Sydney Taylor Book Award

Award for Jewish children's literature

The Sydney Taylor Book Award recognizes the best in Jewish children's literature. Medals are awarded annually for outstanding books that authentically portray the Jewish experience. The award was established in 1968 by the Association of Jewish Libraries. It is named in memory of Sydney Taylor, author of the classic All of a Kind Family series. Taylor's were some of the first children's books with Jewish characters that were of literary interest to readers of all backgrounds.

The award was first established by the Association of Jewish Libraries in 1968. It was the first of the identity based awards as a result of Nancy Larrick's 1965 piece The All White World of Children's Books, establishing new precedent wherein literary excellence is paired with authentic and well crafted representation of a particular identity, culture, and experience. Originally, it was known as the Shirley Kravitz Children's Book Award and was later renamed in honor of Sydney Taylor in 1978. The award initially recognized books for older children, but in 1981, the award committee started to recognize books for younger readers and in 2007, began to recognize young adult literature. In 1988, Honor Award Winners were added and these books receive a silver seal. The current president is Rebecca Levitan.

Awards are presented in three categories: Younger Readers, Older Readers and Teen Readers. In each category, a single gold medalist is named annually. Each year there may also be several silver medalists named in each category. A list of ten to twenty Notable Children's Books of Jewish Content is also named in each category, but these titles do not receive medals. The award committee is made up of volunteers from the Association of Jewish Libraries. Books are evaluated based on certain criteria one of which is literary merit. Books must also be appropriate to the age level, rooted in "authentic and accurate detail" and have a positive and/or authentic Jewish religious or cultural content. Books nominated are newly published books for the year. Books can be picture books, non fiction, fiction and poetry.

Most Sydney Taylor Book Award winning titles are universal in theme while Judaic in specific content, highlighting the rich diversity of Jewish lives and experiences, traditions, and values to Jewish and non Jewish readers alike.

+Winners, Honor, and Notable BooksYearCategoryAuthorIllustratorBookMedal2023 Picture Book Winner Middle Grade Aviva vs. the DybbukWinner Young Adult When the Angels Left the Old CountryWinner2022 Picture Book (A retelling of the classic I. L. Peretz shtetl story “The Magician”WinnerNicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He RescuedHonorDear Mr. DickensHonorHonorNotableNotableRed and Green and Blue and WhiteNotable Middle GradeHow to Find What You're Not Looking ForWinner HonorLinkedHonorNotable Sorry For Your LossNotable and Wayne MarksBenny Feldman's All Star Klezmer BandNotable Young AdultWinnerHonorWhistle: A New Gotham City HeroHonorHonorNotable and Gilly SegalWhy We FlyNotableNotable and Susan McClellandBoy From BuchenwaldNotable2021 Picture BookWinnerI Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga BookHonorHonorNotableNotableNotable Middle GradeWinner HonorHonorHonorBeni's WarNotableWe Had to Be Brave: Escaping the Nazis on the KindertransportNotable and Laura ShovanNotableLetters from CubaNotable Young AdultWinnerHonor Today Tonight TomorrowNotableNotableNotable Notable2020 Picture BookWinnerGittel's JourneyHonorHonorParrots, Pugs and Pixie Dust: A Book about Fashion Designer Judith LeiberNotableNotableDoctor Esperanto and the Language of HopeNotable Middle GradeWhite Bird: A Wonder StoryWinnerAnya and the DragonHonorGames of Deception: The True Story