Looking for Jewish Children's Books?

David Adler: Author of The Picture Book of Anne Frank, One Yellow Daffodil, and other books on the Holocaust for young people. Visit http://www.davidaadler.com/work5.htm


Sharon Reiss Baker: Author of A Nickel, a Trolley, a Treasure House. Visit http://www.sharonreissbaker.com.
 
Ellen Bari, author of Jumping Jenny. Visit http://www.jumpingjennythebook.com/.
 
Robin Bernstein: Author of Terrible, Terrible, a modern twist on an old folktale. Visit
http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~rbernst/terrible.html
 
Barbara Bietz: Author of Like a Maccabee. Visit http://www.barbarabietz.com.


Esme Raji Codell: Author of Hanukkah Shmanukkah, Vive la Paris, and Sing a Song of Tuna Fish. Visit http://www.planetesme.com.


Deborah Bodin Cohen: Author of Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashana Ride, Papa Jethro, and others. Visit http://www.deborahbodincohen.com/.


Deborah da Costa: Author of Hanukkah Moon and Snow in Jerusalem.Visit http://www.deborahdacosta.com.
SNOW IN JERUSALEM (Albert Whitman, 200l, paperback reprint 2008)


Aubrey Davis: Author of Bagels from Benny and Bone Button Borsht. Visit http://www.canscaip.org/bios/davisa.html.


Malka Drucker: Author of Jacob’s Rescue, Grandma’s Latkes, and others.
Visit http://www.malkadrucker.com/child.html.
 
Michelle Edwards: Author of Papa's Latkes, Chicken Man, Blessed Are You: Everyday Hebrew Prayers, and others. Visit http://www.michelledwards.com.


Pamela Ehrenberg: Author of Ethan, Suspended. Visit http://www.pamelaehrenberg.com.
 
Harriet K. Feder: Author of the Vivi Hartmann adventures, Death on Sacred Ground, Mystery in Miami Beach, Mystery of the Kaifeng Scroll. Visit http://www.harrietkfeder.com.


Brenda A. Ferber: Author of Julia's Kitchen. Visit http://www.brendaferber.com.


Norman Finkelstein: Author of Forged in Freedom, Ariel Sharon, Heeding the Call, Remember Not to Forget, and other nonfiction books for young people. Visit http://www.normfinkelstein.com/.
 
Robin Friedman, author of The Importance of Wings. Visit http://www.robinfriedman.com/.


Mordicai Gerstein: Author of Sholom's Treasure, The White Ram, and more. Visit http://www.mordicaigerstein.com.


Linda Glaser: Author of Bridge to America, Mrs. Greenberg's Messy Hanukkah, The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes, Hoppy Hanukkah, Hoppy Passover, and Emma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty. Visit http://www.lindaglaserauthor.com.


Bracha Goetz: Author of The Happiness Box, The Invisible Book, What Do You See At Home?, and What Do You See On Chanukah? Visit http://www.host-a-jewish-book-author.com/e-h.php.
 

Bonnie Gordon-Lucas: Illustrator of Uncle Eli's Passover Haggadah, All About Rosh Hashanah, All About Yom Kippur. Visit http://www.mybonnie.com/books.html.
 
Barbara Diamond Goldin: Author of A Mountain of Blintzes, Journeys with Elijah,
Night Lights, Just Enough is Plenty, and others. Visit http://www.barbaradiamondgoldin.com/judaica.html.


Deborah Heiligman: Author of Holidays Around the World series for National Geographic, which includes Hanukkah, Passover, Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur. Visit http://www.deborahheiligman.com.


Esther Hershenhorn: Author of Chicken Soup by Heart. Visit http://estherhershenhorn.com/


Alice Hoffman: Author of Incantation. Visit http://www.alicehoffman.com.


Dave Horowitz: Author of Five Little Gefiltes. Visit http://www.horowitzdave.com.
 
Laurie Jacobs: Author of A Box of Candles. Visit http://www.laurieajacobs.com/work1.htm.


Jacqueline Jules: Author of Picnic at Camp Shalom, Sarah Laughs, The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle, The Hardest Word, and Once Upon a Shabbos. Visit http://www.jacquelinejules.com.
 
