Diverse Jewish Kidlit
This bibliography began as a blog post on June 1, 2017. To make it easier to update and access, I am creating this permanent page as part of The Book of Life website.
This is my effort to build a comprehensive list of kidlit (picture book
through YA) that showcases diversity within the Jewish community. Here
is my working list; if you are aware of additional titles please post a
comment or send me an email. I've also created a sortable LibraryThing list, but a few of my titles are missing from their database.
I
admit that I've approached this an in "Ashkenormative" way by using the
label [Sephardic] but not [Ashkenazi]. Let me know if you think I
should use both. And let me know if you think I should be using
additional labels such as [Mizrahi]. Any opinions on the label [Latinx]? Is there anything else that you think I've mislabeled? Are there additional labels you think I should use?
FYI,
I have not read all of these books and can't vouch for them. Full
disclosure: some titles include IndieBound or Bookshop affiliate links that benefit
The Book of Life Podcast.
This list is alphabetical by author, with diversity subject headings in brackets after each entry.
[Adoption]
[Asian]
[Asian/Jewish]
[Black]
[Black/Jewish]
[Disability]
[Diverse Cast]
[Divorce]
[Ethiopian Jews]
[Indian/Jewish]
[Interfaith Family]
[Jewish/Gentile Friendship]
[Latinx]
[Latinx/Jewish]
[LGBT]
[Muslim]
[Native American/Jewish]
[Nontraditional Gender Roles]
[Poverty]
[Sephardic]
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The Rabbi and the Reverend: Joachim Prinz, Martin Luther King Jr, and Their Fight Against Silence by Audrey Ades [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler [LGBT] YA
Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles by David A. Adler [Poverty] picture book
The Legend of Freedom Hill by Linda Jacobs Altman [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Black] picture book
Rashi's Daughter, Secret Scholar by Maggie Anton [Nontraditional Gender Roles] chapter book
Almost Flying by Jake Maia Arlow [LGBT] chapter book
Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom by Sarah Aroeste [Sephardic] picture book
Believe by Sarah Aronson [LGBT] YA
Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster by Jonathan Auxier [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
The Hebrew Kid and the Apache Maiden by Robert J. Avrech [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Native American] chapter book
All Kinds of Strong by Sharon Reiss Baker [Disability] picture book
Family Ties by Shoshana Banana [Diverse Cast] picture book
Antlers with Candles by Chris Barash [Black/Jewish] picture book
Fridays Are Special by Chris Barash [Black/Jewish] picture book
Havdalah Sky by Chris Barash [LGBT] picture book
Wait, It's Friday by Chris Barash [Black/Jewish] picture book
The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron [Disability] chapter book
I Am J by Cris Beam [LGBT] YA
Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar [Disability, Latinx/Jewish] chapter book
Letters from Cuba by Ruth Behar [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Latinx/Jewish] chapter book
Zack by William Bell [Black/Jewish, Interfaith] chapter book
Four Sides, Eight Nights: A New Spin on Hanukkah by Rebecca Tova Ben-Zvi [Diverse Cast] picture book
Queen Vashti's Comfy Pants by Leah Berkowitz [Diverse Cast, Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Around the World in One Shabbat by Durga Yael Bernhard [Diverse Cast] picture book
The Sundown Kid: A Southwestern Shabbat by Barbara Bietz [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Latinx] picture book
Sweet Tamales for Purim by Barbara Bietz [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Latinx] picture book
I Love Matzah by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili [Diverse Cast] board book
Afikomen Mambo by Joe Black [Diverse Cast] picture book
More Precious Than Gold by Evelyn Mizrahi Blatt [Sephardic] chapter book
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume [Interfaith Family] chapter book
Mira in the Present Tense by Sita Brahmachari [Indian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
You Be You: The Kids Guide to Gender, Sexuality, and Family by Jonathan Branfman, translated into Yiddish by Lili Rosen chapter book
Ezra's BIG Shabbat Question by Aviva L. Brown [Black/Jewish] picture book
Lola Levine and the Ballet Scheme
Lola Levine and the Halloween Scream
Lola Levine and the Vacation Dream
Lola Levine Is Not Mean
Lola Levine Meets Jelly and Bean
Lola Levine: Drama Queen
by Monica Brown [Latinx/Jewish] chapter books
If
You Could Be My Friend: Letters of Mervet Akram Sha'ban and Galit Fink,
presented by Litsa Boudalika [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] chapter book
Adopting Ahava by Jennifer Byrne [LGBT] picture book
Alma Presses Play by Tina Cane [Asian/Jewish] YA
Samir and Yonatan by Daniella Carmi [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] chapter book
The Enduring Ark by Joydeb Chitrakar [Indian/Jewish] picture book
Dear Mr. Dickens by Nancy Churnin [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
A Queen to the Rescue by Nancy Churnin [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Martin & Anne: The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank by Nancy Churnin [Black] picture book
Vive La Paris by Esme Raji Codell [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Papa Jethro by Deborah Bodin Cohen [Interfaith Family] picture book
The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert [Disability, Black/Jewish, LGBT] YA
The Unfinished Corner by Dani Colman [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] chapter book
The Story of Shabbat by Molly Cone [Diverse Cast] picture book
Radioactive!