of the First U. S. Olympic Basketball Team at the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's GermanyHonor Masters of SilenceNotableNotableRachel's RosesNotable Young AdultSomeday We Will FlyWinnerDissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Life and WorkHonorSick Kids in LoveHonorIn the Neighborhood of TrueNotableNotable2019 Younger ReaderAll of a Kind Family HanukkahWinner Through the Window: Views of Marc Chagall's LifeHonorHonor Irving Berlin: The Immigrant Boy Who Made America SingNotable Write On, Irving Berlin!Notable French Toast SundaysNotable Notable Older ReaderSweep: The Story of a Girl and Her MonsterWinnerAll Three StoogesHonorHonor, adapted by Ari FolmanAnne Frank's Diary: The Graphic AdaptationNotable12 Before 13NotableLight the Menorah: A Hanukkah HandbookNotable Young AdultWhat the Night SingsWinnerYou'll Miss Me When I'm GoneHonorResistanceNotable2018 Younger ReaderWinnerYaffa and Fatima: Shalom, SalaamHonorDrop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi AkivaHonorYom Kippur ShortstopNotable Under the Sabbath LampNotableBig Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall TaleNotableNotableRuth Bader Ginsburg: The Case of R. B. G. vs. InequalityNotable Older ReaderWinnerViva Rose!Honor and Wendy Wan Long ShangThis is Just a TestHonorHonorHedy's Journey: The True Story of a Hungarian Girl Fleeing the HolocaustNotable and Lee Cohen, adapted by Emil SherNotable WordwingsNotableNotable Teen ReaderWinner with Jordana LebowitzTo Look a Nazi in the Eye: A Teen's Account of a War Criminal TrialHonorHonorHonor Man's Search for Meaning: Young Reader EditionNotable Ronit & JamilNotableStolen SecretsNotable2017 Younger ReaderI Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her MarkWinnerHonorFascinating: The Life of Leonard NimoyHonor Notable On One FootNotableNotableGabriel's HornNotableChicken Soup, Chicken SoupNotable Not This Turkey!Notable Older ReaderWinnerDriedels on the BrainHonor and Lou FancherHonorNotable, adapted by Mary Cronk FarrellIrena's Children: Young Readers Edition: A True Story of CourageNotable NotableSkating with the Statue of LibertyNotable Teen ReaderWinner 2016 Younger Reader WinnerShanghai SukkahHonorEverybody Says ShalomHonor Hanukkah Cookies with SprinklesNotableSadie and Ori and the Blue BlanketNotable Notable Older ReaderAdam and ThomasWinner Hereville: How Mirka Caught a FishHonor Notable Mr. Doctor: Janusz Korczak and the Orphans of the Warsaw GhettoNotable Watch Out for Flying Kids: How Two Circuses, Two Countries, and Nine Kids Confront Conflict and Build CommunityNotable Notable Notable Teen ReaderWinner Stones on a GraveHonor Serendipity's FootstepsHonorLast Night at the Circle CinemaNotable Courage and Defiance: Stories of Spies, Saboteurs, and Survivors in World War II DenmarkNotable Imagining KatherineNotable Deep SeaNotable 2015 Younger ReaderMy Grandfather's CoatWinner Goldie Takes a StandHonor Never Say a Mean Word Again: A Tale from Medieval SpainHonor Older Reader and Greg Salsedo (colors)Hidden: A Child's Story of the Holocaust Winner Death by Toilet PaperHonor Whispering TownHonor Teen ReaderStorm Winner Isabel's WarHonor Like No OtherHonor 2014 Younger ReaderWinner Rifka Takes a BowHonor Stones for GrandpaHonor Older Reader Winner, with Marilyn J. Harran and Elisabeth B. LeysonHonor Dear Canada: Pieces of the Past: The Holocaust Diary of Rose Rabinowitz, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1948Honor Teen Reader Winner Dancing in the DarkHonor, translated by Laura Watkinson Honor 2013 Younger ReaderHannah's WayWinner Zayde Comes to LiveHonor Honor Older ReaderHis Name Was Raoul Wallenberg Winner Honor Teen ReaderIntentions WinnerBeyond Courage: The Untold Story of Jewish Resistance During the HolocaustHonor2012 Younger