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Celebrate Jewish Heritage Month!

Learn and celebrate Jewish Heritage Month with these children's picture books.

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  • What Shape Is Your Bagel?

    a First Book of Jewish Food

    Shahar, Kober
    Dig in with The Macaroons as they rhyme their way through the shapes of your favorite Jewish foods, like triangular hamantaschen, circular bagels, square matzah, and more!
    Book, 2025New York, NY : Doubleday, an imprint of Random House Childrens Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2025. — JP Shaha
  • A spider named Sammy watches a family celebrate Jewish holidays throughout the year—Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, and Passover.
    Book, 2025Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, 2025. — JP Rouss
  • It's a Mitzvah!

    Small Deeds With Big Heart

    Ultman, Suzy
    Introduces young readers to everyday good deeds while incorporating both Jewish traditions and Jewish culture.
    Book, 2025New York : Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2025. — JP Ultma
  • Celebrate Jewish joy, family love, and playful rhymes peppered with Yiddish words and playful jokes.
    Book, 2025Oakland, California : The Collective Book Studio, 2025. — JP Barba
  • A Russian American boy searches for his identity, true friends, and above all, tickets to see the Mets win the World Series.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Penguin Workshop, 2026. — J FIC Gurev
  • The work of Creation is finished. Now is the time for the trees to select a ruler. The olive tree can offer something that none of the others can. What is it? And will it be enough to qualify her to rule the trees?
    Book, 2026Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, 2026. — JP Kimme
  • Hurray! Hurray! It’s time for our Passover dinner. From lighting a candle and reciting Kiddush, to singing dayenu, this portrait of Jewish heritage is filled with joy.
    Book, 2026New York, NY : Godwin Books, 2026. — JP Katz
  • Matzah pizza is a Passover favorite of kids. But how did matzah pizza actually come to be?
    Book, 2026Seattle : Intergalactic Afikoman, 2026. — JP Diame
  • How Do You Jew?

    a Celebration of Jews Around the World

    Ultman, Suzy
    An introduction to Jewish traditions from around the world, validating the varied experiences of Jewish readers and celebrating the global Jewish community.
    Book, 2026New York : Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2026. — JP Ultma
  • A family celebrates Passover with lots of matzah–with lox, as stuffing, matzah pizza, and matzah candy.
    Book, 2025New York : Holiday House, 2025. — JP Offsa
  • In this hilariously sweet story about an opposites-attract friendship, chock-full of Yiddish humor, a girl and her best bird friend’s perfect day turns into a perfect opportunity to see things differently.
    Book, 2021New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2021. — JP Pritc
  • I Like Your Chutzpah

    and Other Yiddish Words You'll Like

    Ultman, Suzy
    Learn popular Yiddish words through a playful lens that introduces Jewish culture and language.
    Book, 2024New York : Rise x Penguin Workshop, 2024. — JP Ultma
  • Apples, Apples, All Year Round

    a Celebration of Jewish Holidays

    Bietz, Barbara,
    A colorful year of Jewish holidays, with apples as the central theme.
    Book, 2022Millburn, New Jersey : Apples & Honey Press, ©2022. — JP Bietz
  • Here Is the World

    a Year of Jewish Holidays

    Newman, Lesléa
    A joyous celebration of the Jewish holidays throughout the year for young children.
    Book, 2014New York : Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2014. — JP Newma
  • A Hat for Mrs. Goldman

    a Story About Knitting and Love

    Edwards, Michelle
    Sophia knits a special hat for her elderly neighbor and knitting teacher, Mrs. Goldman.
    Book, 2016New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, 2016. — JP Edwar
  • With a little Yiddish and a lot of humor mixed in, this bubbly read-aloud picture book about holiday foods and traditions emphasizes the joy of the Jewish experience.
    eBook, 2023Sleeping Bear Press, 2023
  • Readers will learn about the Jewish identity and what it means to be Jewish today.
    Book, 2025Collingwood, ON : Beech Street Books, 2025. — J 296 Sil
  • A celebration of Yiddish and Jewish joy for grandparents and their grandbabies.
    Book, 2025[Toronto, Ontario] : Tundra, 2025. — JP Rosen
  • Long-suffering Chimp tries to talk his friends Ellie the Elephant and Kanga the Kangaroo out of trying to escape from the Biblical Zoo to find a Passover Seder to attend, but ends up joining them in the escapade, teaching them about the Passover…
    Book, 2021Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, Inc., a division of Lerner Publishing Group, Inc., 2021. — JP Morit
  • Join a kooky cartoon-y kangaroo family in the Australian outback as they celebrate Rosh Hashanah! Learn about the traditions of the Jewish New Year as a community of rambunctious ‘roos celebrates the holiday.
    Book, 2021Minneapolis, MN : Kar-Ben Publishing, 2021. — JP Hickm