How Irene Curie and Lise Meitner Revolutionized Science and Changed the
World by Winifred Conklin [Nontraditional Gender Roles] chapter book
Northern Lights: A Hanukkah Story by Diana Cohen Conway [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Jewish Holidays All Year Round: A Family Treasury by Ilene Cooper [Diverse Cast] chapter book
Sam I Am by Ilene Cooler [Interfaith Family] chapter book
I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book by Rabbi Mychal Copeland [Diverse Cast] picture book
Audacity by Melanie Crowder [Poverty, Nontraditional Gender Roles] YA
Gabriel's Ark by Sandra R. Curtis [Disability] chapter book
Susie Q Fights Back by Jane Cutler [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Hanukkah Moon by Deborah da Costa [Latinx/Jewish, Sephardic] picture book
Snow in Jerusalem by Deborah da Costa [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] picture book
It's Tot Shabbat! by Naomi Danis [Diverse Cast] picture book
I Love Jewish Faces by Debra B. Darvick [Diverse Cast] picture book
We Are Jewish Faces by Debra B. Darvick [Diverse Cast] picture book
Gravity by Sarah Deming [Latinx/Jewish] YA
Someday We Will Fly by Rachel DeWoskin [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] YA
Color Me In by Natasha Diaz [Black/Jewish] YA
A Cage Without Bars by Anne Dublin [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Sephardic] chapter book
44 Hours or Strike! by Anne Dublin [Nontraditional Gender Roles] chapter book
A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love by Michelle Edwards [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Latinx] picture book
Max Makes a Cake by Michelle Edwards [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Ethan, Suspended by Pamela Ehrenberg [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas by Pamela Ehrenberg [Indian/Jewish] picture book
The New Queer Conscience by Adam Eli [LGBT] YA
The Edelweiss Pirates by Jennifer Elvgren [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Latinx] chapter book
Repairing the World by Linda Epstein [LGBT] chapter book
A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] chapter book
The Mountain Jews and the Mirror by Ruchama Feuerman [Sephardic] picture book
Schools of Hope: How Julius Rosenwald Helped Change African American Education
by Norman H. Finkelstein [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
To Bigotry No Sanction: The Story of the Oldest Synagogue in America by Leonard Everett Fisher [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
When Jackie and Hank Met by Cathy Goldberg Fishman [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Nonna's Hanukkah Surprise by Karen Fisman [Interfaith Family] picture book
We Go to Shul by Douglas Florian [Diverse Cast] picture book
Armstrong & Charlie by Steven B. Frank [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J. Freedman [Indian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
I Wanna Be Your Shoebox by Cristina Garcia [Asian/Jewish, Interfaith Family, Latinx/Jewish] chapter book
Jeremy's Dreidel by Ellie Gellman [Disability] picture book
Lily & Dunkin by Donna Gephart [Disability, LGBT] chapter book
The Inquisitor's Tale, or, the Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog by Adam Gidwitz [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] picture book
Hannah's Way by Linda Glaser [Jewish/Gentile Friendshp] picture book
Liberty on 23rd Street by Jacqueline B. Glasthal [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
A Million Quiet Revolutions by Robin Glow [LGBT] YA
Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin [Disability] picture book
The Passover Cowboy by Barbara Diamond Goldin [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Latinx] picture book
A Persian Princess by Barbara Diamond Goldin [Sephardic] picture book
Boris and Stella and the Perfect Gift by Dara Goldman [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Change Sings by Amanda Gorman [Disability, Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
The Flower Girl Wore Celery by Meryl G. Gordon [LGBT] picture book
No Steps Behind:
Beata Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan by Jeff
Gottesfeld [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Nontraditional Gender
Roles] picture book
