Night Lights: A Sukkot Story – Barbara Diamond Goldin.

The House on the Roof: A Sukkot Story – David Adler (multicultural).

Sammy Spider’s First Sukkot – Sylvia Rouss (has God language in it).

Tashlich at Turtle Rock – Susan Schnur & Anna Schnur-Fishman.

Talia and the Rude Vegetables – Linda Elovitz Marshall.

Sammy Spider’s First Rosh Hashanah – Sylvia Rouss.

The Secret Shofar of Barcelona – Jacqueline Dembar Greene (Grades 2-5 – Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur).When the Chickens Went on Strike – Erica Silverman (Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur).Even Higher! A Rosh Hashanah Story by I.Sammy Spider’s first Shabbat– Sylvia Rouss.Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No good, Very Bad day – Judith Viorst (a day of rest from a week of tough days).El Libro de Las Estaciones/The Book of Seasons – Alice Provensen (English/Spanish).The Seasons of Arnold’s Apple Tree – Gail Gibbons.A New Beginning – Wendy Pfeffer (Spring Equinox).The Longest Day – Wendy Pfeffer (Summer Solstice).

We Gather Together – Wendy Pfeffer (Fall Equinox).The Shortest Day – Wendy Pfeffer (Winter Solstice).Something from Nothing – Phoebe Gilman (same story as Joseph had a little overcoat, but slightly more religious).A Sack Full of Feathers – Debby Waldman.Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me – Simms Taback.Joseph Had a Little Overcoat – Simms Taback (has an accompanying song!).It Could Always be Worse – Margot Zemach.Dybbuk: A Story Made in Heaven – Francine Prose and Mark Podwal.Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers’ Strike of 1909 – Michelle Markel.(A picture book biography of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped save nearly 2500 Jewish children during the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II (Age 6-11) Irena’s jars of secrets by Marcia K.Vaughan – Ron Mazellan – Lee & Low Books – 2011.

The wisdom bird: a tale of Solomon and Sheba, by Sheldon Oberman – Neil Waldman – Boyds Mills Press – 2000.Sholom’s Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer by Erica Silverman – Mordicai Gerstein – Farrar, Straus and Giroux – 2005.We use many of them in the Sholem Sunday School. Here’s a handy list of recommended books. Finding books with Jewish themes that are consistent with the values of non-religious, progressive, and multi-cultural families might seem like a chore. Selecting children’s books can often be challenging, regardless of the subject matter. Jewish children’s books – appropriate for secular, multicultural families and beyond…

We Gather Together by Wendy Pfeffer