Tag search:perseverance

A Picture Book of Harry Houdini

by David A Adler
Hardcover, 2009
Tags
perseverance, AR book - LG, ages 6-8, biography, magic, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Biography (picture books)
Series
Picture Book Biographies
Barcode
4040
Status
Available
Call number
E B HOU

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

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

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

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

Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side

by Raymond Bial
Hardcover, 2002
Tags
immigration and emigration, ages 9-12, photography, New York, courage - ometz lev, perseverance, Americanization, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4133
Status
Available
Call number
J 307.76 BIA

How to Get Up When Life Gets You Down: A Companion and Guide

by Lionel Blue
Hardcover, 1993
Tags
perseverance, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Adult Non-Fiction
Barcode
2559
Status
Available
Call number
296 BLU

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

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue

by Anna Harwell Celenza
Paperback, 2006
Tags
PJ Library, Sydney Taylor Notable Book, with audio CD, composers, AR book - LG, Being a Good Listener, work ethic, perseverance, music, George Gershwin, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
3313
Status
Available
Call number
E CEL

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

Sandy Koufax (Sports Heroes & Legends)

by Matt Doeden
Hardcover, 2006
Tags
biography, AR book - MG, perseverance, athletes, baseball, sports, ages 9-12, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Series
Sports Heroes and Legends
Barcode
4282
Status
Available
Call number
J B KOU

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 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 Remarkable Journey of Josh's Kippah (Kar-Ben Favorites)

by Barbara Elissa
Paperback, 2010
Tags
clothing - fashion, travel, maps, Bar Mitzvah, yarmulke, acts of lovingkindness - gemilut hasadim, mitzvah - mitzvot, perseverance, wisdom - study - learning, immigration and emigration, New York — 3 more, mystery, riddles, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
78
Status
Available
Call number
E ELI

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

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

Koala Challah

by Laura Gehl
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
Shabbat - Sabbath, animals, challah, food, perseverance, ages 3-5, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5036
Status
Available
Call number
H SH E GEH

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
6713
Status
Available
Call number
E GLA

The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes

by Linda Glaser
Paperback, 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
5818
Status
Available
Call number
H HN E GLA

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
4580
Status
Available
Call number
E GLA

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
4516
Status
Available
Call number
E GLA

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 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

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

Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Paperback, 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
6510
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E GOL

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

Cakes and Miracles (Viking Kestrel picture books)

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Hardcover, 1991
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 — 7 more, perseverance, respecting differences, artists, blindness, mothers, Purim, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
140
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E GOL

Cakes and Miracles (Viking Kestrel picture books)

by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Hardcover, 1991
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 — 7 more, perseverance, respecting differences, artists, blindness, mothers, Purim, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
139
Status
Available
Call number
H PR E GOL

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

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

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

War in the Middle East: A Reporter's Story: Black September and the Yom Kippur War

by Wilborn Hampton
Hardcover, 2007
Tags
Israel, courage - ometz lev, AR book - MG, perseverance, Arab-Israeli conflict, Israel - Yom Kippur War, Middle East, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), Palestine, terrorism, Israel - military — 2 more, teen - young adult, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Teen Non-Fiction (grades 6-12)
Barcode
4136
Status
Available
Call number
T 956.04 HAM

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

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

Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 (Jane Addams Honor Book (Awards))

by Deborah Hopkinson
Hardcover, 2003
Tags
immigration and emigration, New York, courage - ometz lev, AR book - MG, shalom bayit - peace in the home and family relationships, wisdom - study - learning, perseverance, Americanization, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Non-Fiction (grades 1-5)
Barcode
4115
Status
Available
Call number
J 307.76 HOP

Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva

by Jacqueline Jules
Hardcover, 2017
Tags
perseverance, rabbis, Akiba - Akiva, wisdom - study - learning, ages 6-8, Sydney Taylor Honor Book, inner strength - gevurah, gratitude - HaKarat HaTov
Collection
Easy Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
5038
Status
Available
Call number
E JUL

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

A Spotlight for Harry

by Eric A. Kimmel
Paperback, 2010
Tags
AR book - LG, perseverance, brothers, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Juvenile Biography
Barcode
3274
Status
Available
Call number
J B HOU

A Cloak for the Moon

by Eric A. Kimmel
Hardcover, 2001
Tags
tailors, AR book - LG, keeping one's word, perseverance, folklore - folktales - legends, mysticism, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, inner strength - gevurah
Collection
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books)
Barcode
2033
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 KIM

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

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

Never Lose Hope

by C. and Mykoff Levin, M.
Hardcover, 1996
Tags
Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, returning lost objects, perseverance, ages 3-5, inner strength - gevurah
Collections
Easy Non-Fiction (picture books), B'nai Jacob Collection
Barcode
5963
Status
Available
Call number
E 398.2 LEV

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

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

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

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

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
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