The 2009 Sydney Taylor Book Award
The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish children’s literature. A few days ago this year’s winners were announce. You can read more about the three gold medalists in this blog post or see them below. You can access the full list, including silver medalists and notable mentions here. I added all books to our Amazon.com wishlist, in case you want to purchase any of them for the library.
The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers:
As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson with illustrations by Raul Colon (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House Children’s Books)
The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers:
Brooklyn Bridge by Karen Hesse (Feiwel & Friends, an imprint of Macmillan)
The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers:
A Bottle in the Gaza Sea by Valerie Zenatti (Bloomsbury)
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