Sydney Taylor Book Award - Younger Readers

Awards List

2016

Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed
(Winner)
Leslea Newman

Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles
(Notable)
David A. Adler; Jeffrey Ebbeler

Shanghai Sukkah
(Honor Book)
Heidi Hyde

The Parakeet Named Dreidel
(Notable)
Isaac Bashevis Singer

Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket
(Notable)
Jamie Korngold

2015

My Grandfather's Coat
(Winner)
Jim Aylesworth

Anna & Solomon
(Notable)
Elaine Snyder; Harry Bliss

Never Say a Mean Word Again
(Honor Book)
Jacqueline Jules

Rabbi Benjamin's Buttons
(Notable)
Alice B. McGinty

Simon and the Bear
(Notable)
Eric A. Kimmel

The Mitten String
(Notable)
Jennifer Rosner

2014

The Cats on Ben Yehuda Street
(Notable)
Ann Redisch Stampler

Rifka Takes a Bow
(Honor Book)
Rebecca Rosenberg Perlov

Hanukkah in Alaska
(Notable)
Barbara Brown

2013

Hannah's Way
(Winner)
Linda Glaser

The Elijah Door
(Honor Book)
Linda Leopold Strauss

Sadie and the Big Mountain
(Notable)
Jamie Korngold

A Sweet Passover
(Notable)
Leslea Newman

A Song for My Sister
(Notable)
Lesley Simpson

The Schmutzy Family
(Notable)
Madelyn Rosenberg

Speak up, Tommy!
(Notable)
Jacqueline Dembar Greene

Zayde Comes to Live
(Honor Book)
Sheri Cooper Sinykin

2012

Chanukah Lights
(Winner)
Michael J. Rosen

Naamah and the Ark at Night
(Honor Book)
Susan Campbell Bartoletti

2011

Gathering Sparks
(Winner)
Howard Schwartz

Feivel's Flying Horses
(Notable)
Heidi Smith Hyde

A Tale of Two Seders
(Notable)
Mindy Avra Portnoy

Beautiful Yetta
(Notable)
Daniel Pinkwater

Engineer Ari and the Sukkah Express
(Notable)
Deborah Bodin Cohen

Zishe the Strongman
(Notable)
Robert Rubinstein

Cakes and Miracles
(Honor Book)
Barbara Diamond Goldin

2010

New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story
(Winner)
April Halprin Wayland

Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story
(Honor Book)
Deborah Bodin Cohen

The Yankee at the Seder
(Honor Book)
Elka Weber

Fox Walked Alone
(Notable)
Barbara Reid

The Secret Shofar of Barcelona
(Notable)
Jacqueline Dembar Greene

2009

Sammy Spider's First Shavuot
(Notable)
Sylvia Rouss

Naming Liberty
(Honor Book)
Jane Yolen

Jodie's Hanukkah Dig
(Notable)
Anna Levine

Mysterious Guests
(Notable)
Eric A. Kimmel

Harvest of Light
(Notable)
Allison Ofanansky

2008

Ten Good Rules
(Notable)
Susan Remick Topek

Five Little Gefiltes
(Notable)
Dave Horowitz

Hanukkah Moon
(Notable)
Deborah Da Costa

Papa Jethro
(Notable)
Deborah Bodin Cohen

A Mezuzah on the Door
(Notable)
Amy Meltzer

Castle on Hester Street
(Honor Book)
Linda Heller

2007

The Little, Little House
(Notable)
Jessica Souhami

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
(Notable)
Anna Harwell Celenza

Across the Alley
(Notable)
Richard Michelson

2004

Papa's Latkes
(Notable)
Michelle Edwards

2003

Bagels from Benny
(Winner)
Aubrey Davis

Chanukah on the Prairie
(Honor Book)
Burt E. Schuman

Rachel's Gift
(Notable)
Richard Ungar

2002

Chicken Soup by Heart
(Winner)
Esther Hershenhorn

Noah's Ark
(Honor Book)
Jerry Pinkney

Night Lights
(Notable)
Barbara Diamond Goldin

2001

Rivka's First Thanksgiving
(Winner)
Elsa Okon Rael

Lemuel the Fool
(Notable)
Myron Uhlberg

The Shabbat Box
(Notable)
Lesley Simpson

Rachel Captures the Moon
(Notable)
Richard Ungar

Zigazak!
(Notable)
Eric A. Kimmel

2000

Gershon's Monster
(Winner)
Eric A. Kimmel

The Wisdom Bird: A Tale of Solomon and Sheba
(Honor Book)
Sheldon Oberman

1999

The Peddler's Gift
(Winner)
Maxine Rose Schur

Baby's Bris
(Honor Book)
Susan Wilkowski

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat
(Honor Book)
Simms Taback

1997

When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street
(Winner)
Elsa Okon Rael

1991

Cakes and Miracles
(Winner)
Barbara Diamond Goldin

1990

The Chanukkah Guest
(Winner)
Eric A. Kimmel

1988

The Keeping Quilt
(Winner)
Patricia Polacco

1987

The Number on My Grandfather's Arm
(Winner)
David A. Adler

1984

Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks
(Winner)
Amy Schwartz

1982

Castle on Hester Street
(Winner)
Linda Heller

Award Categories

Children's Literature

Older Readers

Teen

Younger Readers

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