Recent Sydney Taylor Award Winners and Honor Titles (presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries)
Title: Two New Years (2024 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Ho, Richard
Published: 2023
2024 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Lynn Scurfield
Call Number: JPicture Ho.R
Ages 3 to 5
Title: The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman (2024 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Lowe, Mari
Published: 2023
2024 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Lowe.M
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Hidden Hope: How a Toy and a Hero Saved Lives During the Holocaust
By: Boxer, Elisa
Published: 2023
2024 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Amy June Bates
Call Number: x940.5486 Boxer.E
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Afikomen
By: Cohen, Tziporah
Published: 2023
2024 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Yaara Eshet
Call Number: JPicture Cohen.T (Holiday Section-Passover)
Ages 3 to 6
Title: Hannukah Upside Down
By: Weissman, Elisa Brent
Published: 2023
2024 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Omer Hoffman
Call Number: JPicture Weiss.M (Holiday Section-Hanukkah)
Ages 4 to 8
Title: The Jake Show
By: Levy, Josh
Published: 2023
2024 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Levy.J
Ages 8 to 12
Title: A Sky Full of Song
By: Meyer, Susan
Published: 2023
2024 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Meyer.S
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Don't Want to Be Your Monster
By: Moulton, Deke
Published: 2023
2024 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Moult.D
Ages 10 to 14
Title: Not So Shy
By: Nimrodi, Noa
Published: 2023
2024 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Nimro.N
Ages 9 to 14
Title: The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs (2023 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Stiefel, Chana
Published: 2022
2023 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Susan Gal
Call Number: x940.5318 Stief.C
Title: Aviva vs. the Dybbuk (2023 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Lowe, Mari
Published: 2022
2023 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Lowe.M
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Big Dreams, Small Fish
By: Cohen, Paula
Published: 2022
2023 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Paula Cohen
Call Number: JPicture Cohen.P
Ages 4 to 8
Title: The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda
By: Nambi, Shoshana
Published: 2022
2023 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Moran Yogev
Call Number: JPicture Nambi.S
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Sitting Shiva
By: Silver, Erin
Published: 2022
2023 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Michelle Theodore
Call Number: JPicture Silve.E
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Honey and Me
By: Drazin, Meira
Published: 2022
2023 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Drazi.M
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Black Bird, Blue Road
By: Pasternack, Sofiya
Published: 2022
2023 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Paste.S
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Ellen Outside the Lines
By: Sass, A. J.
Published: 2022
2023 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Sass.A
Ages 8 to 12
Title: The Passover Guest (2022 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Kusel, Susan
Published: 2021
2022 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Sean Rubin
Call Number: JPicture Kusel.S (Holiday Section--Passover)
Ages 4 to 8
Title: How to Find What You're Not Looking For (2022 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Hiranandani, Veera
Published: 2021
2022 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Hiran.V
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Dear Mr. Dickens
By: Churnin, Nancy
Published: 2021
2022 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Bethany Stancliffe
Call Number: x823.8 Churn.N
Ages 6 to 9
Title: The Christmas Mitzvah
By: Gottesfeld, Jeff
Published: 2021
2022 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Michelle Laurentia Agatha
Call Number: JPicture Gotte.J (Holiday)
Ages 4 to 9
Title: Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued
By: Sís, Peter
Published: 2021
2022 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Peter Sís
Call Number: xBiog Winto.N Sis.P
Ages 6 to 8
Title: Linked
By: Korman, Gordon
Published: 2021
2022 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Korma.G
Ages 8 to 12
Title: The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain
By: Yelchin, Eugene
Published: 2021
2022 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: xBiog Yelch.E Yelch.E
Ages 10 and up
Title: Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail (2021 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Newman, Lesléa
Published: 2020
2021 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Susan Gal
Call Number: JPicture Newma.L (Holiday-Passover)
Ages 5 to 8
Title: Turtle Boy (2021 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Wolkenstein, M. Evan
Published: 2020
2021 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Wolke.M
Ages 10 and up
Title: I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book
By: Copeland, Rabbi Mychal
Published: 2020
2021 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: André Ceolin
Call Number: x296.7 Copel.M
Ages 5 to 8
Title: Miriam at the River
By: Yolen, Jane
Published: 2020
2021 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Khoa Le
Call Number: JPicture Yolen.J
Ages 4 to 9
Title: The Blackbird Girls
By: Blankman, Anne
Published: 2020
2021 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Blank.A
Ages 9 to 12
Title: No Vacancy
By: Cohen, Tziporah
Published: 2020
2021 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Cohen.T
Ages 9 to 12
Title: Anya and the Nightingale
By: Pasternak, Sofiya
Published: 2020
2021 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Paste.S
Ages 10 to 12
Title: The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come (2020 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Macy, Sue
Published: 2019
2020 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Stacy Innerst
Call Number: xBiog Lansk.A Macy.S
Ages 5 to 8
Title: White Bird: A Wonder Story (2020 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Palacio, R. J.
