Tag search:perseverance

Hannah's Way

by Linda Glaser
Paperback, 2012
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, moving, Minnesota, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, historical fiction, honesty - emet, honoring parents, Shabbat - Sabbath, perseverance — 2 more, United States - Midwest, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
2025
Status
Available
Call number
E GLA

The Hanukkah Trike

by Michelle Edwards
Hardcover, 2010
Tags
courage - ometz lev, AR book - LG, work ethic, reverence and awe - yirah, perseverance, Hanukkah, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1671
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E EDW

The Secret Tunnel

by Joy Nelkin Wieder
Paperback, 2004
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, Israel - ancient, David (King of Israel), Solomon (King of Israel), Hezekiah's Tunnel, courage - ometz lev, tzedakah - charity, feeding the hungry, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, perseverance, brothers — 4 more, family, historical fiction, Jerusalem, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1861
Status
Available
Call number
J F WIE

Penina Levine Is a Hard-boiled Egg

by Rebecca O'Connell
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, grandparents, Passover, AR book - MG, choosing between right and wrong, perseverance, spirit - ruach, school, sisters, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1848
Status
Available
Call number
H PS J F OCO

Ice Cream Town

by Rona Arato
Paperback, 2006
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, ages 9-12, New York, family, AR book - MG, avoiding temptation, choosing between right and wrong, perseverance, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1860
Status
Available
Call number
J F ARA

Then

by Morris Gleitzman
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
teen - young adult, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Nili's list, Holocaust, AR book - MG+, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Holocaust - resistance and rescue, Holocaust - Righteous Gentiles, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Once (2)
Barcode
1553
Status
Available
Call number
T F GLE

Katarina

by Kathryn Winter
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Holocaust, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Slovakia, World War II, orphans, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1550
Status
Available
Call number
J F WIN

Hannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant Girl

by Marissa Moss
Paperback, 2002
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, immigration and emigration, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, historical fiction, personal narratives - diaries - memoirs, ages 6-8, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Young American Voices (3)
Barcode
1513
Status
Available
Call number
J F MOS

The Storyteller's Beads

by Jane Kurtz
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
Judaism through Children's Books further reading, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Ethiopian Jews, blindness, prejudice, URJ Middle School list, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, loving one's neighbor, perseverance — 3 more, tolerance, Jewish-Christian relations, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1926
Status
Available
Call number
T F KUR

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 Moses basket

by Jenny Koralek
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Torah portions - Shemot, AR book - LG, courage - ometz lev, faith in God, perseverance, Bible stories, Miriam (Biblical figure), Moses (prophet), Exodus, Bible - Old Testament — 1 more, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1715
Status
Available
Call number
E 222.11 KOR

Rachel Captures the Moon

by Richard Ungar
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 3, Chelm, AR book - LG, perseverance, folklore - folktales - legends, Eastern Europe, shtetl, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1975
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 UNG

The Mozart Question

by Michael Morpurgo
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Nili's list, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Holocaust, AR book - MG, perseverance, music, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1534
Status
Available
Call number
J F MOR

The Secret of Priest's Grotto: A Holocaust Survival Story

by Peter Lane Taylor
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Nili's list, ages 9-12, Holocaust, Ukraine, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Holocaust - survivors, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4028
Status
Available
Call number
J 940.531 TAY

The Berlin Boxing Club

by Robert Sharenow
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, Nili's list, Holocaust, Berlin, Germany, AR book - MG+, perseverance, strength - koach, spirit - ruach, athletes, teen - young adult — 1 more, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1405
Status
Available
Call number
T F SHA

The Power of Song: And Other Sephardic Tales

by Rita Roth
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
National Jewish Book Award, folklore - folktales - legends, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, mitzvah - mitzvot, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Spain, Sephardim, Portugal, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1424
Status
Available
Call number
J 398.208 ROT

The Dead Sea Scrolls

by Ilene Cooper
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
perseverance, archaeology, Dead Sea scrolls, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1309
Status
Available
Call number
J 296.155 COO

Once Upon a Time in Chicago

by Jonah Winter
Hardcover, 2000
Tags
ages 6-8, Benny Goodman, community - kehillah, AR book - LG, perseverance, United States - Midwest, music, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Barcode
1833
Status
Available
Call number
E B GOO

