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2001
Tags
AR book - LG, optimism, Chelm, folklore - folktales - legends, Hanukkah, humor, short stories, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
334
Status
Available
Call number
H HN J F KIM

The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories From Chelm

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2001
Tags
AR book - LG, optimism, Chelm, folklore - folktales - legends, Hanukkah, humor, short stories, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
6085
Status
Available
Call number
H HN J F KIM

Lots of Latkes: A Hanukkah Story

by sandy-lanton
Paperback, 2003
Tags
Hanukkah, cheerfulness, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, optimism, food, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
6509
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E LAN

Lots of Latkes: A Hanukkah Story

by Sandy Lanton
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Hanukkah, cheerfulness, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, optimism, food, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3585
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E LAN

How the Rosh Hashanah Challah Became Round

by Sylvia B. Epstein
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Rosh Hashanah, challah, gossip or bad speech, humiliation, optimism, food, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3665
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E EPS

How the Rosh Hashanah Challah Became Round

by Sylvia B. Epstein
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
Tot Shabbat list, gossip or bad speech, humiliation, optimism, food, Rosh Hashanah, challah, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
455
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E EPS

How the Rosh Hashanah Challah Became Round

by Sylvia B. Epstein
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
Rosh Hashanah, challah, gossip or bad speech, humiliation, optimism, food, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collections
Easy Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5981
Status
Available
Call number
H HH E EPS

The angel's mistake : stories of Chelm

by Francine Prose
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
AR book - LG, optimism, angels, Chelm, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
45
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 PRO

The angel's mistake : stories of Chelm

by Francine Prose
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
AR book - LG, optimism, angels, Chelm, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
46
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 PRO

The angel's mistake : stories of Chelm

by Francine Prose
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
AR book - LG, optimism, angels, Chelm, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
47
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 PRO

And God Cried, Too: A Kid's Book of Healing and Hope

by Marc Gellman
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
optimism, ages 9-12, grief and mourning, terrorism, healing, ages 6-8, seeking justice, faith in God, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4208
Status
Available
Call number
J 291.2118 GEL

Dancing on the Bridge of Avignon

by Ida Vos
Paper Book, 1995
Tags
Holocaust, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, teen - young adult, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, courage - ometz lev, optimism, family, historical fiction, Netherlands, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
783
Status
Available
Call number
J F VOS

Tali's Jerusalem Scrapbook

by Sylvia Rouss
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Israel, Jerusalem, aiding those in distress, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, cheerfulness, rachamim - compassion and mercy, courage - ometz lev, faith in God, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, feeding the hungry, generosity — 27 more, honoring elders, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, kindness to animals, love for Torah - Ahavat Torah, loving God, optimism, tolerance, animals, Arab-Jewish relations, Bible, biography, birthdays, blindness, deafness, food, God, immigration and emigration, Intifada, Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel - children, mothers, music, prayer - tefillah, rabbis, songs, synagogues, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1704
Status
Available
Call number
E ROU

The Adventures of Jeremy and Heddy Levi

by Yaffa Ganz
Paperback, 2003
Tags
URJ Middle School list, ages 9-12, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, cheerfulness, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, honoring elders, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, kindness to animals, loving one's neighbor, keeping kosher - kashrut, Shabbat - Sabbath — 10 more, optimism, respecting differences, visiting the sick - bikur cholim, Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah, brothers, family, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, humor, sisters
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
3271
Status
Available
Call number
J F GAN
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