The Christmas Mitzvah by Jeff Gottesfeld [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Sign Language Shabbat by Alisa Greenbacher & Jennifer Rosner [Disability] picture book
King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba by Blu Greenberg [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
No Pig's Brain Soup, Please by Gail Greenberg [Adoption, Asian/Jewish] picture book
The Secret Shofar of Barcelona by Jacqueline Dembar Greene [Sephardic] picture book
12 Before 13 by Lisa Greenwald [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Bluish by Virginia Hamilton [Black, Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] chapter book
Celebrate Hanukkah with Light, Latkes, and Dreidels
Celebrate Passover with Matzah, Maror, and Memories
Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur with Honey, Prayers, and the Shofar
by Deborah Heiligman [Diverse Cast] picture books
The Cholent Brigade by Michael Herman [Diverse Cast] picture book
Always an Olivia: A Remarkable Family History by Carolivia Herron [Black/Jewish] picture book
Witness by Karen Hesse [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
How to Find What You're Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani [Indian/Jewish, Interfaith Family, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
The Whole Story of Half a Girl by Veera Hiranandani [Indian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
Incantation by Alice Hoffman [Sephardic] YA
Sweet Like Sugar by Wayne Hoffman [LGBT] YA
Maccabee Jamboree: A Hanukkah Countdown by Cheri Holland [Diverse Cast] picture book
Elan, Son of Two Peoples by Heidi Smith Hyde [Interfaith Family, Native American/Jewish] picture book
Pavel and the Tree Army by Heidi Smith Hyde [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Shanghai Sukkah by Heidi Smith Hyde [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Our Eddie by Sulamith Ish-Kishor [Disability] chapter book
Clap and Count!: Action Rhymes for the Jewish Year by Jacqueline Jules [Diverse Cast] picture book
Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval Spain by Jacqueline Jules [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Sephardic] picture book
What I Like About You by Marisa Kanter [Asian/Jewish] YA
Quake!: Disaster in San Francisco, 1906 by Gail Langer Karwoski [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Thank You, Trees! by Gail Langer Karwoski [Diverse Cast] picture book
My Name is Rachamim by Jonathan P. Kendall [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
Kol Hakavod: Way to Go! by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh [Diverse Cast] picture book
Listen! Israel's All Around by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh [Diverse Cast] picture book
Matzah Craze by Jamie Kiffel-Alchech [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Rah! Rah! Mujadara by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheck [Diverse Cast] board book
A Horn for Louis by Eric A. Kimmel [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast, Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Everybody Says Shalom by Leslie Kimmelman [Diverse Cast] picture book
The Rabbi Slurps Spaghetti by Leslie Kimmelman [Diverse Cast] picture book
You're the Cheese in My Blintz by Leslie Kimmelman [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] picture book
Beep Beep Bubbie by Bonnie Sherr Klein [Disability] picture book
Glixman in a Fix by Rebecca Klempner [Black/Jewish] chapter book
Almost a Minyan by Lori S. Kline [Black/Jewish, Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Lessons in Fusion by Primrose Madayag Knazan [Asian/Jewish] YA
Creation Colors by Ann Koffsky [Diverse Cast] picture book
Who's Got the Etrog? by Jane Kohuth [Black/Jewish] picture book
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg [LGBT] YA
The Moses Basket by Jenny Koralek [Diverse Cast] picture book
Much, Much Better by Chaim Kosofsky [Sephardic] picture book
Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Meir's First Crusade by Barbara Krasner [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Viva, Rose! by Susan Krawitz [Latinx, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
It's Challah Time!
It's Hanukkah Time!
It's Purim Time!
It's Seder Time!
It's Shofar Time!