ReaderChanukah LightsWinnerNaamah and the Ark at NightHonor Around the World in One ShabbatHonor Older ReaderMusic Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein Winner and Mo OhLily Renee, Escape Artist: from Holocaust Survivor to Comic Book PioneerHonorHammerin’ Hank Greenberg: Baseball PioneerHonor Irena's Jars of SecretsHonor Teen Reader WinnerThenHonorHonor 2011 Younger ReaderGathering SparksWinnerModeh Ani: A Good Morning BookHonorEmma's Poem: The Voice of the Statue of LibertyHonorCakes and Miracles: A Purim TaleHonor Older ReaderHereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword WinnerResistanceHonorOne Is Not a Lonely NumberHonorBlack RadishesHonor Teen Reader WinnerHushHonorOnceHonorLife, AfterHonor 2010 Younger ReaderNew Year at the PierWinnerJagoNachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover StoryHonorBenjamin and the Silver GobletHonorYankee at the SederHonorYou Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?Honor Older Reader Winner and Ruud van der Rol, translated by Arnold J. PomeransAnne Frank: Her Life in Words and Pictures from the Archives of the Anne Frank HouseHonor, translated by Linda SchenckHonor Teen ReaderTropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba WinnerLostHonorNaomi's SongHonor2009 Younger ReaderAs Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward FreedomWinnerEngineer Ari and the Rosh Hashanah RideHonorSarah LaughsHonor A is for Abraham: A Jewish Family AlphabetHonorNaming LibertyHonor Older ReaderBrooklyn Bridge WinnerMemories of BabiHonor Teen Reader WinnerFreefallHonor2008 Younger ReaderWinner HonorLetter on the Wind: A Chanukah TaleHonorLightHonor Older Reader Winner and Dan Stone. Holocaust: The Events and Their Impact on Real PeopleHonor and Christos NicolaHonor Teen ReaderStrange Relations Winner, translated by Erik J. MackiLet Sleeping Dogs LieHonor 2007 Younger ReaderHanukkah at Valley ForgeWinnerHonorI Am Marc ChagallHonorShlemazel and the Remarkable Spoon of PohostHonorRebecca's Journey HomeHonor Older ReaderJulia's Kitchen Winner Vive La ParisHonorSolomon and the Ant and Other Jewish FolktalesHonorYellow StarHonorHonor Teen Reader WinnerIncantationHonorHonor 2006 Younger ReaderSholom Treasure: How Sholom Aleichem Became a WriterWinnerHonorRuth and Naomi: A Bible StoryHonorShlemiel CrooksHonorKibitzers and Fools: Tales My Zayda Told MeHonor Older ReaderConfessions of a Closet Catholic Winner and Bernice SteinhardtMemories of SurvivalHonor HonorPrince William, Maximilian Minsky, and MeHonorHonor 2005 Dating system changed this year to reflect year in which award is announced instead of year of publication. 2004 Younger ReaderDaniel in the Lions’ DenHonorNotable Papa's LatkesNotable Mrs. Greenberg's Messy HanukkahNotable and Ron WolfsonWhat You Will See Inside a SynagogueNotableNotableIt's Sukkah Time!NotableDavid and GoliathNotableJonah and the Whale (and the Worm)NotableMiriam and Her Brother MosesNotableApples and Pomegranates: A Family Seder for Rosh HashanahNotable Where Do People Go When They Die?Notable Older ReaderReal Time Winner, translated by Doris OrgelDaniel, Half HumanHonorBobbie Rosenfeld: The Olympian Who Could Do EverythingHonorHonorWonders and Miracles: A Passover CompanionHonor, translated by Gillian RosnerMy Guardian AngelHonor Notable and Lena ZehaviNotable Walking the Bible: An Illustrated Journey for KidsNotable L'Chaim: to Jewish life in AmericaNotable Israel in PicturesNotable, translated by Betsy RosenbergDuelNotable NotableNotable Notable Quake! Disaster in San Francisco, 1906NotableRosie in Los Angeles: Action!NotableEstherNotableAlbert EinsteinNotable NotableMissing Persons: The Chocolate LoverNotable and Dagmar Schroeder HildebrandSix Million Paper ClipsNotableYour Travel Guide to Ancient IsraelNotableIlan Ramon: Israel's