Published: 2019
2020 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: JGraphic Palac.R
Ages 9 and up
Title: The Key from Spain: Flory Jagoda and Her Music
By: Levy, Debbie
Published: 2019
2020 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Sonja Wimmer
Call Number: JPicture Levy.D
Ages 3 to 8
Title: Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story
By: Newman, Lesléa
Published: 2019
2020 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Amy June Bates
Call Number: JPicture Newma.L
Ages 5 to 8
Title: Games of Deception: The True Story of the First US Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany
By: Maraniss, Andrew
Published: 2019
Please note that this is a YA book in our YA section.
2020 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: YA 796.4809 Maran.A
Ages 12 and up
Title: Anya and the Dragon
By: Pasternack, Sofiya
Published: 2019
2020 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Paste.S
Ages 10 to 12
Title: All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah (2019 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Jenkins, Emily
Published: 2018
2019 Award Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Paul Zelinsky
Call Number: JPicture Jenki.E (Holiday Section, Hanukkah)
Ages 3 to 7
Title: Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster (2019 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Auxier, Jonathan
Published: 2018
2019 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Auxie.J
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's Life
By: Rosenstock, Barb
Published: 2018
2019 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Mary GrandPré
Call Number: xBiog Chaga.M Rosen.B
Ages 4 to 8
Title: A Moon for Moe and Mo
By: Zalben, Jane Breskin
Published: 2018
2019 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Mehrdokht Amini
Call Number: JPicture Zalbe.J
Ages 3 to 7
Title: All Three Stooges
By: Perl, Erica S.
Published: 2018
2019 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Perl.E
Ages 10 to 12
Title: The Length of a String
By: Weissman, Elissa Brent
Published: 2018
2019 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Weiss.E
Ages 10 and up
Title: The Language of Angels: A Story about the Reinvention of Hebrew (2018 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Michelson, Richard
Published: 2017
2018 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Karla Gudeon
Call Number: x492.4 Miche.R
Ages 5 to 9
Title: Refugee (2018 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Gratz, Alan
Published: 2017
2018 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Gratz.A
Ages 10 and up
Title: Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam
By: Gilani-Williams, Fawzia
Published: 2017
2018 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Chiara Fedele
Call Number: JPicture Gilan.F
Ages 4 to 9
Title: Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva
By: Jules, Jacqueline
Published: 2017
2018 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Yevgenia Nayberg
Call Number: JPIcture Jules.J
Ages 3 to 8
Title: Viva, Rose!
