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Picture This! from the National Museum
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Bar/Bat Mizvah Biographies Mystery and Adventure Historical Fiction History, Art, and Folktales

Holidays Year 'Round Holocaust General Fiction Readers' Favorites Sports

High Holy Days Hanukah Purim Passover

Jewish Holidays Year 'Round

Sammy Spider's First Rosh Hashanah

Sammy Spider's First Shabbat

Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah

Sammy Spider's First Purim

Sammy Spider's First Passover

Sammy Spider's First Tu B'Shevat

All by Sylvia Rouss, ill. by Katherine Kahn

Kar-Ben Copies, Inc. 1-800-4-KARBEN

*****

A Holiday for Noah: A Shabbos Story

A Costume for Noah: A Purim Story

A Taste for Noah: A Passover Story

A Turn for Noah : A Hanukkah Story

all by Susan Remick Topek, ill. by Sally Springer

Kar-Ben Copies, Inc. 1-800-4-KARBEN

*****

Spend the Jewish holidays with Bina, Benny, and Chaggai Hayonah

by Yaffa Ganz, ill. Liat Benyaminy Ariel, from Artscroll/Mesorah, 1-800-MESORAH

*****

The Kid's Catalog of Jewish Holidays

by David Adler

The Jewish Kid's Catalogue

Kids' Catalog of Bible Treasures

Kids' Catalog of Israel

all by Chaya Burstein

Available from The Jewish Publication Society

1-800-234-3151

Check out our selection of holiday videos...

Holiday Rhymes and Riddles

by Shoshana Lepon, ill. Aaron Friedman

Available from Artscroll/Mesorah, 1-800-MESORAH

Teasers, Twisters, Stumpers.

A Bookful of Tricky Torah Riddles

by Yaffa Ganz,

Hebrew, Holidays, and Heroes.

The Jewish Fun Book

By David Kasakove and Kerry Olitzky, cartoons by Mark Lerer ,

Chocolate Chip Challah.

An Interactive Family Cookbook

by Lisa Rauschwerger,

from UAHC Press, 1-888- 489-UAHC

*****

Chocolate Chip Challah Activity Book:

Book 1: Shabbat & Fall Holidays

by Lisa Rauchwerger

Jewish Superdoodles: Step by Step Drawing Fun for Kids 6-12

by Linda Schwartz, ill. Bev Armstrong

Family Treasury of Jewish Holidays

by Malka Drucker, ill. by Nancy Patz

Milk and Honey. A Year of Jewish Holidays

by Jane Yolen, ill. by Louise August

Kings and Things:

20 Jewish Plays for Kids 8 to 18

by Meridith Shaw Patera

Biographies

For early readers:

Our Golda, the story of Golda Meir.

A picture book of Anne Frank.

both by David Adler

For Everyone

The Great Houdini,

Daring Escape Artist

by Louis Sabin

Levi Strauss.

The Blue Jeans Man

by Elizabeth van Steenwyk

Koufax

by Ed Gruver

Albert Einstein

by Ibi Lepsck

Haym Solomon.Son of Liberty

by Howard Fast

The Polio Man.

The Story of Dr. Salk.

by John Rowland

Pattern for a Heroine.

The Life Story of Rebecca Gratz.

by Miriam Biskin

Rebels and Reformers :

Biographies of Four Jewish Americans :

Uriah Phillips Levy,

Ernestine L. Rose,

Louis D. Brandeis,

Lillian D. Wald

by Alberta Eiseman

Mystery...and Adventure

Nate the Great, San Francisco Detective

and other Nate the Great mysteries,

by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

The Mystery of the Blue Ring

and other Polka Dot Private Eye mysteries,

by Patricia Reilly Giff

Encyclopedia Brown and the

Case of the Disgusting Sneakers

and other Encyclopedia Brown mysteries,

by Donald J. Sobol

Death on Sacred Ground,

Mystery of the Kaifeng Scroll,

And

Mystery in Miami Beach,

Vivi Hartman mysteries by

Harriet Feder

www.karben.com

1-800-4-KARBEN

The Do-It-Yourself Jewish Adventure Series:

The Cardinal's Snuffbox

Excape from the Holocaust

The Melting Pot

The Other Side of the Hudson

The Tenth of Av

all by Kenneth Roseman,

from UAHC Press, 1-888- 489-UAHC

Read about Emes Junior Interpol in

The Hostage Torah

by Gershon Winkler, and

The Egyptian Star

by Miriam Stark Zakon

The Twisted Menora

and other Devora Doresh mysteries

by Carol Korb Hubner, and

Gemerakop Super Sleuth

by Miriam Stark Zakon,

all from Artscroll/Mesorah, 1-800-MESORAH

Readers' Favorites

Oy, Joy! and

I Am An Artichoke

by Lucy Frank

Letters from Rivka

by Karen Hesse

All-of-a-Kind Family,

All-of-a-Kind-Family Downtown,

More All-of-a-Kind Family,

All-of-a-Kind Family Uptown,and

Ella of All-of-a-Kind Family

all by Sydney Taylor

An Uncle for Harry

by Barbara Ann Porte, ill. Yossi Abulafia

And the rest of the books in this series:

Harry's Pony

Harry's Birthday

Harry's Dog

Harry's Mom

Harry's Visit

About the B'nai Bagels, and

From the Mixed-Up Files of

Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

both by E.L. Konigsburg:

See the Mixed-Up Files on video...

