Sydney Taylor Book Award, 2001-2025
Resources for the titles recognized by this award since 2001 -- honoring outstanding books for young people that authentically portray the Jewish experience
- 1,674 Resources including
- 140 Videos
- 129 Book Readings
- 112 Lesson Plans
- List Analysis Report
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The Inquisitor's Tale: Or, The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog
by Adam Gidwitz and Hatem Aly
(Winner, 2017)
45+ Resources12 Awards
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
by Debbie Levy and Elizabeth Baddeley
(Winner, 2017)
40+ Resources12 Awards
All-Of-A-Kind Family Hanukkah
by Emily Jenkins and Paul O. Zelinsky
(Winner, 2019)
35+ Resources5 Awards
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs
by Chana Stiefel and Susan Gal
(Winner, 2023)
35+ Resources7 Awards
Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
by Peter Sís
(Honor, 2022)
30+ Resources4 Awards
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail
by Lesléa Newman and Susan Gal
(Winner, 2021)
25+ Resources5 Awards
Courage to Dream: Tales of Hope in the Holocaust
by Neal Shusterman and Andrés Vera Martinez
(Honor, 2024)
25+ Resources5 Awards
The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival
by Estelle Nadel, Sammy Savos, and Bethany Strout
(Winner, 2025)
25+ Resources10 Awards
The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World's Most Notorious Nazi
by Neal Bascomb
(Winner, 2014)
25+ Resources6 Awards
Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story
by Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates
(Honor, 2020)
25+ Resources3 Awards
Impossible Escape: A True Story of Survival and Heroism in Nazi Europe
(Honor, 2024)
25+ Resources6 Awards
Whistle: A New Gotham City Hero
by E. Lockhart and Manuel Preitano
(Honor, 2022)
20+ Resources2 Awards
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come
by Sue Macy and Stacy Innerst
(Winner, 2020)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
by Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates
(Winner, 2016)
20+ Resources3 Awards
Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
by Elisa Boxer and Amy June Bates
(Honor, 2024)
20+ Resources7 Awards
Games of Deception: The True Story of the First U.S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
(Honor, 2020)
20+ Resources5 Awards