It's Sukkah Time!
by Latifa Berry Kropf [Diverse Cast] picture books
The Storyteller's Beads by Jane Kurtz [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] chapter book
Falasha No More: An Ethiopian Jewish Child Comes Home by Arlene Kushner [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
The Purim Superhero by Elisabeth Kushner [LGBT] picture book
Like No Other by Una LaMarche [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] YA
Ronit & Jamil by Pamela L. Laskin [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] YA
Hanukkah Around the World
Passover Around the World
by Tami Lehman-Wilzig [Diverse Cast] picture books
Nathan Blows Out the Hanukkah Candles by Tami Lehman-Wilzig [Disability] picture book
Soosie, The Horse That Saved Shabbat by Tami Lehman-Wilzig [Diverse Cast] picture book
Let's Talk About Race by Julius Lester [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] picture book
Pharoah's Daughter by Julius Lester [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Running on Eggs by Anna Levine [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] chapter book
Pearl Moscowitz's Last Stand by Arthur A. Levine [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim, Nontraditional Gender Roles, Sephardic] chapter book
Watch Out for Flying Kids! How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids
Confront Conflict and Build Community by Cynthia Levinson [Diverse Cast,
Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] chapter book
Reyna and the Jade Star [Asian]
Shoshana and the Native Rose [Native American]
by Robin K. Levinson [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter books
Wide Awake by David Levithan [LGBT] YA
The Golem and the Dragon Girl by Sonia Levitin [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
The Return by Sonia Levitin [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] chapter book
The Misadventures of the Family Fletcher
The Family Fletcher Takes Rock Island
by Dana Alison Levy [Diverse Cast, Interfaith Family, LGBT] chapter books
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsberg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
The Key From Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music by Debbie Levy [Sephardic] picture book
The Book of Elsie by Joanne Levy [LGBT] chapter book
Sabrina, The Girl with a Hole in Her Heart by Wendy Lewis [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Gravity by Leanne Lieberman [LGBT] YA
Hannah G. Solomon Dared to Make a Difference by Bonnie Lindauer [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
The Apprentice's Masterpiece: A Story of Medieval Spain by Melanie Little [Sephardic]YA
Confessions of a Closet Catholic by Sarah Darer Littman [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman [Latinx/Jewish] YA
Rosh Hashanah with Uncle Max by Varda Livney [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] picture book
What I Like About Passover by Varda Livney [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] picture book
The Girl With the Red Balloon
The Spy With the Red Balloon
by Katherine Locke [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, LGBT] YA
This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke [LGBT] YA
It's a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories edited by Katherine Locke and Laura Silverman [Black/Jewish, Disability, LGBT] YA
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero by E. Lockart [Nontraditional Gender Roles, Diverse Cast] YA
Recipe for Disaster by Aimee Lucido [Interfaith Family] chapter book
Pumpkin Pie for Sigd by Jennifer MacLeod [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
A Scarf for Keiko by Ann Malaspina [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Continuum by Chella Man [Asian/Jewish, Disability, LGBT] YA
Laundry Day by Maurie J. Manning [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 by Michelle Markel [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Benny Feldman's All-Star Klezmer Band by Allison and Wayne Marks [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Chicken Soup, Chicken Soup by Pamela Mayer [Asian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] picture book
My Israel and Me by Alice B. McGinty [Diverse Cast] picture book
Rabbi Benjamin's Buttons by Alice B. McGinty [Diverse Cast] picture book
Welcome Back, Maple Mehta-Cohen by Kate McGovern [Disability, Indian/Jewish] chapter book
Esther by Sharon McKay [Nontraditional Gender Roles] chapter book
Chunky by Yehudi Mercado [Latinx/Jewish] middle grade
Planting Friendship: Peace, Salaam, Shalom by Callie Metler, Melissa Stoller, and Kate Talbot [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] picture book
Skating with the Statue of Liberty by Susan Lynn Meyer [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Across the Alley by Richard Michelson [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's
Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson [Black, Jewish/Gentile
Friendship] picture book
Jews of the Wild West: A Multicultural True Story by Kay Miller [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
