All of the books listed below are recommended. More information about them can be found in the Jewish Valuesfinder, www.ajljewishvalues.org.
2008 Holiday Books for Children Abramson, Rabbi Susan & Aaron Dvorkin. Rabbi Rocketpower in Who Hogged the Hallah? A Shabbat Shabang! Illus. by Ariel DiOrio. Shabbat story for Grades 2 - 4. Balsley, Tilda. Let My People Go! Illus. by Ilene Richard. Passover picture book for Preschool - Gr. 2. Bloomfield, Jill. Jewish Holidays Cookbook: Festive Meals for Celebrating the Year. Gr. 4 - 9. Cohen, Deborah Bodin. Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride. Illus. by Shahar Kober. High Holidays picture book for Preschool - Gr. 2. dePaola, Tomi. My First Chanukah. Hanukkah board book for Preschool. dePaola, Tomi. My First Passover. Passover board book for Preschool Dietrick, Ellen. It's Israel's Birthday! Photographs by Tod Cohen. Yom Ha' atzmaut picture book for Preschool - Gr. 1. Fireside, Bryna J. Private Joel and the Sewell Mountain Seder. Illus. by Shawn Costello. Passover story for Gr. 3 - 5. Greene, Jacqueline Denbar. Nathan's Hanukkah Bargain. Illus. by Judith Herstein. Hanukkah picture book for Gr. 2 - 4. Klempner, Rebecca. A Dozen Daisies for Raizy. Illus. by Chava. Shavuot picture book for Kdg. - Gr. 2. Kroll, Steven. The Hanukkah Mice. Illus. by Michelle Shapiro. Hanukkah picture book for Kdg. - Gr. 2 Levine, Anna. Jodie's Hanukkah Dig. Illus. by Ksenia Topaz. Hanukkah story for Kdg. - Gr. 3. Penn, Audrey. The Miracle Jar. Illus. by Lea Lyon. Hanukkah picture book for Gr. 1 - 3. Rouss, Sylvia. Sammy Spider's First Shavuot. Illus. by Katherine Janus Kahn. Shavout picture book for Preschool - Gr. 1. Ruzansky, Rebeca Edid. Celebrating with Jewish Crafts. Gr. 3 - 8. Ziefert, Harriet. Hanukkah Haiku. Illus. by Karla Gudeon. Hanukkah poetry for Preschool - Gr. 2. Linda R. Silver The Jewish Valuesfinder AJL Newsletter Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) =========================================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] SUBscribing, SIGNOFF commands send to: Listproc @ lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Questions, problems, complaints, compliments;-) send to: galron.1 @ osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html History: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/history.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org
