The Association of Jewish Libraries is pleased to announce that seven titles
have been selected for its seasonal AJL Holiday Highlights list, celebrating
Shabbat, Passover, and Shavuot. These titles are AJL’s picks for the best
Jewish holiday children’s books of Spring 2024.
Titles that are selected as Holiday Highlights exemplify the highest standards
of authentic Jewish representation and holiday spirit in both writing and
illustration. A committee of expert judges recommends these books for use by
families, in schools, and in libraries. AJL hopes that the publishing world
will look to the quality of these examples when creating new children’s books
about Jewish holidays.
Holiday Highlights titles are named twice a year, for the spring and fall
publishing seasons. Submissions are being accepted now for the Fall 2024 list.
Please email holidayhighlig...@jewishlibraries.org
<mailto:holidayhighlig...@jewishlibraries.org> to send digital review copies or
to request instructions for sending print review copies.
The committee has selected two books about the holiday of Shabbat, which begins
every Friday evening and ends every Saturday evening:
On Friday Afternoon by Michal Babay, illustrated by Menachem Halberstadt,
published by Charlesbridge (a picture book for ages 5-8)
Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, published by
Candlewick (a picture book for ages 4-8)
The committee has selected four books about the holiday of Passover, which
begins on the evening of April 22 and ends on the evening of April 30, 2024:
On All Other Nights: A Passover Celebration in 14 Stories edited by Chris
Baron, Joshua S. Levy & Naomi Milliner, published by Amulet Books (a middle
grade anthology for ages 8-12)
Workitu’s Passover by Zahava Workitu Goshen & Maayan Ben Hagai, illustrated by
Eden Spivak, published by Green Bean Books (a picture book for ages 4-8)
Afikomen, Where’d You Go?: A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure by Rebecca Gardyn
Levington, illustrated by Noa Kelner, published by Rocky Pond Books (a picture
book for ages 4-8)
Where Is Poppy? by Caroline Kusin Pritchard, illustrated by Dana Wulfekotte,
published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (a picture book for ages
4-8)
One book was selected for the holiday of Shavuot, which begins on the evening
of June 11 and ends on the evening of June 13, 2024:
First Fruits: A Shavuot Story written and illustrated by Amalia Hoffman,
published by PJ Publishing (a board book for ages 0-3)
An annotated list of the Spring 2024 AJL Holiday Highlights can be found at
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AJL’s 2024 Holiday Highlights judges are Rebecca Levitan, Librarian at the
Baltimore County Public Library - Pikesville branch in Baltimore, MD; Jennifer
Rothschild, Collection Engagement Librarian at Arlington Public Library in
Arlington, VA; and Danielle Winter, Reference Librarian at the Brooklyn Public
Library in Brooklyn, NY.
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