The Sydney Taylor Book Awards have been announced.  The award honors “new books for children and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentically portraying the Jewish experience.”  I have read all of the teen honor books and enjoyed them all immensely.

 

Younger Readers

Winner

Gathering Sparks by Howard Schwartz and Kristina Swarner

Honor Books

  

Modeh Ani: A Good Morning Book by Sarah Gershman, illustrated by Kristina Swarner

Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser, illustrated by Claire A. Nivola

Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin, illustrated by Jaime Zollars

 

Older Readers

Winner

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch

Honor Books

  

Resistance by Carla Jablonski, illustrated by Leland Purvis

One Is Not a Lonely Number by Evelyn Krieger

Black Radishes by Susan Lynn Meyer

 

Teens

Winner

The Things a Brother Knows by Dana Reinhardt

Honor Books

  

Hush by Eishes Chayil

Once by Morris Gleitzman

Life, After by Sarah Darer Littman