Space HeroNotableIlan Ramon: Jewish StarNotable and Barbara TabsMatzah Meals: A Passover Cookbook for Kids (revised edition)Notable 2003 Younger ReaderBagels from Benny WinnerHonorChanukah on the PrairieHonorWhen the Chickens Went on Strike: A Rosh Hashanah TaleHonor I Only Like What I LikeHonor and Godeane EagleLong Johns for a Small ChickenHonor Avram's GiftHonorHonor Five Alive! My Yom Tov Five SensesHonor Tali's Jerusalem ScrapbookHonorTurn, Turn, TurnHonor Honor It's a Miracle! A Hanukkah StorybookHonorSomething for NothingHonorRachel's GiftHonor Older ReaderWho Was the Woman Who Wore the Hat? WinnerAncient Israelites and Their Neighbors: An Activity GuideHonorTough Questions Jews Ask: A Young Adult's Guide to Building a Jewish LifeHonorBirdlandHonorGolda MeirNotable My Grandmother's Stories: A Collection of Jewish FolktalesNotable NotableShutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New YorkNotableRoom in the HeartNotableRosie in New York City: Gotcha!NotableNotableAbraham Joshua Heschel: Man of Spirit, Man of ActionNotableMurder at the 1972 Olympics in MunichNotableMilkweedNotableIlan Ramon: Israel's First AstronautNotable, as told to Michelle McCannLuba: The Angel of Bergen BelsenNotableMarc ChagallNotable 2002 Younger ReaderChicken Soup by Heart WinnerNoah's ArkHonorSammy Spider's First Trip to Israel: A Book about the Five SensesHonorPearl's Passover: A Family Celebration through Stories, Recipes, Crafts, And SongsHonor Night Lights: A Sukkot StoryNotableNotableMatzah ManNotableIt's Challah Time!Notable NotableRunaway DreidelNotableBrundibarNotable NotableNoah's ArkNotable Older ReaderHana's Suitcase WinnerOne CandleHonorHonorSmoke and Ashes: The Story of the Holocaust, Revised and ExpandedHonorNotable Alexandra's Scroll: The Story of the First HanukkahNotableAngels Sweep the Desert Floor: Bible Legends about Moses in the WildernessNotableMarikaNotableJewish Holidays All Year Round: A Family TreasuryNotableForged in Freedom: Shaping the Jewish American ExperienceNotable And God Cried, Too: A Kid's Book About Healing and HopeNotable NotableAuschwitz: The Story of a Nazi Death CampNotableAnne Frank's Story: Her Life Retold for ChildrenNotableSmokeNotableSparks Fly UpwardNotableToo Young for YiddishNotableJeremiah's Promise: An Adventure in Modern IsraelNotableInvisible Kingdoms: Jewish Tales of Angels, Spirits, and DemonsNotableFacing the MusicNotableNotableFinding Sophie: A Search for Belonging in Postwar BritainNotable 2001Younger ReaderRivka's First Thanksgiving Winner Behold the Trees NotableSolomon and the Trees Notable Notable Hanukkah Cat (Revised Edition) Notable and Ying Hwa HuSnow in Jerusalem Notable NotableOn Shabbat Notable Notable Notable NotableZigazak! A Magical Hanukkah Night NotableCain and Abel: Finding the Fruits of Peace Notable NotableLemuel, the Fool Notable Rachel Captures the Moon NotableOlder ReaderSigmund Freud: Pioneer of the Mind WinnerDaughter of Light NotableHans and Sophie Scholl: German Resisters of the White Rose NotableDeath on Sacred Ground NotableClara's War NotableRivka's Way NotableUnderstanding Buddy NotableStolen Words NotableDaughter of Fire: Heroines of the Bible Notable NotableSecrets in the House of Delgado Notable Shoes for Amelie NotableFriend of Foe? NotableSurviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps Notable, translated by Ruth and Hans FisherMendel Rosenbusch: Tales for Jewish Children Notable Notable Teen ReaderAfter the Holocaust NotableMara's Stories: Glimmers in the Dark Notable 2000 Younger ReaderGershon's Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year Winner HonorHonor and Ting Hwa HuNotable On PurimNotableDance, Sing, RememberNotable Come, Let Us Be Joyful: The Story of Hava NagilaNotableMoishe's MiracleNotableThread of Kindness: A Tzedaka