Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Jewish Book:

The 2009-2010 Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Tells All

July 6, 2010 AJL Convention – Seattle, Washington

WELCOME!

Today’s Panel:

Kathe Pinchuck, Chair

Susan BersonBarbara BietzKathy BloomfieldDebbie Colodny

Today’s Session:• Presentation by April Halprin Wayland and

Stèphane Jorisch New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah StorySydney Taylor Book Award Winners - Younger Readers

• Committee Reviews

• Break

• Presentation by Margarita Engle Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner - Older Readers

• Committee Reviews

Teen Trends: YA Fiction Rachel Kamin & Jenine Lillian

TODAY 3:45 – 5:15 PM Featuring

Robin Friedman, author of The Importance of Wings

Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older ReadersNothing

2009 AJL Notable Book for Teen Readers

New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story

by April Halprin Wayland; Illustrated by Stéphane JorischDial Books for Young Readers, A division of Penguin Young Readers Group

for grades 1-4

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ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!

• The Waiting Wall• When I First Held You• Even Higher• We’re All in the Same Boat• Clever Rachel• Hoppy Hanukkah!

ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!

The Waiting Wallby Leah Braunstein Levy

Illustrated by Avi KatzHachai Publishing

for grades K-3

Sydney TaylorNotable

ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!

When I First Held You:A Lullaby from Israel

By Mirik Snir; illustrated by Eleyor SnirKar-Ben for grades Pre K-2

ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!Even Higher!

A Rosh Hashanah Story by I.L. Peretz retold by Eric A. Kimmel; illustrated by Jill Weber

Holiday Housefor grades K-3

ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!

We’re All in the Same Boat

by Zachary ShapiroIllustrated by Jack E. Davis

Penguin Groupfor grades K-3

ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!

Clever Rachelby Debby Waldman

illustrated by Cindy RevellOrca

for grades K-3

ROUND I: PICTURE THIS!Hoppy Hanukkah!

By Linda GlaserIllustrated by Daniel Howarth

Albert Whitmanfor grades PK-2

ROUND II: IS IT JEWISH?• Thank You God for Everything

• Brenda Berman, Wedding Expert

• All God’s Critters

• All the World

• I Am God’s Paintbrush

ROUND II: IS IT JEWISH?

Thank You God for Everything by August Gold illustrated by Wendy Anderson

Halperin Penguin Groupfor grades K-2

ROUND II: IS IT JEWISH?

Brenda Berman, Wedding Expert

by Jane Breskin Zalbenillustrated by Victoria Chess

Houghton Mifflin Harcourtfor grades 1-4

ROUND II: IS IT JEWISH?

All the World by Liz Garton Scanlon

illustrated by Marla FrazeeSimon & Schuster Children’s Books

for grades K-2

ROUND II: IS IT JEWISH?

All God’s CrittersSong by Bill Staines

Pictures by Kadir Nelson

Simon & Schuster Children’s Booksfor grades K-2

ROUND II: IS IT JEWISH?

I Am God’s PaintbrushBy Sandy Eisenberg Sasso

Illustrations by Annette ComptonSkylight Paths Publishing

for grades PK-2

ROUND III: NEW AND DIFFERENT

• Max Said Yes: The Woodstock Story

• Songs from the Garden of Eden

• Tillmon County Fire

ROUND III: NEW AND DIFFERENT

ROUND III: NEW AND DIFFERENT

Songs from the Garden of Edenby Nathalie Soussana

Illustrated by Beatrice AlemagnaSecret Mountain

for grades K and up

ROUND III: NEW AND DIFFERENT

Tillmon County Fire

By Pamela ErhenbergEerdmans Books for Young Readers

for grades 10-12

ROUND IV: HOT/NOT

•The Doll Shop Downstairs

•The Klezmer Bunch

•The Story of Queen Esther

ROUND IV: HOT/NOTThe Doll Shop Downstairs

by Yona Zeldis McDonoughIllustrated by Heather Maione

Penguin Groupfor grades 2-5

ROUND IV: HOT/NOT

by Amalia HoffmanGefen Publishing

for grades K-3

ROUND IV: HOT/NOT

The Story of Queen Esther

by Jenny KoralekIllustrated by Griselda Holderness

Eerdmans Books for Young Readersfor grades K- 3

Sydney Taylor Book Award Kits

NEW THIS YEAR!:Compilation available for $18 at www.amazon.com

“2010 Quest for the Best”

