"One thing I always try to show in my stories is that kids are not just along for the ride — they are essential" Etan Basseri, author of #picturebooks A TURKISH ROSH HASHANAH and A PERSIAN PASSOVER www.distinctionsjournal.org/basseri/

Teachers! Librarians! Looking for mentor texts for nonfiction writing? Check out this post from @katiemcenaney.bsky.social and @ellenbunn3.bsky.social tinyurl.com/mfpwejrr #edusky #kidlit #TLSky #skybrarian #schoollibraries

Essential reading from Etan Basseri! "All children deserve to see themselves and their customs reflected on the page. If a kid from a Persian Jewish family sees characters smacking each other with green onions during the Seder, they light up" www.distinctionsjournal.org/basseri/

L’shana tova to all our Kalaniot family and friends! Illustration by Zeynep Ozatalay from A Turkish Rosh Hashanah by Etan Basseri

Join Max in getting ready for #RoshHashanah with our #ActivityGuide for NOT SO FAST, MAX: A Rosh Hashanah Visit with Grandma kalaniotbooks.com/not-so-fast-...

Max encounters the novelty of blending old customs with new experiences when his spunky Savta comes from Israel for a #RoshHashanah visit in NOT SO FAST, MAX kalaniotbooks.com/not-so-fast-...

Thank you! We are excited to have a new book by this pair!

Happy #BookBirthday to Shoshana Nambi and Moran Yogev! SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI!: IT'S SHABBAT IN UGANDA has arrived!

According to KVELLER’s Lior Zaltzman, a Rosh Hashanah with kids is “perfect" when you add A TURKISH ROSH HASHANAH by Etan Basseri to your celebration www.kveller.com/everything-y...

"Moran Yogev’s collage-style illustrations capture village life and the beautiful East African landscape" in SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI! by Shoshana Nambi www.jta.org/2025/09/05/c...

#xl8 #translation #tradusky

"With the help of her wise grandmother, Shoshi comes to understand the true meaning of welcoming Shabbat and the joy of being part of the Abayudayah community" in SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI! www.jta.org/2025/09/05/c...

Congratulations! #AASL Members Receive Jewish American Heritage Month Collection Development Grants! www.ala.org/news/2025/05...

Coming next month, translated by @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Con hilo y aguja: Un cuento judio de Cuba by Jennifer Stempel, illustrated by Libi Axelrod the Spanish language version of WITH A NEEDLE AND THREAD www.thereportergroup.org/features/new...

The Cybils awards are taking a hiatus this year. If you are looking for kidlit, middle grade and YA recs, please check out amazing winners from past years. Every time one of us celebrates a good book on any platform or offline, we are supporting literacy and empathy. Books help.

Coming soon! A Dragon Called Spark: A Hanukkah Story by Lily Murray and illustrated by Kirsti Beautyman (release date September 30). A lonely girl makes a friend and shares the comfort of her imaginary dragon friend while celebrating Hanukkah www.thereportergroup.org/features/new...

Coming soon! Slow Down, Shoshi! It’s Shabbat in Uganda by Shoshana Nambi & illustrated by Moran Yogev (September 16). The picture book offers a look at a Shabbat celebration by a member of Abayudaya Jewish community in Uganda and their traditions www.thereportergroup.org/features/new...

"Once there was a melody that searched the world for someone to listen to it. Eventually, he finds a mother and baby, and the melody becomes a lullaby" THE MELODY by Oded Burla, illustrated by Assaf Benharroch is named as a "Best" by @imaginationsoup.bsky.social imaginationsoup.net/childrens-je...

123: We need more books where Jewish kids, adults, and families exist and are Jewish and do things and it’s not about explaining Jewish practice to a non-Jewish audience. There’s a lot more of that now than there was before PJ Library.

I take a moment each week to highlight a resource from The Children’s Book Resource Hub - and this week I want to give a shoutout to The Book Links, LLC! With engaging resources + an author visit directory, it’s a go-to resource for teachers. #kidlit #edusky #teachersky www.thebooklinksllc.com

Coming Soon!! A new #picturebook featuring Ugandan Jews and by the winning team of author Shoshana Nambi and illustrator Moran Nogev: SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI! It's Shabbat in Uganda

We were xcited to hand deliver author copies of WITH A NEEDLE AND THREAD to Jennifer Stempel at PJ Library's Picture Book Summer Camp held at the Highlights Retreat!

"With rhyming text (no easy feat in translation), this is a fun read-aloud" #WITMonth THE HEDGEHOG WHO SAID, WHO CARES? is by Neri Aluma translated by Ilana Kurshan and illustrated by Amit Trainin www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...

Illustrations matter! "The vibrant, swirling illustrations in bright blues, greens, reds, and yellows by Siona Benjamin lend the story a tropical feel" in THE BLUE BUTTERFLY OF COCHIN www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...