The Chameleon That Saved Noah's Ark by Yael Molchadsky [Diverse Cast] picture book
Light the Lights!: A Story about Celebrating Hanukkah & Christmas by Margaret Moorman [Interfaith Family] picture book
Daughters of the Ark by Anna Morgan [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] chapter book
Passage to Freedom: The Sugihara Story by Ken Mochizuki [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz [Disability] YA
Apples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh Hashanah by Rahel Musleah [Sephardic] chapter book
Once More with Chutzpah by Haley Neil [LGBT] I
Serendipity's Footsteps by Suzanne Nelson [Disability, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] YA
The Eight Nights of Chanukah by Lesléa Newman [Diverse Cast] picture book
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Lesléa Newman [Diverse Cast] picture book
Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman [Disability] picture book
Starglass
Starbreak
by Phoebe North [LGBT] YA
My Two Holidays: A Hanukkah and Christmas Story by Danielle Novack [Interfaith Family] picture book
Strange Creatures by Phoebe North [Interfaith Family] YA
The Wisdom Bird: A Tale of Solomon and Sheba by Sheldon Oberman [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night by Allison Slater Ofanansky [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] picture book
My Two Grandmothers by Effin Older [Interfaith Family] picture book
Avi and Ahmed Play Football in Jerusalem's Sacher Park by Kerry Olitzky and Inas Younis [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] picture book
Cry of the Giraffe by Judie Oren [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] chapter book
Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and Work by Victoria Ortiz [Nontraditional Gender Roles] YA
Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa by Micol Ostow [Latinx/Jewish] YA
White Bird: A Wonder Story by R.J. Palacio [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
All Three Stooges by Erica Perl [LGBT] chapter book
The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica Perl [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The
Snowy Day by Andrea Davis Pinkney [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
From Dust, A Flame by Rebecca Podos [LGBT] YA
Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Tikvah Means Hope by Patricia Polacco [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros [LGBT] YA
A Tale of Two Seders by Mindy Avra Portnoy [Divorce] picture book
Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick [LGBT] YA
It's My Life by Stacie Ramey [Disability] YA
A Brief Chapter in My Impossible Life by Dana Reinhardt [Adoption] YA
King Solomon and the Bee by Dalia Hardof Renberg [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
The Papercutter by Cindy Rizzo [LGBT] YA
The Hero Two Doors Down: Based on the True Story of Friendship Between a
Boy and a Baseball Legend by Sharon Robinson [Black, Jewish/Gentile
Friendship] chapter book
Jackie's Gift by Sharon Robinson [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Chik Chak Shabbat by Mara Rockliff [Diverse Cast, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Fleabrain Loves Franny by Joanne Rocklin [Disability] chapter book
The Singer and the Scientist by Lisa Rose [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Our New Special Baby by Chaya Rosen [Disability] picture book
Camp by L.C. Rosen [LGBT] YA
Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas by Michael J. Rosen [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Take Care by Madelyn Rosenberg [Diverse Cast] picture book
Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg & Wendy Wan-Long Shang [Asian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
This is Just a Test by Madelyn Rosenberg & Wendy Wan-Long Shang [Asian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
Yossi and Laibel: On the Ball by Dina Rosenfeld [Disability] picture book
The Mitten String by Jennifer Rosner [Disability] picture book
The Candlewick by Jennifer Rosner [Disability] picture book
Chloe Lieberman (Sometimes Wong) by Carrie Rosten [Asian/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
Happy Birthday, Trees! by Karen Rostoker-Gruber [Diverse Cast, Black/Jewish] picture book
Never Mind the Goldbergs by Matthue Roth [LGBT] YA
The Power of Song: And Other Sephardic Tales by Rita Roth [Sephardic] chapter book
No Rules for Michael by Sylvia Rouss [Diverse Cast] picture book
Yosef's Dream by Sylvia Rouss with Ambassador Asher Naim [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
Shanghai Shadows by Lois Ruby [Asian, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Swindletop by Lois Ruby [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
My Awesome Awful Popularity Plan by Seth Rudetsky [LGBT] YA
Osnat and Her Dove: The True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi by Sigal Samuel [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Ellen Outside the Lines by A.J. Sass [LGBT] chapter book