Dear Great American Writers School

by Sherry Bunin
Hardcover, 1995
Tags
teen - young adult, AR book - MG, keeping one's word, perseverance, historical fiction, United States - South, World War II, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1870
Status
Available
Call number
T F BUN

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

Frontier Merchants: Lionel & Barron Jacobs and the Jewish Pioneers Who Settled the West

by Jerry Stanley
Hardcover, 1998
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, ages 9-12, teen - young adult, Lionel Jacobs, Barron Jacobs, Arizona, Tucson, frontier and pioneer life, merchants, Jews, United States - history — 9 more, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, biography, brothers, family, United States - West, occupations, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1869
Status
Available
Call number
J B JAC

Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906

by Gail Langer Karwoski
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
ages 9-12, earthquakes, immigration and emigration, California, San Francisco, AR book - MG, aiding those in distress, feeding the hungry, generosity, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, perseverance — 5 more, family, historical fiction, United States - West, prejudice, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1950
Status
Available
Call number
J F KAR

The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes

by Linda Glaser
Hardcover, 1997
Tags
intergenerational relations, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, AR book - LG, generosity, feeding the hungry, honoring elders, loving one's neighbor, perseverance, food, Hanukkah, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Series
Mrs. Greenberg's Hanukkah (1)
Barcode
1706
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GLA

Rosie in Chicago: Play Ball!

by Carol Matas
Paperback, 2003
Tags
ages 9-12, derekh eretz - doing the right thing, AR book - MG, perseverance, athletes, baseball, brothers, family, historical fiction, sports, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Series
Aladdin Historical Fiction
Barcode
2061
Status
Available
Call number
J F MAT

The Mystery of the Dead Sea Scrolls

by Hagit Allon
Paperback, 2004
Tags
ages 9-12, Israel, archaeology, Israel Museum, wisdom - study - learning, perseverance, Bedouins, mystery, Dead Sea scrolls, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1428
Status
Available
Call number
J 221.4 ALL

Nothing Here But Stones: A Jewish Pioneer Story

by Nancy Oswald
Hardcover, 2004
Tags
ages 9-12, community - kehillah, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kindness to animals, Colorado, frontier and pioneer life, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, welcoming guests - hachnasat orchim, perseverance, animals — 5 more, farms and farming, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, United States - West, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1929
Status
Available
Call number
J F OSW

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
1813
Status
Available
Call number
E ALT

Running on Eggs

by Anna Levine
Hardcover, 1999
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, Israel, AR book - MG, loving one's neighbor, perseverance, Arab-Jewish relations, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, kibbutz - kibbutzim, school, sports, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1694
Status
Available
Call number
J F LEV

One Foot Ashore

by Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Paperback, 2000
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, community - kehillah, Inquisition, Amsterdam, Rembrandt, URJ Middle School list, teen - young adult, AR book - UG, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, perseverance — 2 more, sisters, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Series
Ben Lazar Sisters (book 2)
Barcode
1794
Status
Available
Call number
T F GRE

The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin

by Dede Ducharme
Paperback, 1998
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, immigration and emigration, Texas, aiding those in distress, courage - ometz lev, loving one's neighbor, perseverance, anti-Semitism, historical fiction, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
1803
Status
Available
Call number
J F DUC

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 Never-Ending Greenness: We Made Israel Bloom

by Neil Waldman
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
from AJL Bibliography, ages 9-12, Tu b'Shevat, Linda Silver "Classic", tikkun olam - repairing the world, community - kehillah, caring for the environment, perseverance, Holocaust - refugees, immigration and emigration, Israel — 5 more, trees, Zionism, B'Tzelem Elohim - In God's Image, inner strength - gevurah, achrayut - responsibility
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1656
Status
Available
Call number
H TB E WAL

A Promise Fulfilled: Theodor Herzl, Chaim Weizmann, David Ben-Gurion, and the Creation of the State of Israel

by Howard Greenfeld
Hardcover, 2005
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 7, Linda Silver, AR book - UG, perseverance, anti-Semitism, biography, Israel, Israel - independence, Zionism — 5 more, Chaim Weizmann, Theodor Herzl, Israel - history, David Ben-Gurion, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1695
Status
Available
Call number
T 320.54 GRE

