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• Two New Years

  Ho, Richard (Children's author),

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  Celebrate Rosh Hashanah AND Lunar New Year with the same family.

• Good Night, Wind

  Marshall, Linda Elovitz,

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  This Yiddish folk tale may have you welcoming the cold wind this winter.

• Sammy Spider's First ABC

  Rouss, Sylvia A.,

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  Sammy's back, this time using the alphabet to help him discover the Jewish holidays.

• Here Is the World

  a Year of Jewish Holidays

  Newman, Lesléa

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  Travel through the year exploring Jewish holidays.

• Koala Challah

  Gehl, Laura,

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  Lila wants to join in the fun of getting ready for Shabbat.

• Tía Fortuna's New Home

  Behar, Ruth, 1956-

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  Estrella finds out more about her heritage, both Cuban and Jewish.

• Lilah Tov, Good Night

  G, Mister,

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  A Jewish family is fleeing their house as refugees. Along the way, their little girl wishes, "Good night," to the elements around her.

• Lights Out Shabbat

  Shulimson, Sarene

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  Snowfall in Georgia?!

• Bubbe and Bart's Matzoh Ball Mayhem

  Grubman, Bonnie,

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  Get ready to count the runaway matzoh balls!

• Klezmer!

  Teis, Kyra,

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  Old meets new when klezmer players use Jazz music to inspire them.

• Noah Builds An Ark

  Banks, Kate, 1960-

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  A storm is coming! How will Noah save the critters in his backyard?

• Big Dreams, Small Fish

  Cohen, Paula (Illustrator),

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  Shirley did not come to a new land to sit out while her family works to make their store the best!

• Bitter and Sweet

  Feder, Sandra V.

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  A new house brings so many changes, but one thing remains the same: the Shabbat candles.

• Osnat and Her Dove

  the True Story of the World's First Female Rabbi

  Samuel, Sigal,

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  After her father and husband both die, Osnat takes over as the village rabbi.

• Miriam at the River

  Yolen, Jane,

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  The classic tale of Moses, his sister's sacrifice and his arrival at the Pharaoh's palace.

• Sammy Spider's First Mitzvah

  Rouss, Sylvia A.

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  Do a good deed and read this book!

• The Whispering Town

  Elvgren, Jennifer

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  The town of Gilleleje guides Jewish refugees through dense fog.

• Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed

  Newman, Leslea

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  Music: the language of love.

• Emma's Poem

  the Voice of the Statue of Liberty

  Glaser, Linda

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  Meet the woman who wrote the poem on the Statue of Liberty, Emma Lazarus, an upper class Jewish woman who worked tirelessly for new American immigrants.

• Mazel Tov! It's a Boy

  Mazel Tov! It's a Girl

  Korngold, Jamie S.

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  Welcome new babies with this book. Also includes "It's a Girl."