God's Paintbrush by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso [Diverse Cast] picture book
Judy Led the Way by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Regina Persisted: An Untold Story by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Chag Sameach! by Patricia Schaffer [Diverse Cast] picture book
Mitzvah Pizza by Sarah Lynn Scheerger [Asian/Jewish, Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Poverty] picture book
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] YA
On the Wings of Eagles: An Ethiopian Boy's Story by Jeffrey Schrier [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in Ethiopia by Maxine Rose Schur [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
When I Left My Village by Maxine Rose Schur [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] picture book
Stealing Home by Ellen Schwartz [Black/Jewish, Interfaith Family] chapter book
The Sabbath Lion by Howard Schwartz [Sephardic] picture book
Thanks for Today by Lina Schwarz [Diverse Cast] picture book
What Makes Someone a Jew? by Lauren Seidman [Diverse Cast] picture book
The Rabbi's Cat and The Rabbi's Cat 2 by Joann Sfar [Sephardic] chapter books
... Too Far From Home by Naomi Shmuel [Black/Jewish, Ethiopian Jews] chapter book
Takedown by Laura Shovan [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Nontraditional Gender Roles] chapter book
All Kinds of Other by James Sie [LGBT] YA
Hannah's Hanukkah Hiccups by Shanna Silva [Diverse Cast] picture book
The Hanukkah Hop! by Erica Silverman [Diverse Cast] picture book
You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman [LGBT] YA
From Night Owl to Dogfish by Holly Goldberg Sloan and Meg Wolitzer [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Imagining Katherine by Carol Solomon [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] YA
See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon [Asian/Jewish] YA
Today Tonight Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon [Latinx/Jewish, Poverty] YA
Songs from the Garden of Eden: Jewish Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes by Nathalie Soussana [Diverse Cast] picture book
The Wooden Sword: A Jewish Folktale from Afghanistan by Ann Redisch Stampler [Sephardic] picture book
Golemito by Ilan Stavans [Latinx/Jewish] picture book
My Hanukkah Book of Opposites by Tammar Stein [Black/Jewish, Diverse Cast] board book
Rebecca's Journey Home by Brynn Olenberg Sugarman [Adoption, Asian/Jewish] picture book
Maya Prays for Rain by Susan Tarcov [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Klezmer! by Kyra Teis [Diverse Cast] picture book
A Costume for Noah: A Purim Story
A Holiday for Noah: A Shabbat Story
A Taste for Noah: A Passover Story
by Susan Remick Topek [Diverse Cast] picture books
Ten Good Rules: A Ten Commandments Counting Book by Susan Remick Topek [Diverse Cast] picture book
Invisible Chains by Eva Vogiel [Disability] chapter book
Ghetto Brother: Warrior to Peacemaker by Julian Voloj [Sephardic] YA
I Have a Jewish Name by Rochel Vorst [Diverse Cast, Disability, Asian/Jewish] picture book
Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker [LGBT] YA
YaYa & YoYo series:
Sliding into the New Year
Shaking in the Shack
Hoopla Under the Huppah
by Dori Weinstein [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter books
The Length of a String by Elissa Brent Weissman [Adoption, Black/Jewish] chapter book
The Renegade Reporters by Elissa Brent Weissman [LGBT] chapter book
Are You Alone on Purpose? by Nancy Werlin [Disability] chapter book
Black Mirror by Nancy Werlin [Asian/Jewish, Interfaith] chapter book
Zoe Rosenthal Is Not Lawful Good by Nancy Werlin [Disability, LGBT] YA
After the Train by Gloria Whelan [Adoption] chapter book
Red and Green and Blue and White by Lee Wind [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] picture book
Jalapeno Bagels by Natasha Wing [Latinx/Jewish] picture book
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of RBG vs. Inequality by Jonah Winter [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
Parrotfish by Ellen Wittlinger [LGBT] YA
Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein [Disability] chapter book
If You Come Softly by Jacqueline Woodson [Black, Jewish/Gentile Friendship] YA
The Night of the Burning: Devorah's Story by Linda Press Wolf [Adoption] chapter book
The Wonderful Adventures of Benjamin and Solomon by Elena Yakubsfeld [LGBT] YA
Legends of the Chinese Jews of Kaifeng by Xu Xin [Asian/Jewish] chapter book
B.U.G. (Big Ugly Guy) by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple [Jewish/Gentile Friendship] chapter book
Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen [Nontraditional Gender Roles] picture book
A Bear for Bimi by Jane Breskin Zalben [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Diverse Cast] picture book
A Moon for Moe and Mo by Jane Breskin Zalben [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] picture book
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Valerie Zenatti [Jewish/Gentile Friendship, Muslim] YA
Boys of the Beast by Monica Zepeda [LGBT] YA
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