

SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-2025-sydney-taylor-book-awards.html TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/g5yluS6SsAbhu4hkoKy62TZUgac?utm_source=copy_url
The winners of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, recognizing the best Jewish children's and young adult literature of the year, were announced on January 27, 2025 at the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards event. Aviva Rosenberg is the current chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, and she joined us to discuss the 2025 winners of the award.
LEARN MORE:
Scroll down to see all the winning titles listed, with links to any past podcast appearances by the authors on The Book of Life.
FYI, the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour will take place in early February, and I will be interviewing Joshua S. Levy about Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop. Details will appear soon at JewishLibraries.org.
Picture Book Winner: An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben
Middle Grade Winner: The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout, and Sammy Savos, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press
Young Adult Winner: Night Owls by A.R. Vishny, published by HarperCollins
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Picture Book Honors
Joyful Song by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal, published by Levine Querido
Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, published by Candlewick
Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finklestein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper, published by Holiday House The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig, published by Rocky Pond Books
Middle Grade Honors
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar, published by Nancy Paulsen Books
Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy, published by Katherine Tegen Books
Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Young Adult Honors
Trajectory by Cambria Gordon, published by Scholastic Press
The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb, published by Levine Querido
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Picture Book Notables
Mr. Katz and Me by Marc Kornblatt, illustrated by Nanette Regan, published by Apples & Honey Press
Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, illustrated by Tim Smart, published by Kar-Ben
Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan, illustrated by Selina Alko, published by Holiday House
Middle Grade Notables
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz, published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
Things That Shimmer by Deborah Lakritz, published by Kar-Ben
Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton, published by Tundra Books
Young Adult Notables
The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger with Esme Schwall, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Inkflower by Suzy Zail, published by Walker Books Australia
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2025 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Winner:"When You Write Back" by Hanna R. Neier
The Sydney Taylor Book Awards are sponsored by Jo Taylor Marshall, daughter of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor. I interviewed Jo Taylor Marshall on The Book of Life in January 2024
CREDITS:
Your feedback is welcome! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.
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SHOW NOTES: https://jewishbooks.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-2025-sydney-taylor-book-awards.html TRANSCRIPT: https://otter.ai/u/g5yluS6SsAbhu4hkoKy62TZUgac?utm_source=copy_url
The winners of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, recognizing the best Jewish children's and young adult literature of the year, were announced on January 27, 2025 at the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards event. Aviva Rosenberg is the current chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, and she joined us to discuss the 2025 winners of the award.
LEARN MORE:
Scroll down to see all the winning titles listed, with links to any past podcast appearances by the authors on The Book of Life.
FYI, the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour will take place in early February, and I will be interviewing Joshua S. Levy about Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop. Details will appear soon at JewishLibraries.org.
Picture Book Winner: An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben
Middle Grade Winner: The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout, and Sammy Savos, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press
Young Adult Winner: Night Owls by A.R. Vishny, published by HarperCollins
~~~
Picture Book Honors
Joyful Song by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal, published by Levine Querido
Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, published by Candlewick
Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finklestein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper, published by Holiday House The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig, published by Rocky Pond Books
Middle Grade Honors
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar, published by Nancy Paulsen Books
Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy, published by Katherine Tegen Books
Just Shy of Ordinary by A.J. Sass, published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Young Adult Honors
Trajectory by Cambria Gordon, published by Scholastic Press
The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb, published by Levine Querido
~~~~
Picture Book Notables
Mr. Katz and Me by Marc Kornblatt, illustrated by Nanette Regan, published by Apples & Honey Press
Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, illustrated by Tim Smart, published by Kar-Ben
Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan, illustrated by Selina Alko, published by Holiday House
Middle Grade Notables
Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz, published by Dutton Books for Young Readers
Things That Shimmer by Deborah Lakritz, published by Kar-Ben
Benji Zeb Is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton, published by Tundra Books
Young Adult Notables
The Ballerina of Auschwitz: Young Adult Edition of The Choice by Dr. Edith Eva Eger with Esme Schwall, published by Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Inkflower by Suzy Zail, published by Walker Books Australia
~~~~
2025 Sydney Taylor Manuscript Award Winner:"When You Write Back" by Hanna R. Neier
The Sydney Taylor Book Awards are sponsored by Jo Taylor Marshall, daughter of All-of-a-Kind Family author Sydney Taylor. I interviewed Jo Taylor Marshall on The Book of Life in January 2024
CREDITS:
Your feedback is welcome! Please write to bookoflifepodcast@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 561-206-2473.
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