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I only like what I like / words and pictures by Julie Baer.

Dewey Jackson Braintree-Berg only likes what he likes, but under some very special circumstances he might like something else.

Avram's gift / by Margie Blumberg

Mark thinks that his new home is perfect in every way - except one: Leaning against the wall in the hallway outside his bedroom is a picture of a man with a long, gray, scratchy-looking beard and dark, mysterious eyes. It's a picture of his great-great-grandfather Avram, and Mark doesn't like looking at it one bit. Who was Avram? And was he really as stern as he looks in that photograph? One special Rosh Hashanah, Mark learns the answers to these questions from his Grandpa Morris and discovers Avram's gift.

One candle / by Eve Bunting

Every year a family celebrates Hanukkah by retelling the story of how Grandma and her sister managed to mark the day while in a German concentration camp.

The yellow star : the legend of King Christian X of Denmark / Carmen Agra

Retells the story of King Christian X and the Danish resistance to the Nazis during World War II.

Chrysanthemum / by Kevin Henkes.

Chrysanthemum loves her name, until she starts going to school and the other children make fun of it.

No matzoh for me! / by Nancy Krulik

At first Sammy is unhappy about being given the part of a matzoh in his Hebrew school Passover play, but as he learns more about the role of matzoh, he makes the most of his part.

The enemy has a face / Gloria D. Miklowitz.

Netta and her family have relocated temporarily from Israel to Los Angeles, and when her seventeen-year-old brother mysteriously disappears, she becomes convinced that he has been abducted by Palestinian terrorists.

Teddy Kollek, builder of Jerusalem / Abraham Rabinovich

Narrates the life of the Budapest-born Zionist who was mayor of Jerusalem from 1965 until 1993.

The Hanukkah mice / words by Ronne Randall

While searching for the Hanukkah lights, three mouse children and their mother discover new treasures each night.

The perfect prayer/ Donald Rossoff

When a queen needs a perfect prayer, her three advisors suggest sounds for listening, thinking, and wondering, and the queen combines them to come up with "Shema."

Let's nosh! / Amy Wilson Sanger

Illustrations and rhyming text introduce the variety of Jewish foods, from gefilte fish to challah bread, chicken soup to matzoh.

When pirates came to Brooklyn / Phyllis Shalant.

Lee Bloom is a 10 year old Jewish girl growing up in the early 1960s in Brooklyn. She makes a new friend, Polly, who has a vivid imagination. They have wild adventures in the attic. During the year, Lee comes face to face with many forms of bigotry and friendship, discrimination, and the dangers of subtle bigotry is interwoven with the children's play, throughout the story.

When the chickens went on strike : A Rosh Hashanah tale / by Erica Silverman

A Jewish boy living in Russia learns a lesson from the village chickens at the time of Rosh ha-Shanah, the Jewish New Year.

It's a miracle! : a Hanukkah storybook / Stephanie Spinner

Every night of Hanukkah Grandma tells a story at bedtime. Includes the Hanukkah legend.

A first Passover / by Leslie Swartz

In the Soviet Union, Jasha and his grandfather Zayde must celebrate Passover in secret, until they move to the United States, where they can practice their faith in the open and where Jasha gains new insights into the Passover celebration.

Absolutely positively Alexander : the complete stories / Judith Viorst

Contents: Alexander and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day -- Alexander, who used to be rich last Sunday -- Alexander, who's not (Do you hear me? I mean it!) going to move.

A chair for my mother / by Vera B. Williams.

A child, her waitress mother, and her grandmother save dimes to buy a comfortable armchair after all their furniture is lost in a fire.

A child's garden of Torah : a read-aoud Bible / Joel Grishaver

Twenty-five carefully translated Torah stories for young children and their parents.

Classic Bible stories for Jewish children / retold by Alfred J. Kolatch

Twenty-four Old Testament stories about such familiar characters as Noah, Joseph, Moses, David and Goliath, Ruth and Naomi, and Daniel.

The promised land : the birth of the Jewish people / Neil Waldman

The story of the Jewish people from Abraham to Moses

The brass serpent / by Eric A. Kimmel

Why do physicians and hospitals the world over use, as a symbol of the doctor's healing power, a staff with a snake curled around it? Here, for the first time, is the origin of the growing medical belief that man can heal himself.

A sweet year : a taste of the Jewish holidays / Mark Podwal.

Pictures and easy-to-read text introduce Jewish holidays, focusing on the foods associated with each.

It's challah time! / Latifa Berry Kropf

A photo essay which follows preschoolers in a Jewish nursery school as they make challah, the braided bread eaten on Shabbat, the Jewish Sabbath.

Rosh Hashanah : with Bina, Benny and Chaggai Hayonah / Yaffa Ganz

Bina, Benny and Chaggai the Holiday Dove share information about Rosh Hashanah, the shofar, teshuvah, the apple dipped in honey, and many other holiday customs.

All about Rosh Hashanah / Judyth Groner and Madeline Wikler

Brief text introduces the history and customs of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Includes folk tales.

Apples and honey : a Rosh Hashanah story / Johnny Zucker

A Jewish family celebrates Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year.

Yom Kippur : with Bina, Benny and Chaggai Hayonah / Yaffa Ganz

Bina, Benny and Chaggai the Holiday Dove observe Yom Kippur, a day of fasting and forgiveness, of being serious but not sad.

Dreidel, dreidel, dreidel / [Carpenter].

A musical board book. Sing along to the dreidel song.

You can do a Mitzvah by Judyth Groner

A mitzvah is something you do to help someone else and you're never too young to start.

Shabbat Shalom! / Michelle Abraham

In simple, rhyming language, Shabbat Shalom! tells the story of family celebrating Shabbat.

The bachelor and the bean / Shelley Fowles.

In this Jewish folktale from Morocco, a bachelor receives a magic pot from an imp, but it is stolen by an old woman.

Something for nothing / by Ann Redisch Stampler

In this variation on a Jewish folktale, a dog moves to the country in search of peace and quiet only to be plagued by three rowdy cats, but he devises a clever plan to end their nightly noise.

Brundibar / Tony Kushner, Maurice Sendak (illustrator)

Aninku and Pepicek find their mother sick one morning, they need to buy her milk to make her better. The brother and sister go to town to make money by singing. But a hurdy-gurdy grinder, Brundibar, chases them away. They are helped by three talking animals and three hundred schoolchildren, to defeat the bully. Brundibar is based on a Czech opera for children that was performed fifty-five times by the children of Terezin, a Nazi concentration camp in 1943.

Ancient Israelites and their neighbors : an activity guide / Marian Broida.

Examines the ancient cultures of the Israelites, the Philistines, and the Phoenicians, focusing on art, architecture, food, clothing, writing, history, religion, and work. Includes related activities.

Who was the woman who wore the hat? / written and illustrated by Nancy Patz.

A meditation on a woman's hat once on display in the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam.

Welcome to Israel / by Lilly Rivlin with Gila Gevritz.

Illustrations, photographs, maps, and text introduce the history, culture, religions, and peoples of Israel.

Forever my Jerusalem : a personal account of the siege and surrender of Jerusalem's Old City in 1948 / Puah Shteiner

A personal account of the siege and surrender of Jerusalem's Old City in 1948, told through the perspective of a young girl who is a sixth generation Jerusalemite. After reunification, the family returned home to the newly reconstructed Jewish quarter. Includes photographs.

Friends indeed : the special relationship of Israel and the United States / Norman H. Finkelstein

Explores United States-Israeli relations since the founding of Israel in 1948 within the context of ongoing strife and attempts at peace in the Middle East, the political climate in the U.S., and the opinions of the Jewish community.

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