The King of Mulberry Street

by Donna Jo Napoli
Paperback, 2007
Tags
Sydney Taylor Notable Book, teen - young adult, CHAI Lit List Level 7, ALA Notable Children's Book, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, AR book - MG, cheerfulness, courage - ometz lev, keeping kosher - kashrut, perseverance, Americanization — 8 more, friendship and loyalty - Re'ut/Dibbuk Haverim, historical fiction, immigration and emigration, Italy, New York, orphans, inner strength - gevurah, Koach Ha Dibbur - the power of words
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1556
Status
Available
Call number
T F NAP

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

Freefall

by Anna Levine
Paper Book, 2008
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, teen - young adult, Nili's list, Israel - military, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, AR book - MG+, perseverance, Israel, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1403
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

Naming Liberty

by Jane Yolen
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Sydney Taylor Honor Book, ages 6-8, AR book - LG, generosity, perseverance, artists, biography, immigration and emigration, New York, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1565
Status
Available
Call number
E YOL

Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein (Junior Library Guild Selection (Charlesbridge Hardcover))

by Susan Goldman Rubin
Hardcover, 2011
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Nominee (2012), AR book - MG, perseverance, biography, music, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
1804
Status
Available
Call number
J B BER

A Costume for Noah: A Purim Story

by Susan Remick Topek
Paperback, 1995
Tags
Purim, perseverance, school, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3522
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E TOP

Runaway Dreidel!

by Leslea Newman
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
Hanukkah, AR book - LG, perseverance, dreidel - dreydel, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1254
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E NEW

Cakes and Miracles : A Purim Tale

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, ages 9-12, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, courage - ometz lev, honoring parents, work ethic — 8 more, perseverance, respecting differences, artists, blindness, mothers, Purim, inner strength - gevurah, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1198
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E GOL

Cakes and Miracles : A Purim Tale

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paper Book, 2010
Tags
PJ Library, Sydney Taylor Award, CHAI Lit List Level 2, CHAI Lit List Level 3, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 6-8, ages 9-12, AR book - LG, mensch - decent person, courage - ometz lev, honoring parents — 9 more, work ethic, perseverance, respecting differences, artists, blindness, mothers, Purim, inner strength - gevurah, rachamim - compassion and mercy
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1195
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E GOL

Someone for Mr. Sussman

by Patricia Polacco
Hardcover, 2008
Tags
grandparents, keeping kosher - kashrut, AR book - LG, happiness - contentment - joy - simcha, honesty - emet, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, perseverance, dating, ages 3-5, Yiddish language, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
1192
Status
Available
Call number
E POL

The Return

by Sonia Levitin
Paperback, 1988
Tags
ALA Best Books for Young Adults, Sydney Taylor Award, National Jewish Book Award, URJ Library List, AR book - UG, perseverance, brothers, Ethiopian Jews, Israel - immigration and emigration, sisters, prejudice — 2 more, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
1023
Status
Available
Call number
T F LEV

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

Katarina

by Kathryn Winter
Paperback, 1999
Tags
Holocaust, AR book - MG, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Slovakia, World War II, orphans, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
866
Status
Available
Call number
J F WIN

Israel : The Founding of a Modern Nation

by Maida Silverman
Paper Book, 1998
Tags
CHAI Lit List Level 4, Linda Silver "Classic", ages 9-12, Judaism through Children's Books further reading, community - kehillah, AR book - MG, perseverance, Israel, Israel - history, Zionism, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
842
Status
Available
Call number
J 956.94 SIL

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

Nathan's Hanukkah Bargain

by Jacqueline Dembar Greene
Paperback, 1986
Tags
grandparents, perseverance, Hanukkah, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
589
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GRE

Noah's wife

by Marty Rhodes Figley
Paperback, 1998
Tags
shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, kavanah - devotion, Torah portions - Noach, women in the Bible, humiliation, perseverance, Bible stories, Noah (Biblical figure), Genesis, Bible - Old Testament, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
259
Status
Available
Call number
E 222 FIG
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