Pnina Moed Kass: Author of prize-winning YA novel, Real Time; Cricket short stories; essays; and Hebrew picture book series "Berale" (ages 1-6), now marking its 25th anniversary. Visit http://www.pninamoedkass.com.
 
Eric Kimmel: Author of Hershel and Hanukkah Goblins, Gershon’s Monster, Wonders and Miracles, and others. Visit http://www.ericakimmel.com/.
 
Rebecca Klempner: Author of A Dozen Daisies for Raizy. Visit her website, "Under My Hat," http://klempnerkids.blogspot.com/.


Ann Koffsky: Illustrator and author of Eight Lights for Eight Nights, All About Passover, The Mitzvah-Go-Round, and others. Visit http://www.annkoffsky.com.


Stephen Krensky: Author of Hanukkah at Valley Forge. Visit http://www.stephenkrensky.com.
 
Evelyn Krieger, author of One is Not a Lonely Number. Visit http://www.oneisnotalonelynumber.com/index.html.
 
Sarah Lamstein: Author of Letter on the Wind -- a Chanukah tale and Annie’s Shabbat, a Shabbat book for children ages 4-8. Visit http://www.sarahlamstein.com


Sandy Lanton: Author of Daddy’s Chair and Lots of Latkes. Visit http://www.sandylanton.com/


Anna Levine: Author of Freefall (visit http://www.freefallthenovel.com), Jodie's Hanukkah Dig, and Running on Eggs. Visit http://www.annalevine.org.
 
Debbie Levy: Author of The Year of Goodbyes. Visit http://www.debbielevybooks.com.
 
Sarah Darer Littman: Author of Confessions of a Closet Catholic, a young adult novel about a young girl’s exploration of what Judaism means to her. Visit http://sarahdarerlittman.com/confessions_of_a_closet_catholic.htm 
 
Ann Manheimer: Author of "Riffs," which appears in What a Song Can Do: 12 Riffs on the Power of Music, and "The Ghost Well," a bar/bat mitzvah ghost story that appears in Ghosts and Golems: Haunting Tales of the Supernatural. Visit http://www.annmanheimer.com/works.htm.
 
Fran Manushkin: Author of Come, Let Us Be Joyful, Latkes and Applesauce, Miriam’s Cup, and others. Visit http://www.franmanushkin.com/books.htm.
 
Michelle Markel: Dreamer from the Village: The Story of Marc Chagall. Visit http://www.michellemarkel.com.
 
Carol Matas: Author of Daniel’s Story, In My Enemy’s House, Greater Than Angels and other books on the Holocaust for young people. Visit http://carol.carolmatas.com/index.html.


Amy Meltzer: Author of A Mezuzah on the Door. Visit http://www.amymeltzer.com.


Richard Michelson: Author of Across the Alley, Too Young for Yiddish, Grandpa's Gamble. Visit
http://www.rmichelson.com/RMichelson_Galleries.html
 
Rahel Musleah: Author of Apples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah. Visit: http://www.rahelsjewishindia.com/books.htm.


Sheldon Oberman: Author of The Always Prayer Shawl, Solomon and the Ant, and many others. Visit http://www.sheldonoberman.com/index.shtml.


Rebecca O'Connell (AKA Rebecca Tova Ben-Zvi): Author of Four Sides Eight Nights: A New Spin on Hanukkah and Penina Levine is a Hard-Boiled Egg. Visit http://www.rebeccaoconnell.com.


Anna Olswanger: Author of Shlemiel Crooks, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book and PJ Library Book. Visit http://www.olswanger.com.


Craig Orback: Author of Keeping the Promise, a book about a torah’s journey into outer space. Visit http://www.craigorback.com/books2.htm.


Karen Ostrove: Author of Nine Chairs and Fins and Scales. Visit http://www.karenostrove.com.


Patricia Polacco: Author/Illustrator of Tikvah Means Hope, The Butterfly, Mrs. Katz and Tush, The Keeping Quilt, The Bee Tree. Visit http://www.patriciapolacco.com/books/butterfly/butterfly_navigations.html.


Alan Radding: Author of Miracles--stories for Jewish children and their families. Visit http://www.jewishfamily stories.com.