StoryNotable Older Reader WinnerLove You, SoldierHonorFireflies in the Dark: The Story of Friedl Dicker Brandeis and the Children of TerezinHonor, translated by Yael LotanSamir and YonatanNotableNotablePhoto Odyssey: Solomon Carvalho's Remarkable Western Adventure, 1853 1854NotableTorn ThreadNotableTales for the Seventh DayNotableNotablePharaoh's DaughterNotableDarkness over Denmark: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the JewsNotableHannah's Journal: The Story of an Immigrant GirlNotableWhy on This Night? A Passover Haggadah for Family CelebrationNotableNotable Escaping to America: A True StoryNotableNotableMy Secret Camera: Life in the Lodz GhettoNotableFaraway HomeNotableInvisible ChainsNotableRemember Me: A Search for Refuge in Wartime BritainNotable 1999 Younger Reader WinnerNoah and the Great FloodHonorJoseph Had a Little OvercoatHonorBaby's BrisHonorDavid and the Trash Talkin' Giant: Mr. Grungy's Seek and Find Bible StoriesNotableQueen Esther, the Morning StarNotable How Yussel Caught the Gefilte Fish: A Shabbos StoryNotableThis Is Our SederNotableNotableNotableNotableMatzah Ball SoupNotableFor Heaven's SakeNotableRaisel's RiddleNotableStreets of GoldNotableKing Solomon and His Magic RingNotableNotable Older Reader WinnerJourneys with ElijahHonor When The Beginning Began: Stories About God, the Creatures and UsHonorWhen the Soldiers Were GoneHonor, editorWith All My Heart, With All My Mind: Thirteen Stories about Growing Up JewishNotable Two Suns in the SkyNotable My Bridges of Hope: Searching for Life and Love after AuschwitzNotable Escape: Teens Who Escaped the Holocaust to FreedomNotable MiriamNotable Running on EggsNotableNotableMy Name Is Not GussieNotable Notable In My Enemy's HouseNotable Missing GirlsNotable and Barbara Rush, editorsNotable Einstein: Visionary ScientistNotable Star of LuísNotable 1998 Younger ReaderNine Spoons Winner Queen Esther Saves Her PeopleHonorYou Never Know: A Legend of the Lamed VavniksHonorOn the Wings of Eagles: An Ethiopian Boy's StoryHonorHonor, translated by Robert FriendAgnon's Alef Bet: Poems by S. Y. AgnonNotable, with Barbara HehnerJourney to Ellis Island: How My Father Came to AmericaNotableNotable, translated by Rosemary LanningNoah's ArkNotableOnce Upon a ShabbosNotable, with Shelley TanakaOne More BorderNotableWhen Mindy Saved HanukkahNotableMiriam's CupNotableNotableNotableIn Our Image: God's First CreaturesNotableAnnushka's VoyageNotable Older ReaderStones in Water WinnerHonorHonor No Pretty Pictures: A Child of WarHonorClouds of GloryNotableFaraway SummerNotable NotableNotableDreams of the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, A Jewish Immigrant GirlNotableGreater Than AngelsNotableIsrael: The Founding of a Modern NationNotableMasadaNotable Teen ReaderWalk the Dark Streets NotableTo Bigotry No Sanction: The Story of the Oldest Synagogue in America NotableMasada: The Last Fortress Notable, translated by James SkofieldThanks to My Mother NotableKatarina Notable 1997 Younger Reader When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street WinnerWhen Jessie Came Across the SeaHonorOn PassoverNotableOn Rosh Hashanah and Yom KippurNotableJonah and the Two Great FishNotable NotableWhenNotableJoseph and His Coat of Many ColorsNotableAnnie's ShabbatNotableMarven of the Great North WoodsNotableNotableElisabethNotableBy the Hanukkah LightNotableNotablePurim PlayNotableIn My PocketNotableNotableNotable JosephNotablePearl's Marigolds for GrandpaNotable Older Reader WinnerI Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing Up in the HolocaustHonor Two Cents and a Milk BottleNotableNotableNotable Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood FriendNotableWhile the Candles Burn: Eight Stories for HanukkahNotableHidden Music: The Life of Fanny