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Celebrate Jewish Heritage Month!

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

Pickering Public Library

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  • 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
    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
  • Let's say 'Shehechiyanu,' the special Jewish blessing for saying thank you when we experience something new for the first time!
    eBook, 2015Lerner Publishing Group|Lerner Publishing Group, 2015
  • What a happy day! Zachary’s baby sister will have her naming ceremony. In the temple! With his moms, the congregation, and all their friends!
    Book, 2024Montclair : Levine Querido, 2024. — JP Newma
  • When a big snowstorm hits, Monty Nudelman happily shovels his neighbors' sidewalks, driveways, cars, and steps―until he hurts his back. Luckily, his neighbors have all made cholent―a delicious Shabbat stew. The neighborhood kids form a "cholent…
    eBook, 2017Lerner Publishing Group|Lerner Publishing Group, 2017