Mishmash

Mishmash and the Substitute Teacher

Mishmash and the Sauerkraut Mystery

Mishmash and the Venus Flytrap

all by Molly Cone

You will also enjoy:

Golem

by David Wisniewski

Zlateh the Goat, and

When Schlemiel Went to Warsaw

and Other Stories,

both by Isaac Bashevis Singer

Theatre for Young Audiences :

20 Great Plays for Children

by Coleman Jennings, ed., ill. Maurice Sendak

General Fiction

Jewish Friends for Younger Readers:
     Millie Cooper, 3B
     Millie Cooper, Take a Chance
    Millie Cooper and Friends
     by Charlotte Herman

     Yossi Tries to Help God
     Yossi Asks the Angels for Help
     How Yossi Beat the Evil Urge
     by Mirian Chaikin

     I Should Worry, I Should Care
     Lower, Higher, You're A Liar
     Friends Forever
     Getting Even
     by Miriam Chaikin

Books for Young Adults
     With All My Heart, With All My Mind
       Thirteen Stories about Growing Up Jewish
     ed. by Sandy Asher

     Pink Slippers, Bat Mitzvah Blues
     by Ferida Wolff, and
       Whatever Happened to Heather Hopkowitz?
      by Charlotte Herman,
     both from the Jewish Publication Society
      1-800-234-3151

Historical Fiction

Jewish life in Denver in the 1880s:
Look to the Hills
by Hazel Krantz

In Kansas City at the turn of the century:
Independence Avenue
by Eileen Bluestone Sherman

In England, in the days of Robin Hood:
     The Star and the Sword, and
in Shakespeare's London:
     Plots and Players,
     both by Pamela Melnikoff
All available from the Jewish Publication Society, 1-800-234-3151

The IImmigrant Experience:

Letters from Rifka
by Karen Hesse

     Dreams in the Golden Country.
       The Diary of Zipporah Feldman,
       a Jewish American Girl
     by Kathryn Lasky

Sports

From Harold Abraham and Amy Alcott
through Mark Spitz and Steve Stone,
you'll find them in:
   The Jewish Child's Book of Sports Heroes
     by Robert Slater

Jewish Athletes Word Puzzles,
available from The Learning Plant, www.learningplant.com, 561-686-9456

And three from the Jewish Publication Society: 1-800-234-3151
     Jewish Sports Legends
     by Joseph Siegman
     Hank Greenberg
     by Ira Berkow
     Moe Berg
     by Vivian Grey

The Koufax Dilemma
by Steven Schnur

Look for the Broadway Ballplayers series
by Maureen Holohan
and the Soccer Stars series
by Emily Costello

See more sports heroes on video...

Bar and Bat Mitzvah

For younger children:
     Bar Mitzvah, Bat Mitzvah.
       How Jewish Boys & Girls Come of Age
     by Bert Metter, ill by Marvin Friedman

Ages 12 and up:
     Bat Mitzvah.
       A Jewish Girl's Coming of Age
     by Barbara Goldin
     Bar Mitzvah.
       A Jewish Boy's Coming of Age
     by Eric Kimmel

A thoughtful book for kids AND parents:
       For Kids-- Putting God on Your Guest List:
       How to Claim the Spiritual Meaning
       of Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah
     by Jeffrey Salkin, Jewish Lights Publications

     Understanding Jewish Holidays and Customs:
       Historical and Contemporary
     by Sol Scharfstein

Making it Count:
A Covenant for Becoming a Bar/Bat Mitzvah
Download a copy from
http://uahc.org/living/lifecycle.html

History, Art, and Folktales

For Kids, By Kids:
     Kids Explore America's Jewish Heritage
by the Westridge Young Writers Workshop
John Muir Publications, (800) 888-7504
    Joseph and Anna's Time Capsule.
    A Legacy from Old Jewish Prague
     by Chaya Burstein, ill. by Nancy Calder
    The Jewish American Family Album
     by Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler
     The Jews. A Treasury of Art and Literature
     ed. by Sharon R. Keller
     Treasures of Jewish Art
     by Grace Cohen Grossman, Jacobo Furman
     Historical Atlas of the Jewish people
     Edited by Eli Barnavi
     The Jews in America
     Edited by Abraham A. Karp
     Jews and Medicine
     Edited by Natalie Berger
    The Jews and Europe
     Elena Romero Castello and Uriel Macias Kapon

Jewish Fairy Tales
By Gerald Friedlander

Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales
By Josepha Sherman

And collections of Jewish folktales from Howard Schwartz:

    The Day the Rabbi Disappeared: Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic
    A Coat for the Moon and Other Jewish Tales
    The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World
    Elijah's Violin and Other Jewish Fairy Tales

Holocaust

     These moving and exciting books are recommended for children 10 and up:
    The Diary of a Young Girl
     by Anne Frank
     After the War,
      Daniel's Story, and
     Lisa's War
     by Carol Matas
    Good Night Maman
     by Norma Fox Mazer
     Fireflies in the Dark
    Susan Goldman Rubin
    Devil's Arithmetic
    by Jane Yolen