Diverse Jewish Kidlit

 

This bibliography began as a blog post on June 1, 2017. To make it easier to update and access, I have created a LibraryThing database of Diverse Jewish Kidlit. Categories include racial diversity, gender/sexual identity, disability, and Jewish populations (Sephardic, Mizrahi). To keep the database manageable, I have treated white, cis-het, able-bodied, neurotypical Ashkenazim as the default, listing only books that diverge in some way from that default.

This is my effort to build a comprehensive list of kidlit (picture book through YA) that showcases diversity within the Jewish community. This is a working list; if you are aware of additional titles please post a comment or send me an email. FYI, I have not read all of these books and can't vouch for them.

To search my database of diverse Jewish kidlit, please visit https://www.librarything.com/catalog/bookoflife/diversejewishbooks. Click on the Tags button to see all categories.