MendelssohnNotableGod's Story: How God Made MankindNotableNotablePassage to Freedom: The Sugihara StoryNotableNotableOf Heroes, Hooks, and HeirloomsNotableNotable Teen ReaderHeeding the Call: Jewish Voices in America's Civil Rights Struggle Notable Sacred Shadows Notable 1996Younger ReaderShalom, Haver: Goodbye, Friend WinnerDybbuk: A Story Made in HeavenHonorBecky and Benny Thank God NotableHirsh's Secret: A Baal Shem Tov Story Notable Just Stay Put NotableBone Button Borscht Notable Notable Notable Older ReaderWhen I Left My Village WinnerEsther's StoryHonorGod's Mailbox: More Stories about Stories in the BibleNotableCelebrating HanukkahNotable SkyNotableFitting InNotable and Marion Blumenthal LazanFour Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust StoryNotableTeddy Kollek: Builder of JerusalemNotableNotable and Rush Barbara, editorsNotableWomen of Valor: Stories of Great Jewish Women Who Helped Shape the Twentieth CenturyNotable Elie Wiesel: A Voice for HumanityNotableBack of Beyond: A Bar Mitzvah JourneyNotable GolemNotableUnfinished DreamsNotable Teen ReaderNotableMoe Berg: The Spy Behind Home PlateNotable Night FlightNotable Sarah with an HNotableAfter the WarNotableGideon's PeopleNotableBehind the Bedroom WallNotable 1995 Younger ReaderStar of Fear, Star of Hope WinnerHonorOne Yellow DaffodilNotableNotableNight Lights: A Sukkot StoryNotableWhen a Grandparent DiesNotableWhen Solomon Was KingNotableThe Matzah That Papa Brought HomeNotable Starlight and CandlesNotableStrudel, Strudel, StrudelNotableNotablePassover MagicNotableNotable Older ReaderDancing on the Bridge of Avignon WinnerDrummers of JerichoHonorChild of the Warsaw GhettoNotable Listen to the TreesNotable and Florence FreedmanEzra Jack Keats: A Biography with IllustrationsNotable and Thomas HartmanHow Do You Spell God? : Answers to the Big Questions from Around the WorldNotableBat MitzvahNotableNotableBar MitzvahNotableOrdinary Genius: The Story of Albert EinsteinNotable Isaac Bashevis Singer: The Life of a StorytellerNotableGolem: A Giant Made of MudNotable and Darlene Z. McCampbell, editors Bearing Witness: Stories of the HolocaustNotableNotable, translated by Hillel HalkinFlying LessonsNotableYoni Netanyahu: Commando at EntebbeNotable Life in the Warsaw GhettoNotable, with Beverly FriendLegends of the Chinese Jews of KaifengNotableAnd Twelve Chinese AcrobatsNotable Teen Reader, translated by Hillel SchenkerUnder the Domim TreeNotable, et al. Parallel JourneysNotableBroken BridgeNotableLook to the HillsNotable But Can the Phoenix Sing?Notable Days of Judgment: The World War II War Crimes TrialsNotableFat ChanceNotable, translated by Hillel HalkinNotable 1994Younger Reader Winner Day of Delight: A Jewish Sabbath in EthiopiaHonor Northern Lights: A Hanukkah StoryNotableAfter the FloodNotable Don't ForgetNotableTikvah Means HopeNotableMatzah BallNotable, (adapter)King Solomon and the BeeNotable Older Reader WinnerOne Foot AshoreHonor NotableHilde and Eli: Children of the HolocaustNotableTell Them We Remember: The Story of the HolocaustNotableNotable Make a Wish MollyNotable and Phyllis CytronMyriam Mendilow, Mother of JerusalemNotableNotableNotableGrey Striped Shirt: How Grandma and Grandpa Survived the HolocaustNotableEscape from EgyptNotable 1993Younger Reader WinnerNeve Shalom Wahat Al Salam: Oasis of PeaceHonor and Judith TechnerHonor NotableNotableBlessed Are YouNotableDavid and GoliathNotableNotable God Must Like Cookies, TooNotablePot LuckNotableLight: The First Seven DaysNotable (compiler) Hanukkah, Oh HanukkahNotableStone MenNotable Older ReaderSworn Enemies Winner Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Stopped DeathHonor and Michael HalperinJacob's RescueNotable Notable Sweet Notes, Sour NotesNotable, translated by Hillel HalkinLydia, Queen of