2021 MOCK SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS - PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY

 Not sure which book should get your vote?

Here are the reviews to help you decide:


The Abba Tree by Devora Busheri 

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


Alligator Seder by Jessica Hickman                               

Reviewed by Lila Spitz


Asteroid Goldberg: Passover in Outer Space by Brianna Caplan Sayres    

Reviewed by Fern Richardson

A Basket Full of Figs by Ori Elan       

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili



Bear and Fred: A World War II Story               

Reviewed by Karin Fisher-Golton


The Boy Who Thought Outside the Box: The Story of Video Game Inventor Ralph Bear by Marcie Wessels  

Reviewed by Meg Wiviott


Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom by Sarah Aroeste     

Reviewed by Bridget Hodder


Clarence's Topsy Turvey Shabbat by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod      

Reviewed by Rachel J. Fremmer


A Crowded Farmhouse Folktale by Karen Rostoker-Gruber

Reviewed by Karin Fisher-Golton


Does Your Dog Speak Hebrew? A Book of Animal Sounds by Ellen Bari            

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman


The Eight Knights of Hanukkah by Leslie Kimmelman       

Reviewed by Laurie Adler


The Generous Fish by Jacqueline Jules     

Reviewed by Ruth Horowitz


The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol by Arthur A.  Levine

Reviewed by Bridget Hodder


Happy Birthday, Trees! by Karen Rostoker-Gruber    

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


Happy Llamakkah! by Laura Gehl                         

Reviewed by Rachel Kamin


Hard Hat Cat! by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh        

Reviewed by Mirele Kessous


Havdalah Is Coming! by Tracy Newman    

Reviewed by Mirele Kessous



Have You Ever Zeen a Ziz? by Linda Elovitz Marshall

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


Hillel Builds a House by Shoshana Lepon          

Reviewed by Laurie Adler


I Am the Tree of Life: A Jewish Yoga Book by Mychal Copeland

Reviewed by Sarah Aronson 


I Have a Jewish Name by Rochel Vorst    

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


I Love Matzah by Freidele Biniashvili     

Reviewed by Jeff Gottesfeld


If I Lived with Noah by Pamela Moritz  

Reviewed by Belinda Brock


It's Challah Time (20th Anniversary Edition) by Latifa Berry Kropf 

Reviewed by Rachel Kamin


Itzhak: A Boy Who Loved the Violin by Tracy Newman   

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield


Judy Led the Way by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso        

Reviewed by Belinda Brock


Kayla and Kugel's Happy Hanukkah by Ann D. Koffsky  

Reviewed by Judith S. Greenblatt


Latkes for Santa Claus by Janie Emaus      

Reviewed by Rachel Simon


Lilah Tov, Good Night by Ben Gundersheimer  

Reviewed by Beth Gallego


The Littlest Candle: A Hanukkah Story by Jesse and Kerry Olitzky

Reviewed by Heidi Rabinowitz


Miriam at the River by Jane Yolen    

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield 


Mommy, Can You Stop the Rain? by Rona Milch Novick 

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman


My First Baal Shem Tov Book by Yosef Kauffman    

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


My Sister Is Sleeping by Devora Busheri      

Reviewed by Fern Richardson


Nicanor's Gate by Eric Kimmel           

Reviewed by Rachel Kamin


Night Lights by Barbara Diamond Goldin            

Reviewed by Heidi Rabinowitz


The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica Perl

Reviewed by Rachel J. Fremmer


No Steps Behind: Beate Sirota Gordon's Battle for Women's Rights in Japan by Jeff Gottesfeld              

Reviewed by Meg Wiviott


The Passover Mouse by Joy Nelkin Weider  

Reviewed by Gigi Perlman Pagliarulo


The Peddler and the Baker by Yael Molchadsky  

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman


A Persian Princess by Barbara Diamond Goldin    

Reviewed by Jane Kohuth


The Polio Pioneer: Dr. Jonas Salk and the Polio Vaccine by Linda Elovitz Marshall      

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield


Sadie's Shabbat Stories by Melissa Stoller  

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


Shalom Bayit: A Peaceful Home by Linda Elovitz Marshall    

Reviewed by Mirele Kessous


Shimmy Shambone Will Not Share His Toys by Yael Zoldan

Reviewed by Leah Cypress


Such a Library! by Jill Nadler      

Reviewed by Rachel J. Fremmer


The Surprise in the Desk by Carol Ungar     

Reviewed by Freidele Galya Soban Biniashvili


A Sweet Meeting on Mimouna Night by Allison Ofanansky  

Reviewed by Sandy Wasserman


Sweet Tamales for Purim by Barbara Foster Bietz  

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield


There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale by Suzanne Wolfe 

Reviewed by Jeff Gottesfeld


A Very Big Problem by Amy-Jill Levine       

Reviewed by Laurie Adler


The Very Hungry Caterpillar's 8 Nights of Hanukkah by Eric Carle 

Reviewed by Heidi Rabinowitz


Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Lesléa  Newman 

Reviewed by Anna Caplan


Worse and Worse on Noah's Ark by Leslie Kimmelman 

Reviewed by Rachel J. Fremmer


Yitzy Aims High by Ann D. Koffsky    

Reviewed by Chava Pinchuck


You're the Cheese in My Blintz by Leslie Kimmelman     

Reviewed by Kathy Bloomfield


Zombie Vacation by Lisa Rose        

Reviewed by Lila Spitz


Comments


  1. Sadie's Shabbat Stories by Melissa Stoller gets my vote! Charming, sincere and a genuine story.

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  2. I vote for Sadie's Shabbat Stories by Melissa Stoller

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  3. I vote for "I have a Jewish Name" by Rochel Vorst

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  4. I wish I could vote for several! But since I can't, my vote goes to Karen Rostoker-Gruber's " A Crowded Farmhouse Folktail."

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  5. I vote for "If I lived with Noah" by Pamela Moritz

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  6. Sadie's Shabbat Stories!! :) What an incredible group of books.

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  7. I vote for Sadie's Shabbat Stories by Melissa Stoller

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  8. I vote for Sadie's Shabbat Stories by Melissa Stoller...wish I could vote for several...there are many wonderful books here!

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