Israeli/Israeli American

Carry On: Poetry by Young Immigrants

by Various Contributors

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Canadian Connection, Genre: Nonfiction, Genre: Poetry, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Daniel and Ismail

by Juan Pablo Iglesias Yacher, Ilan Stavans (Translator - English), Eliezer Nowodworski (Translator - Hebrew), Frieda Press-Danieli (Translator - Hebrew),

Age 03 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Clothing, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Cultural, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Parents, Generation: 1st, Generational Differences, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Multilingual: Hebrew/English Bilingual, Religious Background: Jewish, Religious Background: Muslim, Sports, Trauma & Healing, Trauma & Healing: Intergenerational, Welcoming by Individual

Don’t Feed the Lion

by Bianna Golodryga

Age 08 or older

Themes: Activism, Celebrations, Coming of Age, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Relationship: Parents, Family Relationship: Siblings, Generation: 2nd, Identity: Exploration, Mental Health, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Sports

Dumpling Day

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day (Arabic/English Bilingual)

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Arabic/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day (Bengali/English Bilingual)

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Bengali/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day (Chinese/English Bilingual)

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Mandarin/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day / Día de Empanadillas

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Spanish/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day / Dia do Bolinho

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Portuguese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day / Jounen Dumpling

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Haitian Creole/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day / La Journée des Bouchées

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: French/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Dumpling Day / Ngày Làm Bánh

by Meera Sriram

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations, Community Action, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Food, Multilingual: Vietnamese/English Bilingual, Neighbors & Neighborhoods, Own Voices/Lived Experience

Finding Melody Sullivan

by Alice Rothchild

Age 15 or older

Themes: Coming of Age, Cross-Group Dating, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Family Relationship: Parents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 1st, Mental Health, Religious Background: Jewish, Setting: Home Country, Trauma & Healing: Death of Family or Friend, Trauma & Healing: Sexual Assault, Trauma & Recovery: Substance Use, Unaccompanied Minors

Kids Like Me: Voices of the Immigrant Experience

by Judith M. Blohm

Age 12 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Genre: Nonfiction, Identity: Exploration, Immigrant: Economic, Immigrant: Education

Not So Fast, Max: A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma

by Annette Schottenfeld

Age 04 or older

Themes: Celebrations: Rosh Hashanah, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Generation: 1st

Not So Shy

by Noa Nimrodi

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards, Coming of Age, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Celebrations & Traditions, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Discrimination: Microaggression, Discrimination: Religious, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Identity: Multilingual, Identity: Names & Pronunciations, Immigrant: Economic, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish, Religious Background: Muslim, Trauma & Healing, Welcoming by Individual

Sunday with Savta

by Wiley Blevins

Age 04 or older

Themes: Arts, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Family Separation: Different Immigration Status, Generation: 1st, Own Voices/Lived Experience, Religious Background: Jewish

The Flag of Childhood: Poems From the Middle East

by Naomi Shihab Nye (Selected by)

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Storytelling, Discrimination: Racial, Format: Anthology, Genre: Poetry

The Homesick Club

by Libby Martinez

Age 03 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Immigrant: Economic, Welcoming by Individual

The Lemon Tree (Young Readers’ Edition): An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East

by Sandy Tolan

Age 09 or older

Themes: Accolades & Awards: Starred Review, Cross-Group Friendship, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Family, Religious Background: Jewish, Religious Background: Muslim, Welcoming by Individual

Three Wishes: Palestinian and Israeli Children Speak

by Deborah Ellis

Age 11 or older

Themes: Canadian Connection, Format: Anthology, Loss of Childhood, Refugee: War/Conflict, Religious Background: Jewish, Religious Background: Muslim

Wishing Upon the Same Stars

by Jacquetta Nammar Feldman

Age 08 or older

Themes: Cross-Group Friendship, Family Relationship: Grandparents, Format: Audiobook, Generation: 2nd

Yosef’s Dream

by Sylvia Rouss

Age 05 or older

Themes: Cultural Empowerment, Cultural Empowerment & Joy: Identity, Genre: Historical, Immigrant: Religious Freedom, Religious Background: Jewish