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Children's books with a Jewish theme

Last Updated: 27-May-2015

This guide lists children's books and young adult literature in Cubberley Education Library featuring Jewish lands, people, and culture.

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Children's literature
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Cover image of The patchwork Torah
The patchwork Torah / Allison Ofanansky ; illustrated by Elsa Oriol.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3615 .F36 P38 2014
Ages 4-8
Anna & Solomon / Elaine Snyder ; pictures by Harry Bliss.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .N928 A56 2014
Lexile measure AD850L; Ages 5-9; gr.1-3; Sydney Taylor Book Award for younger readers
Zayde comes to live / written by Sheri Sinykin ; illustrated by Kristina Swarner.
1st ed. Atlanta : Peachtree Publishers, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .I577 Z39 2012
Lexile measure 490; Ages 6-9; Gr.Prk-2
Cover image of The Nazi hunters
The Nazi hunters / Neal Bascomb.
First edition.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DD247 .E5 B374 2013
Lexile measure 1000; Ages 11-18; Gr.6 and up
Tropical secrets : Holocaust refugees in Cuba / Margarita Engle.
1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, 2009.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3555 .N4254 T76 2009
Lexile measure 1170; Ages 12-15; Gr.7-10
Hanukkah bear / by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka.
[Rev.] ed. New York : Holiday House, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .I4219 H36 2013
Ages 4-8; gr.K-3
Cover image of The war withinin these walls
The war within these walls / written by Aline Sax ; illustrated by Caryl Strzelecki ; translated by Laura Watkinson.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PT6467.29 .A95 K5913 2013
Lexile measure HL510; Ages 14 and up; Gr.9-12

