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Award-Winning Jewish Experience Books for Kids and Teens

The 2021 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, presented annually to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. These works are available in multiple formats.

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Welcoming Elijah : a Passover tale with a tail
Newman, Lesléa, author.
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Inside the house, a boy prepares for the Passover ritual of welcoming Elijah--meanwhile, outside the house, a kitten lingers in the cold. (Picture book.)

Welcoming elijah [electronic resource] : A passover tale with a tail.
Leslea, Newman.
Format: eBook

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I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book
Copeland, Mychal
Format: Book

Introduces the practice of yoga by connecting the postures to stories from the Torah. (Picture book.)

Miriam at the River
Yolen, Jane/ Le, Khoa (ILT)
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Seven-year-old Miriam places her baby brother's basket in the Nile River, watches the Pharoah's daughter draw him out and name him Moses, and ponders a vision of other water parting. Includes note on the biblical story on which this is based. (Picture book.)

Miriam at the river [electronic resource].
Yolen, Jane.
Format: eAudiobook

eAudiobook of Miriam at the River

Miriam at the river
Yolen, Jane, author.
Format: eBook

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Turtle Boy
Wolkenstein, M. Evan
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Seventh-grader Will's Bar Mitzvah community service project, visiting an incurably ill older boy in the hospital, leads to a friendship that is life-changing for both them and those around them. (Middle-grade novel.)

Turtle boy
Wolkenstein, M. Evan, author.
Format: eBook

eBook of Turtle Boy

Turtle boy [electronic resource].
Wolkenstein, M. Evan.
Format: eAudiobook

eAudiobook of Turtle Boy

No Vacancy
Cohen, Tziporah
Format: Book

With the help of her Catholic friend, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl creates a provocative local tourist attraction to save her family’s failing motel. (Easy chapter book.)