PalestineNotable Tell Me a MitzvahNotable Behind the Secret WindowNotable and Rian Verhoeven, translated by Tony Langham and Plym PetersAnne Frank: Beyond the DiaryNotableAnna is Still HereNotable Notable 1992Younger ReaderSomething from Nothing WinnerJeremy's DreidelHonorRichesHonorHonorJourney to the Golden LandHonor and Barbara RushHonorDavid's Songs: His Psalms and Their StoryNotable In the Month of Kislev: A Story of HanukkahNotableMrs. Katz and TushNotable Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and ChristmasNotableJoshua's DreamNotable Older ReaderLetters from Rifka Winner Tunes for Bears to Dance toHonor Children of BachNotableNotable Ellis Island: Land of HopeNotable Notable Shalom, Geneva PeaceNotable 1991 Younger ReaderDaddy's Chair WinnerCakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale Winner, selected and translated by Aliza ShevrinAround the Table: Family Stories of Sholom Aleichem Notable NotableJust Enough Room Notable All the Lights of the Night Notable Appleblossom NotableToby Belfer Never Had a Christmas Tree NotableBuba Leah and Her Paper Children NotableLet the Celebrations Begin! Notable Older Reader & Barbara Rush WinnerMarc Chagall, Painter of DreamsNotable Notable Waiting for AnyaNotable, translated by Hillel HalkinNotableNotable, translated by Terese Edelstein and Inez SmidtHide and SeekNotableNotable 1990 Younger Reader WinnerJudah Who Always Said "No. "HonorHonor Sophie's NameNotableFancy Aunt JessNotableNotableLatkes and ApplesauceNotableWhen Will the Fighting Stop? : A Child's View of JerusalemNotableNotableHappy Passover, Rosie and Leo and Blossom's SukkahNotable Older ReaderMy Grandmother's Stories Winner Shadow of the WallHonor Honor Lone StarNotableMenorahs, Mezuzas, and Other Jewish SymbolsNotable and Mishael Maswari CaspiNotableNotable Code Name KrisNotable Independence AvenueNotable Notable Hear O Israel: A Story of the Warsaw GhettoNotable Notable 1989 Younger ReaderBerchick WinnerGrandma's SoupHonorHershel and the Hanukkah GoblinsHonor HonorMalke's Secret Recipe: A Chanukah Story from ChelmNotableNotableNot Yet, ElijahNotableABC: The Alef Bet Book, The Israel Museum, JerusalemNotableMommy Never Went to Hebrew SchoolNotableMinnie's Yom Kippur BirthdayNotable Older ReaderNumber the Stars Winner Pink Slippers, Bat Mitzvah BluesHonor Silver DaysHonor Lisa's WarHonor We Remember the HolocaustNotable Feathers in the WindNotableNotable Does God Have a Big Toe? NotableEarth to Andrew O. BlechmanNotable Teen ReaderFather of the Orphans: The Story of Janusz KorczakNotable NotableNotable Plots and PlayersNotableBeyond Safe BoundariesNotableWe Were Not Like Other PeopleNotable 1988 Younger Reader WinnerFrom Head to Toe: A Book About YouHonorHonorBeni's First ChanukahHonor and Ilene Bayer and Joanne StraussRachel and MischaNotable And Shira ImaginedNotable NotableJustin's Hebrew NameNotableJust Enough Is Plenty: A Hanukkah TaleNotable Older Reader WinnerOut of Many WatersHonor and Gail ProvostDavid and MaxHonor Notable Notable Friends ForeverNotable Fire! The Library Is BurningNotableAnd Then There Were FourNotable Anne Frank: Life in HidingNotable Teen Reader Rescue: The Story of How Gentiles Saved Jews in the HolocaustHonorNotable Emma LazarusNotable Smoke and Ashes: The Story of the HolocaustNotable Touch Wood: A Girlhood in Occupied FranceNotable 1987 Younger Reader Winner Apple Pie and Onions Notable Even Higher Notable Gittel and the Bell Notable Queen Esther NotableMy Sister's Wedding Notable Older Reader Winner Esther Notable Exodus Notable Yossi Tries to Help God NotableJoseph's Wardrobe Notable Notable First Fast NotableJerusalem, Shining Still Notable Notable and Judyth GronerMiracle Meals: Eight Nights of Food 'n Fun for Chanukah Notable Teen Reader Also Known as Sadzia! The Belly