By: Krawitz, Susan
Published: 2017
2018 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Krawi.S
Ages 10 and up
Title: This Is Just a Test
By: Rosenberg, Madelyn and Wendy Wan Long Sheng
Published: 2017
2018 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Rosen.M
Ages 8 to 12
Title: I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark (2017 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Levy, Debbie
Published: 2016
2017 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Elizabeth Baddeley
Call Number: xBiog Ginsb.R Levy.D
Ages 4 to 9
Title: The Inquisitor's Tale, or The Three Magical Children and Their Holy Dog (2017 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Gidwitz, Adam
Published: 2016
2017 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Gidwi.A
Ages 8 to 12
Title: A Hat for Mrs. Goldman: A Story About Knitting and Love
By: Edwards, Michelle
Published: 2016
2017 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: G. Brian Karas
Call Number: JPicture Edwar.M
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Fascinating: The Life of Leonard Nimoy
By: Michelson, Richard
Published: 2016
2017 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Edel Rodriguez
Call Number: xBiog Nimoy.L Miche.R
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Driedels on the Brain
By: Ben Izzy, Joel
Published: 2016
2017 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Beniz.J (Children's Holiday-Hanukkah)
Ages 9 to 12
Title: A Poem for Peter: The Story of Ezra Jack Keats and the Creation of The Snowy Day
By: Pinkney, Andrea Davis
Published: 2016
2017 Middle Grade Honor
Illustrators: Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher
Call Number: xBiog Keats.E Pinkn.A
Ages 7 to 10
Title: Ketzel, The Cat Who Composed (2016 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Newman, Lesléa
Published: 2015
2016 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Amy June Bates
Call Number: JPicture Newma.L
Ages 5 to 8
Title: Adam & Thomas (2016 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Apelfeld, Aharon
Published: 2015
2016 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: J Apelf.A
Ages 8 to 12
Title: Shanghai Sukkah
By: Hyde, Heidi Smith
Published: 2015
2016 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Jing Jing Tsong
Call Number: JPicture Hyde.H
Ages 5 to 9
Title: Everybody Says Shalom
By: Kimmelman, Leslie
Published: 2015
2016 Picture Book Honor
Call Number: JPicture Kimme.L
Ages 3 to 7
Title: How Mirka Caught a Fish (Hereville)
By: Deutsch, Barry
Published: 2015
2016 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: JGraphic Deuts.B
Also check out 2012 Award Winner for Older Readers: Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword (JGraphic Deuts.B)
Ages 8 to 12
Title: My Grandfather's Coat (2015 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Aylesworth, Jim
Published: 2014
2015 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Barbara McClintock
Call Number: JPicture Ayles.J
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust (2015 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Dauvillier, Loïc
Published: 2014
2015 Middle Grade Winner
Illustrator: Marc Lizano with Color by Greg Salsedo.
Translator: Alexis Siege
Call Number: JGraphic Dauvi.L
Ages 6 to 10
Title: The Whispering Town
By: Elvgren, Jennifer
Published: 2014
2015 Middle Grade Honor
Illustrator: Fabio Santomauro
Call Number: JPicture Elvgr.J
Ages 7 to 11
Title: Death by Toilet Paper
By: Gephart, Donna
Published: 2014
2015 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: J Gepha.D
Ages 9 to 12
Title: The Longest Night: A Passover Story (2014 PICTURE BOOK WINNER)
By: Snyder, Laurel
Published: 2013
2014 Picture Book Winner
Illustrator: Catia Chien
Call Number: JPicture Snyde.L (Holiday section: Passover)
Ages 4o 8
Title: The Blessing Cup (2014 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Polacco, Patricia
Published: 2013
2014 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number; JPicture Polac.P
Ages 4 to 8
Title: Stones for Grandpa
By: Londner, Renee
Published: 2013
2014 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Martha Avilés Junco
Call Number: JPicture Londn.R
Ages 5 to 9
Title: Rifka Takes a Bow
By: Perlov, Betty
Published: 2013
2014 Picture Book Honor
Illustrator: Cosei Kawa
Call Number; JPicture Perlo.B
Ages 5 to 9
Title: The Boy on the Wooden Box: How the Impossible Became Possible...on Schindler's List
By: Leyson, Leon
Published: 2013
2014 Middle Grade Honor
Call Number: xBiog Leyso.L Leyso.L
Ages 10 to 13
Title: His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg (2013 MIDDLE GRADE WINNER)
By: Borden, Louise
Published: 2012
2013 Middle Grade Winner
Call Number: xBiog Walle.R Borde.L
Ages 12 and up