Holly-Jane Rahlens: Author of Prince WIlliam, Maximilian Minsky and Me.
Visit http://www.holly-jane-rahlens.com.


Dana Reinhardt: Author of A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life. Visit http://www.danareinhardt.net.
 
Joanne Rocklin: Author of Strudel Stories and The Very Best Hanukkah Gift. Visit http://www.joannerocklin.com.


Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum: Author of A Grandma Like Yours: A Grandpa Like Yours. Visit http://www.andriawarmflashrosenbaum.com.
 
Madelyn Rosenberg: Author of The Schmutzy Family and Happy Birthday, Tree! Visit http://www.squealermusic.com/madclips/wordpress2/?page_id=1492.


Sylvia Rouss: Author of the Sammy Spider series and The Littlest Pair. Visit http://www.sylviarouss.com/.


Jennifer Roy: Author of Yellow Star. Visit http://www.jenniferroy.com.


Susan Goldman Rubin: Author of L'Chaim! Jewish Life in America! Celebrating from 1654 until Today, Searching for Anne Frank, Fireflies in the Dark, and others. Visit http://susangoldmanrubin.com/index2.html.


Shelly Sanders: Author of Rachel's Secret. Visit http://www.shellysanders.com.
 
Sandy Eisenberg Sasso, author of God's Paintbrush and The Shema in the Mezuzah. Visit http://www.jewishlights.com/page/category/sandy_sasso.
 

Melissa Schorr: Author of Goy Crazy. Visit http://www.melissaschorr.com.


Maxine Rose Schur: Author of The Peddler's Gift, Day of Delight, The Circle Maker, When I Left My Village and others. Visit http://www.maxineroseschur.com/children.html.
 
Howard Schwartz: Folklorist and author of The Diamond Tree, The Wonder Child, and A Coat for the Moon. Visit http://www.umsl.edu/~sheschw/.
 
Josepha Sherman: Author of Rachel, the Clever and Jewish American Folklore. Visit
http://www.josephasherman.com/


Danny Siegel: Author of Tell Me a Mitzvah, Mitzvah Magic, and others. Visit http://www.ziv.org/dannys_books.html.
 
Laurel Snyder: Author of Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to be Kosher and Half/Life -- Jewish Tales from Interfaith Homes. Visit http://www.laurelsnyder.com.


Barbara Sofer: Author of Ilan Ramon, Kids Love Israel, Shalom, Haver.
Visit: http://www.barbarasofer.com/index.html.


Ann Redisch Stampler: Author of Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost and Something for Nothing. Visit http://www.annredischstampler.com.


Eve Tal: Author of Double Crossing and A New Boy. Visit http://www.evetal.com.


Edith Tarbescu: Author of Annushka’s Voyage and The Boy Who Stuck Out His Tongue. Visit http://www.author-illustr-source.com/edithtarbescu.htm.
 
Sydell Waxman: Author of The Rooster Prince, a Jewish folktale. Visit http://www.sydellwaxman.com/html/rooster.html.
 
April Halprin Wayland, author of New Year at the Pier. Visit http://www.aprilwayland.com/.
 
Joy Nelkin Wieder: Author/Illustrator of The Great Potato Plan and The Secret Tunnel. Visit www.joynelkinwieder.com.
 
Rabbi Stephen Wise: Author of Israel: Repairing the World. Visit http://www.ma-tovu.ca/.


Linda Press Wulf: Author of Night of the Burning. Visit http://www.lindapresswulf.com.


Jane Yolen: Author of The Devil's Arithmetic, Briar Rose, O Jerusalem, Milk and Honey. Visit http://www.janeyolen.com.


Jane Breskin Zalben: Author of Pearl’s Passover, Beni’s First Chanukah, and others. Visit http://www.janebreskinzalben.com/.
 
Yael Zoldan: Author of We Can Do Mitzvos from Aleph to Tav. Visit http://www.feldheim.com/authors/zoldan-yael.html.


Markus Zusak: Author of The Book Thief. Visit http://www.randomhouse.com/features/markuszusak/.

Blogs About Jewish Books

The Whole Megillah: The writer's resource for Jewish-themed children's books. Visit http://thewholemegillah.wordpress.com/.


The Book of Life: a podcast about Jewish people and the books we read. Visit http://www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com.