Dancer! NotableEliezer Ben Yehuda: The Father of Modern Hebrew Notable Notable Daughter of My People: Henrietta Szold and Hadassah Notable Notable (editor) NotableForever My Jerusalem Notable 1986 Younger ReaderJoseph Who Loved the Sabbath Winner Moses in the Bulrushes NotableIma on the Bima: My Mommy is a Rabbi Notable NotableYossel Zissel and the Wisdom of Chelm Notable Older Reader Beyond the High White Wall Winner and Diane WolfeCooking the Israeli Way Notable Aviva's Piano Notable Sound the Shofar: The Story and Meaning of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur Notable Notable (editor)Poems for Jewish Holidays Notable NotableHannah Szenes: A Song of Light Notable Notable Teen ReaderUncle Jacob's Ghost Story NotableSigmund Freud: Doctor of the Mind NotableI Lift My Lamp: Emma Lazarus and the Statue of Liberty NotableOne Man's Valor: Leo Baeck and the Holocaust NotableMonday in Odessa Notable Notable 1985 Younger ReaderBrothers Winner Notable NotableI Love Passover NotableMy First Book of Mitzvos NotableWatch the Stars Come Out Notable NotableWho Will Lead the Kiddush? Notable Notable and Eliyahu Meshchaninov Notable Washday on Noah's Ark NotableJoshua's Dream Notable Older ReaderIke and Mama and the Seven Surprises WinnerAsk Another Question: The Story and Meaning of Passover NotableYossi Asks the Angels for Help Notable NotableSecret Grove Notable Notable and Lars HokansonRemember Not to Forget Notable & Agnes Herman Notable and Howard I. Gogot Notable Toba at the Hands of a Thief Notable Shnook the Peddler Notable, David Waskow, and Shoshana WaskowBefore There Was a Before Notable Teen ReaderOne Way to Ansonia NotableIn Kindling Flame: The Story of Hannah Senesh, 1921 1944 Notable NotableDoes Anyone Here Know the Way to Thirteen? NotableStar without a Sky NotableBar Mitzvah Notable 1984 Younger ReaderMrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks Winner Older Reader Winner 1983 Younger ReaderBubby, Me, and Memories Winner Older ReaderIn the Mouth of the Wolf Winner 1982 Younger Reader Winner Older ReaderCall Me Ruth Winner 1981 Younger ReaderYussel's Prayer Winner Older Reader Winner 1980 Winner 1979Ike and Mama and the Block Wedding Winner 1978 Winner 1977Exit from Home Winner 1976Never to Forget Winner 1975Waiting for Mama Winner 1974 No Award Given 1973Uncle Misha's Partisans Winner 1972 No Award Given 1971 No Award Given 1970 Winner 1969Our Eddie Winner 1968 Winner

The Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award for children's books was first awarded in 1985. The winner receives $1,000. +Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Winners Award YearTitlePublished TitleAuthorPublisherPublication Year 2022 Echo of Light 2021 Cats and Honey Cake 2019 2018 2016 Honey and Me 2015 Viva, Rose 2013 Freestyle 2011 In Search of Lottie 2010 On the Run 2009 When the Hurricane Came to New Orleans When the Hurricane Came 2012 2008 Stealing the Show 2007 Getting Rid of Jeremy 2004 Cara's Kitchen Julia's Kitchen Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2006 2002 Random House 2006 1999 Zayda Was a Cowboy Zayda Was a Cowboy Jewish Publication Society 2005 1998 Devorah Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2006 1997 When the Soldiers Were Gone When the Soldiers Were Gone G. P. Putnam's Sons 1999 1997 All Star Brothers All Star Season Kar Ben 2006 1996 Passover Promise 1995 After I Said No 1994 Of Heroes, Hooks and Heirlooms Of Heroes, Hooks and Heirlooms Jewish Publication Society 1996 1993 Texas Christian University Press 1998 1991 Garden of the Gentle Giant 1991 Leaving Egypt 1991 Tamar's Cat 1990 Rabbi Aaron's Treasure Reb Aharon's Treasure Targum/Feldheim 1993 1990 Operation Dewey Operation Dewey 2002 1988 Borders 1987 Harbinger House 1990 1986 Cubs of the Lion of Judah 1985 Spirit