This list is our longest one to date, because every time I thought I’d requested all the library materials we’d need, I discovered another avenue we wanted to explore. These are stories of faith, wisdom, and wit. We read about the history of Judaism from ancient days to contemporary times, covering folktales and fairytales along with Holocaust accounts and high holy days. From the revitalization of Hebrew and the modern state of Israel, to influential Jewish-Americans, to tales contemplating the nature of God, these stories introduced us to the beauty of Judaism.

1. The Adventures of Bella & Harry: Let’s Visit Jerusalem! by Lisa Manzione and Kristine Lucco
2. And Shira Imagined by Giora Carmi
3. Bagels from Benny by Aubrey Davis and Dusan Petriĉić
4. Because Nothing Looks Like God by Lawrence Kushner, Karen Kushner, and Dawn Majewski
5. Benno and the Night of Broken Glass by Meg Wiviott and Josée Bisaillon
6. The Blessing Cup by Patricia Polacco
7. The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
8. The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street by Ann Redisch Stampler and Francesca Carabelli
9. The Cats of Krasinski Square by Karen Hesse and Wendy Watson
10. Celebrate: A Book of Jewish Holidays by Judith Gross and Bari Weissman
11. Make Challah Bread
12. Chicken Man by Michelle Edwards
13. A Concert in the Sand by Tami Shem-Tov, Rachella Sandbank, and Avi Ofer
14. The Harmonica by Tony Johnston and Ron Mazellan
15. The Elijah Door: A Passover Tale by Linda Leopold Strauss and Alexi Natchev
16. Elisabeth by Claire A. Nivola
17. Emma’s Poem: The Voice of the Statue of Liberty by Linda Glaser and Claire Nivola
18. Engineer Ari and the Hanukkah Mishap by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Shahar Kober
19. Watch Families of Israel
20. Engineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah Ride by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Shahar Kober
21. Even Higher! A Rosh Hashanah Story by I.L. Peretz, Eric Kimmel, and Jill Weber
22. Color Crayola’s Flag of Israel
23. Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year by Eric Kimmel and Jon Muth
24. God’s Paintbrush by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso and Annette Compton
25. Goldie Takes a Stand: Golda Meir’s First Crusade by Barbara Krasner and Kelsey Garrity-Riley
26. Good Night Israel by Mark Jasper and Anne Rosen
27. Color Crayola’s Happy Hanukkah Menorah
28. Hanukkah at Valley Forge by Stephen Krensky and Greg Harlin
29. Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays by Lesléa Newman and Susan Gal
30. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel and Trina Schart Hyman
31. I Will Come Back for You: A Family in Hiding during World War II by Marisabina Russo
32. Israel ABCs: A Book about the People and Places of Israel by Holly Schroeder and Claudia Wolf
33. It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
34. Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback
35. Journeys with Elijah by Barbara Diamond Goldin and Jerry Pinkney
36. The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
37. Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed by Lesléa Newman and Amy June Bates
38. Kibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told Me by Simms Taback
39. King Solomon and the Bee by Dalia Hardof Renberg and Ruth Heller
40. The Language of Angels: A Story about the Reinvention of Hebrew by Richard Michelson and Karla Gudeon
41. Latke the Lucky Dog by Ellen Fischer and Tiphanie Beeke
42. The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah by Leslie Kimmelman and Paul Meisel
43. The Longest Night: A Passover Story by Laurel Snyder and Catia Chien
44. Lotsa Matzah by Tilda Balsley and Akemi Gutierrez
45. Maccabee! The Story of Hanukkah by Tilda Balsley and David Harrington
46. More than Enough: A Passover Story by April Halprin Wayland and Katie Kath
47. The Mouse in the Matzah Factory by Francine Medoff and David Goldstein
48. My First Chanukah by Tomie dePaola
49. My First Passover by Tomie dePaola
50. My Very Own Haggadah: A Seder Service for Young Children by Judyth Robbins Saypol, Madeline Wikler, and Chaya Burstein
51. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
52. Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Jago
53. Netta and Her Plant by Ellie Gellman and Natascia Ugliano
54. Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Richard Simon, Tanya Simon, and Mark Siegel
55. The Peddler’s Gift by Maxine Rose Schur and Kimberly Bulcken Root
56. A Picture Book of Anne Frank by David Adler and Karen Ritz
57. Psalm Twenty-Three by Tim Ladwig
58. Rabbi Benjamin’s Buttons by Alice B. McGinty and Jennifer Black Reinhardt
59. Raisel’s Riddle by Erica Silverman and Susan Gaber
60. The Rooster Prince of Breslov by Ann Redisch Stampler and Eugene Yelchin
61. The Sabbath Lion: A Jewish Folktale from Algeria by Howard Schwartz, Barbara Rush, and Stephen Fieser
62. A Sack Full of Feathers by Debby Waldman and Cindy Revell
63. Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah by Sylvia Rouss and Katherine Janus Kahn
64. Sammy Spider’s First Rosh Hashanah by Sylvia Rouss and Katherine Janus Kahn
65. Sammy Spider’s First Shabbat by Sylvia Rouss and Katherine Janus Kahn
66. Sammy Spider’s First Shavuot by Sylvia Rouss and Katherine Janus Kahn
67. Sammy Spider’s First Yom Kippur by Sylvia Rouss and Katherine Janus Kahn
68. Shmulik Paints the Town by Lisa Rose and Catalina Echeverri
69. Shlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of Pohost by Ann Redisch Stampler and Jacqueline Cohen
70. Snow in Israel by Deborah da Costa, Cornelius Van Wright, and Ying-Hwa Hu
71. Stork’s Landing by Tamii Lehman-Wilzig and Anna Shuttlewood
72. This Is Israel by M. Sasek
73. The Tree in the Courtyard: Looking through Anne Frank’s Window by Jeff Gottesfeld and Peter McCarty
74. The Way Meat Loves Salt: A Cinderella Tale from the Jewish Tradition by Nina Jaffe and Louise August
75. Way Too Many Latkes: A Hanukkah in Chelm by Linda Glaser and Aleksander Zolotic
76. The Whispering Town by Jennifer Elvgren and Fabio Santomauro
77. Willy & Max by Amy Littlesugar and William Low
78. The Wooden Sword by Ann Redisch Stampler and Carol Liddiment
79. The Wren and the Sparrow by J. Patrick Lewis and Yevgenia Nayberg
80. Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams and Chiara Fedele
81. Yuvi’s Candy Tree by Lesley Simpson and Janice Lee Porter
82. The Yankee at the Seder by Elka Weber and Adam Gustavson