What a great list! Thank you, Holiday Highlights committee! Best, Annette
Annette Y Goldsmith, PhD (she/her/hers) Part-time Faculty, Kent State University iSchool Librarian, Sephardic Temple Tifereth Israel, Los Angeles Member, 2022 Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Award Committee On Tue, Aug 23, 2022, 8:37 AM AJL PR via Hasafran <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The Association of Jewish Libraries is pleased to announce that nine > titles have been selected for its seasonal AJL Holiday Highlights list, > celebrating Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, and Hanukkah, as well as a > story that honors the full year of Jewish holidays. In addition, this is > the first Holiday Highlights list to include a book for young adults. These > titles are AJL’s picks for the best Jewish holiday children’s and teen > books of Fall 2022. > > 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 Spring 2023 > list. Please email [email protected] to send digital > review copies or to request instructions for sending print review copies. > > An annotated list of the Fall 2022 AJL Holiday Highlights can be found* > HERE > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Fall-2022-List-Holiday-Highlights.pdf__;!!KGKeukY!yt5oq5bRofCVjhlHfnaR89-GvWIMLuQPsiYV5KKN92wJhoyXA8Gc1az7tycSbnLYuNsXaeVZqe9fQVB6qT1DJLCl39XIsAfc$>* > . > > For a celebration of Jewish holidays year round, the committee recognizes > *Apples, > Apples, All Year Round: A Celebration of Jewish Holidays* by Barbara > Bietz and June Sobel, illustrated by Ruth Waters, published by Apples & > Honey Press. > > The committee has selected two picture books about Shabbat: *A Synagogue > Just Like Home* by Alice Blumenthal McGinty, illustrated by Laurel Molk; > and *Shoshi’s Shabbat* by Caryn Yacowitz, illustrated by Kevin Hawkes, > both published by Candlewick Press. > > Two picture books about Rosh Hashanah were named to the list: *Miriam and > the Sasquatch* by Eric A. Kimmel, illustrated by Tamara Anegon, published > by Apples & Honey Press; and *Measuring a Year: A Rosh Hashanah Story* by > Linda Elovitz Marshall, illustrated by Zara González Hoang, published by > Abrams Books. > > Two picture books celebrating Sukkot were listed as well: *The Stars Will > Be My Nightlight: A Sukkot Story* by Jen Halpern, illustrated by Chiara > Fedele, published by Kar-Ben Publishing; and *The Very Best Sukkah: A > Story from Uganda* by Shoshana Nambi, illustrated by Moran Yogev, > published by Kalaniot Books. > > In celebration of Hanukkah, the committee listed one picture book and one > young adult novel: *Hanukkah in Little Havana* by Julie Anna Blank, > illustrated by Carlos Vélez Aguilera, published by Kar-Ben Publishing; and > *Eight > Nights of Flirting* by Hannah Reynolds, published by Razorbill. > > AJL’s Holiday Highlights judges are experts in their field: > > Robbin Friedman is the head of children’s services at the Chappaqua > Library in Chappaqua, NY. She has served on ALSC’s Newbery committee, > written for School Library Journal, The Horn Book and Guessing Geisel, and > taught Hebrew school once upon a time. > > Amy Lilien-Harper is the head of the children's library at the Wilton > Library Association in Wilton, Connecticut. She has been a professional > children's librarian since 1995. She has served on the Newbery committee, > the Caldecott committee and the ALA Notable children’s recordings > committees. She reviews picture books for School Library Journal, and has > served four times on the Nutmeg Committee, which chooses books for the > Connecticut Children’s choice awards. > > Sylvie Shaffer is the PreK-8 librarian at the Capitol Hill Day School in > Washington, DC and is active in several overlapping kidlit-focused > communities including ALSC, YALSA, and Capitol Choices. 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