Other books

Cover image of Annexed
Annexed / Sharon Dogar.
Boston [MA] : Houghton Mifflin, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR6104 .O43 A8 2010
Ages 13-18; Historical fiction, gr. 8-12
As good as anybody : Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's amazing march toward freedom / by Richard Michelson ; illustrated by Raul Colón.
1st ed. New York : A.A. Knopf, c2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » E185.97 .K5 M44 2008
Sydney Taylor Book Awards 2009; Notable Children's Trade Book/Social Studies 2009; ages 7-11; book level 4.1, gr. 2-5
The Berlin Boxing Club / Robert Sharenow.
1st ed. New York : HarperTeen, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .H35634 B47 2011
Lexile 880; Reading level 5.7; Ages 12+; Grades 7-10
Beyond courage : the untold story of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D804.6 .R37 2012
Ages 10 and up; gr. 7-12
The book thief / by Markus Zusak.
1st American ed. New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PR9619.4 .Z87 B66 2006
Lexile measure 730; Book level 5.1; Ages 13 and up; gr.10-12; Guided reading Z
Cover image of A bottle in the Gaza Sea
A bottle in the Gaza Sea / Valérie Zenatti ; translated by Adriana Hunter.
1st U.S. ed. New York, N.Y. : Bloomsbury, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PQ2726 .E53 B6813 2008
ages 13-18; book level 5.8, gr. 7-12
Brooklyn Bridge : a novel / by Karen Hesse.
1st ed. New York, NY : Feiwel and Friends, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3558 .E797867 B76 2008
Lexile measure 0680; ages 10-14, gr. 5-8
The cat with the yellow star : coming of age in Terezin / by Susan Goldman Rubin with Ela Weissberger.
1st ed. New York : Holiday House, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DS135 .C97 W45537 2006
Lexile measure 800; Book level 5; Ages 10-14; Gr.4-7; Guided reading T
Confessions of a closet Catholic / Sarah Littman.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3612 .I884 C66 2005
Lexile measure 930; Book levle 5.5; Ages 11-15; gr.4-7
The devil's arithmetic / Jane Yolen.
Puffin Modern Classics ed. New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2004.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3575 .O43 D48 2004
National Jewish Book Award; ages 10-14; historical fiction, gr. 4-5
Cover image of Emily Goldberg learns to salsa
Emily Goldberg learns to salsa / Micol Ostow.
New York : Razorbill, c2007.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3615 .S645 S25 2007
Lexile measure 730; Ages 11-16; Book level 4.7; General fiction, gr. 7-10
Emma's poem : the voice of the Statue of Liberty / by Linda Glaser ; with paintings by Claire A. Nivola.
Boston [Mass.] : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS2234 .G55 2010
Lexile measure 790; Ages: 5-9; Book Level: 5.5; History & Biography, gr. K-3
The Golem's latkes / adapted by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Aaron Jasinski.
1st ed. Tarrytown, NY : Marshall Cavendish Children, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .I4219 G65 2011
Ages 6-9, gr. PreK-2
Hanukkah at Valley Forge / Stephen Krensky ; illustrated by Greg Harlin.
1st ed. New York : Dutton Children's Books, c2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .R438 H36 2006
Book level 4; Ages 8-11
How I learned geography / Uri Shulevitz.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2008.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3569 .H7685 H69 2008
Lexile measure 660; ages 6-12; book level 4.4; fantasy, gr. K-3
Cover image of Julia's kitchen
Julia's kitchen / Brenda A. Ferber.
1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2006.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3606 .E7 J85 2006
Lexile measure 620; Book level 3.9; Ages 9-13; gr.5-8 Guided reading Q
The king of Mulberry Street / Donna Jo Napoli.
New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3564 .A568 K56 2005
Lexile measure 560; Ages 11-16; Grade level 4.4; Historical fiction, gr. 6-9
My family for the war / by Anne C. Voorhoeve ; translated by Tammi Reichel.
New York : Dial Books, 2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PT2724 .O6 L5813 2012
Lexile measure 900; Ages 12 and up, gr. 9-12
Naamah and the ark at night / a lullaby by Susan Campbell Bartoletti ; illustrated by Holly Meade.
1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3552 .A7676 N33 2011 F
Ages 4-8; Fiction, gr. PreK-2
Orchards / Holly Thompson ; illustrations by Grady McFerrin.
1st ed. New York : Delacorte Press, c2011.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3620 .H667 O73 2011
Ages 12 and up; Gr.8 and up
Cover image of Passage to freedom
Passage to freedom : the Sugihara story / written by Ken Mochizuki ; illustrated by Dom Lee ; afterword by Hiroki Sugihara.
1st ed. New York : Lee & Low Books, c1997.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » D804.3 .M63 1997
Lexile measure 670; Book level 4.1; Ages 5-10, gr. 3-6
The Shema in the mezuzah : listening to each other / Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ; illustrations by Joani Keller Rothenberg.
Hardcover ed. Woodstock, Vt. : Jewish Lights Pub., c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » BM657 .M4 S278 2012 F
Ages 3-6, gr. K-2
Sholom's treasure : how Sholom Aleichem became a writer / Erica Silverman ; pictures by Mordicai Gerstein.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, c2005.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PJ5129 .R2 Z845 2005
Lexile measure 660; Ages 7-12; Grade level 4.8; Biography, gr. 3-5
The things a brother knows / Dana Reinhardt.
1st ed. New York : Wendy Lamb Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3618 .E564555 T49 2010
Lexile measure 650; Ages 14- adult; Book level 4; Realistic fiction, gr. 9-12
Under a red sky : memoir of a childhood in Communist Romania / Haya Leah Molnar.
1st ed. New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » DR267.5 .M65 A3 2010
Lexile measure 870; Ages 13 - up; Book level 5.4, gr. 7-9
Cover image of An unspeakable crime
An unspeakable crime : the prosecution and persecution of Leo Frank / Elaine Marie Alphin.
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, c2010.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » HV6534 .A7 A57 2010
Lexile measure 1210; Ages 12-18; book level 8.8; gr. 8-12
The wooden sword : a Jewish folktale from Afghanistan / Ann Redisch Stampler ; illustrated by Carol Liddiment.
Chicago : A. Whitman & Co., c2012.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3619 .T3643 W66 2012
Ages 6-11, gr. K-3
Hanukkah bear / by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Mike Wohnoutka.
[Rev.] ed. New York : Holiday House, c2013.
Education Library (Cubberley) » Curriculum Collection » PS3561 .I4219 H36 2013
Ages 4-8; gr.K-3