30 Bookmarks - $5.00 – make checks payable to AJL

SEALS - $5.00 – make checks payable to AJL 3 GOLD SEALS10 SILVER SEALS24 NOTABLE SEALS

For Powerpoint of today’s presentationEmail: kpinchuck@gmail.com

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba

by Margarita EngleHenry Holt, an imprint of Macmillan

for grades 9 and up

ROUND V: HOLOCAUST PERSPECTIVES

• The Anne Frank Case: Simon Wiesenthal’s Search for the Truth

• Surviving the Angel of Death

• Whispers from the Ghettos

• The Grand Mosque of Paris

ROUND V: HOLOCAUST PERSPECTIVES

The Anne Frank Case:Simon Wiesenthal’s Search

for the TruthHoliday Housefor grades 5-8

ROUND V: HOLOCAUST PERSPECTIVES

Surviving the Angel of Death: The Story of a Mengele Twin in

AuschwitzEva Mozes Kor/Lisa Rojany Buccieri

Tanglewood Pressfor grades 9-12

ROUND V: HOLOCAUST PERSPECTIVES

Whispers from the Ghettos

by Kathy Kacer and Sharon McKayPenguin Canadafor grades 8 -12

ROUND V: HOLOCAUST PERSPECTIVES

for grades 5-8

ROUND VI: EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A JEWISH BOOK

• Kathy

• Deb

• Kathe

• Barbara

• Susan

ROUND VI

ROUND VI

Lostby Jacqueline Davies

Marshall Cavendishfor grades 9-12

ROUND VI

Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and PicturesRoaring Brook Press/Flash Point, an imprint of

Macmillanfor grades 5 - 8

ROUND VI

CopycatBy Leah SubarTargum Pressfor grades 5-8

ROUND VI

Sydney Taylor

Notable

The Other Half of Life

by Kim Ablon Whitney

Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random Housefor grades 6-10

ROUND VII – TEEN READS

• Azrieli Series

• Naomi’s Song

• Cursing Columbus

• So Punk Rock

ROUND VII – TEEN READS

Azrieli Survivor Memoirs – Series 2

Azrieli Foundationfor grades 10-12

ROUND VII – TEEN READS

Naomi’s Song

by Selma Kritzer Silverberg

JPSfor grades 9-12

ROUND VII – TEEN READS

Sydney Taylor

Notable

Cursing Columbus

By Eve Goldberg TalCinco Puntos Pressfor grades 10-12

2006 AJL

Notable

ROUND VII – TEEN READS

So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to

Disappoint Your Mother)by Micol Ostow

Art by David OstowFlux

for grades 9-12Sydney Taylor

Notable

ROUND VIII: HOT/NOT

•Invisible Me

•How to Ruin Your

Boyfriend’s Reputation

ROUND VIII: HOT/NOT

Invisible MeBy Tzipi CatonTargum Press

for grades 9 - 12

ROUND VIII: HOT/NOT

How to Ruin Your Boyfriend’s Reputation

By Simone ElkelesFlux

for grades 9-12

SNEAK PEEKS – 2011 Submissions

• Life, After

• The Year of Goodbyes

• An Unspeakable Crime

• Noah’s Bark

SNEAK PEEKS – 2011 Submissions

Life, Afterby Sarah Darer Littman

2006 Sydney Taylor Book Award WinnerScholastic Pressfor grades 10-12

SNEAK PEEKS – 2011 Submissions

The Year of Goodbyes:A True Story of Friendship, Family, and Farewellsby Debbie LevyDisney/Hyperion Booksfor grades 5-8

SNEAK PEEKS – 2011 Submissions

An Unspeakable Crime: The Prosecution and Persecution of Leo Frankby Elaine Marie AlphinCarolrhoda BooksGrades 10 and up

SNEAK PEEKS – 2011 Submissions

Noah’s Barkby Stephen KrenskyIllustrated by RogeCarolrhoda BooksFor ages 3-6