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Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages chiefly color illustrations 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What are the core teachings and beliefs of Judaism? Readers will learn about one of the world's most widely practiced religions through the lens of two different perspectives and dive deep into important figures, sacred texts, holidays, and commandments. This narrative nonfiction book uses considerate text that is written at a higher maturity level with a lower reading level to engage and accommodate struggling readers. Includes sidebars that are...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
Relates the author's efforts to eulogize a beloved rabbi who is near death, while at the same time befriending a Detroit pastor who gives spiritual guidance to the poor and homeless, and describes how observing these two different religious leaders rekindled his own faith.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids Junior, an imprint of Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Rosh Hashanah is a special holiday that celebrates the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Readers will learn that Jews celebrate by enjoying festive meals, eating symbolic foods like apples dipped in honey, attending synagogue services, and more" --
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
c2018
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 204 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
In a series of letters, Yossi Klein Halevi explains what motivated him to leave his native New York in his twenties and move to Israel to participate in the drama of the renewal of a Jewish homeland, which he is committed to see succeed as a morally responsible, democratic state in the Middle East.
9) Honey and me
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
Physical Desc
283 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When eleven-year-old Milla's best friend Honey joins her school for sixth grade Milla finds herself in her friend's shadow, but as the year progresses through the Jewish holidays Milla trys to cope with the tensions and the dramas of school--including the death of a beloved teacher.
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Hoodie Rosen's life isn't that bad. Sure, his entire Orthodox Jewish community has just picked up and moved to the quiet, mostly non-Jewish town of Tregaron, but Hoodie's world hasn't changed that much. He's got basketball to play, studies to avoid, and a supermarket full of delicious kosher snacks to eat. The people of Tregaron aren't happy that so many Orthodox Jews are moving in at once, but that's not Hoodie's problem. That is, until he meets...
11) Hanukkah
Author
Series
Publisher
Pebble, an imprint of Capstone
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 pages.
Language
English
Description
"Hanukkah is about celebrating! Often called the Festival of Lights, the eight-day celebration honors a miracle that happened long ago. During Hanukkah, people light the menorah. They sing songs. They gather with family and friends to eat special food andgive gifts. Readers will discover how a shared holiday can have multiple traditions and be celebrated in all sorts of ways"--
Author
Publisher
Holiday House
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
In nineteenth-century England, after her father's disappearance, Nan Sparrow, ten, works as a "climbing boy," aiding chimney sweeps, but when her most treasured possessions end up in a fireplace, she unwittingly creates a golem.
14) Halloween
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.2 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
""Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to Halloween through simple, predictable text and related photos"