Happy #BookBirthday to a #BoardBook with #sound too! JEWISH SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD can help new parents bring traditional music from Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino to their littlest ones

Tablet Magazine included 100 ROOMS in their list of the Best Jewish Children’s Books of 2024, citing its reflective take on what truly fills a home with joy: "the more possessions, the more worry" www.tabletmag.com/sections/com...

This is such great news! Love that @littleislandbooks.bsky.social author Grainne O'Brien is combining talents with star #SchoolLibrarian @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social to bring more goodness to the #kidlit space! www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pod...

We are delighted with the reception of camper readers at JCC Camp Daleville of our gift copies of A TURKISH ROSH HASHANAH by Etan Basseri with illustrations by Zeynep Özatalay

From Ariana Mizrahi, author of THE BLUE BUTTERFLY OF COCHIN www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/the...

We're reading THE BLUE BUTTERFLY OF COCHIN by Ariana Mizrahi, illustrated by Siona Benjamin. This gorgeous #KidLit book tells the story of the migration of the Cochin Jews to Israel in the 1950s. Read more below! bit.ly/4eEo6eN @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social

Discover what might have happened in THE RABBI AND THE PAINTER, an "unusu­al and appeal­ing sto­ry imag­ines a meet­ing between two well-known his­tor­i­cal fig­ures...Rab­bi Leon of Mod­e­na, and the famous painter ...Tin­toret­to" kalaniotbooks.com/rabbi-and-th...

Delight in Classic Bible Stories with a Whimsical Twist in A Snake, a Flood, a Hidden Baby by Meir Shalev, translated by Ilana Kurshan, and with just as delightful illustrations by Emanuele Luzzati kalaniotbooks.com/snake-a-floo...

We are so excited to be included in this amazing list of books that the Association of Jewish Libraries considers a Holiday Highlight! Get your copy of SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI! IT’S SHABBAT IN UGANDA by Rabbi Shoshana Nambi and explore Uganda’s Abayudaya Shabbat traditions

Thank you to Jewish Kidlit Mavens’ Stacy Nockowitz for announcing our newest release of JEWISH SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD

SLOW DOWN, SHOSHI! IT'S SHABBAT IN UGANDA is a "lovely, affirming addition to #picture bookcollections, offering both a sweet intergenerational story and meaningful cultural insight" says @slj.com www.slj.com/review/slow-...

From our forthcoming Jewish Songs from Around the World Durme, durme ermozo ijiko, Durme, durme sin ansia i dolor. Sleep, sleep, my beautiful little son, Sleep, sleep with no worry or pain.

From our forthcoming JEWISH SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD Erev Shel Shoshanim is tranlsated from the Hebrew "Erev shel shoshanim Netse na el habustan Mor besamim ulevona Le'raghelech miftan Evening of roses Let's go out to the grove Myrrh, perfume, and incense. Are a carpet under your feet"

Among the songs you'll find in our sound-enabled #BoardBook JEWISH SOPNGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD is "Tumbalalaika" translated from the Yiddish

Discover Songs from Yiddish, Hebrew, and Ladino all in JEWISH SONGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD--and hear them too in this sound-enabled #boardbook kalaniotbooks.com/jewish-songs...

Coming soon! Jewish Songs from Around the World – A Multilingual Musical Board Book Celebrating Global Jewish Traditions introduces young children to the rich tapestry of Jewish music kalaniotbooks.com/jewish-songs...

We love #backmatter and that's why we are sure to include it in many of our #picturebooks--to support librarians, teachers, and parents grow the seeds of inquiry our stories plant

Con hilo y aguja: un cuento Judío de Cuba will be published this fall at the same time as our English language edition of the same #picturebook With a Needle and Thread: A Jewish Folktale from Cuba kalaniotbooks.com/con-hilo-y-a...

#Kirkus calls THE HEDGEHOG WHO SAID, WHO CARES? a "charming read-aloud and a much-needed reminder that we all share the same path" www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Coming this Fall! A DRAGON CALLED SPARK offers "a fanciful take on how Hanukkah’s message of light illuminates hope and new possibilities" says the #PW review www.publishersweekly.com/9781962011099

Real Life Activist Heroes in #picturebook nonfiction from @liveoakmedia.bsky.social @crestonbooks.bsky.social @barefootbooks.bsky.social and forthcoming from @kalaniotbooks.bsky.social www.publisherspotlight.com/real-life-ac...

"This wonderful book highlights the importance o slowing down, honouring traditions, family bonding, and building community" -Diverse Classroom BooksYou can preorder Shoshana Nambi's forthcoming #picturebook now!

So many great recommendations in the session on recent and forthcoming Jewish children's and young adult books! Thanks Heidi, Rebecca, and Talya! #AJLCon25

You can check out an egalley of A DRAGON CALLED SPARK on NetGalley! www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

YES, WE'LL DO IT! has lovable characters, playful text, and beautifully illustrated pages.... an excellent conversation starter sparking meaningful discussions about kindness, empathy, and the importance of understanding one another kalaniotbooks.com/yes-we-ll-do...