About PJ
Publishing
PJ Publishing creates board books, picture books, chapter books, middle-grade books, and graphic novels in multiple languages that represent the diversity of Jewish families today. By sharing Jewish narratives, values, and life events, we help families explore their connections with Jewish life.
We hope you enjoy perusing this catalog and seeing all the books that PJ Publishing has created. Be sure to check out the sneak peeks of forthcoming books!
PJ Publishing is the in-house imprint of PJ Library ® , a program of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation. PJ Library sends Jewish children’s books and activities to hundreds of thousands of families around the world. This free program is supported by a network of generous donors and partners. For more information and to sign up children ages 0-12 to receive a free Jewish storybook each month, visit pjlibrary.org
On the Cover
This lyrical board book celebrates small, everyday moments as a family moves through their day from morning to night, appreciating each other and the world around them.
Bless the World
Written by Lesléa Newman
Illustrated by Noa Mishkin
PJ Publishing Books Online
PJ Publishing books are available for purchase online. You can find your favorite titles, as well as our popular Haggadah and our guides to celebrating Jewish holidays at home, at pjlibraryshop.org and at amazon.com/pjlibrary
Become a PJ Library Author
Are you an author, author-illustrator, graphic novelist, agent, or publisher who has a Jewish children’s story to share? If so, we want to read it! PJ Library reviews manuscripts year-round and offers financial incentives for accepted works.
Find FAQs, submission guidelines, and more at pjlibrary.org/manuscripts Questions? Email pjlibrary@hgf.org
New Board Books from Varda Livney
Today I Am a Hamantasch: A Poem for Purim
Written and illustrated by Varda Livney
6.5” x 6.5”, 16 pages Age 0
Today is Purim, and it’s time to dress up! Enjoy colorful costumes and playing pretend until the holiday’s over, when we’ll all go back to normal.
Includes die cuts!
Sarah & Abraham: A Torah Story (with Goats)
Written and illustrated by Varda Livney
6.5” x 6.5”, 20 pages Age 1
Travel to the time of Sarah and Abraham as they wake in their tent and prepare food to share with each other (and goats) in this gentle board book for kids of all kinds.
Includes a mirror!
Friends Count
Friends Count
Written by Vivian Kirkfield
Illustrated by Savannah Allen
8” x 8”, 18 pages
Age 0
Friends come together to celebrate Hanukkah with dreidels, music, and jelly grins in this fun counting board book.
Challahbaloo!
Written by Elizabeth Suneby
Illustrated by Adriana Hernández Bergstrom
8” x 8”, 16 pages
Age 1
With bright colors, bouncing rhyme, and lively animal friends, a family in South America celebrates challah and Shabbat.
Applesauce on Top
Purim Baskets
Written by Nancy Churnin
Illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford
8” x 8”, 24 pages Age 1
Mishloach manot, traditional gift baskets, are given to delighted animals to bring smiles to everyone for Purim.
Applesauce on Top
Written by Lina Schwarz
Illustrated by Yuko Jones
8” x 8”, 20 pages
Age 1
Homemade applesauce and latkes are the perfect treats for Hanukkah.
A Cat in Tel Aviv
Written by Tammar Stein
Illustrated by Sabina Hahn
10” x 8”, 24 pages Age 2
It’s morning in Tel Aviv! Follow a curious cat as she finds snacks, meets friends, and explores daily life in the city.
Welcome, Moon: A Rosh Chodesh Story
Written and illustrated by Amalia Hoffman
8” x 10.25”, 32 pages Age 3
Nighttime animal friends gather to watch the moon as it changes over time. When the new moon returns, they celebrate Rosh Chodesh, the start of the new month.
Purim Possibilities
Written by Barbara Kimmel
Illustrated by Irina Avgustinovich
8” x 8”, 18 pages
Age 3
What will you dress up as for Purim? With mix-and-match sticker costumes, the possibilities are endless! Includes reusable stickers!
Written by Lina Schwarz • Illustrated by Yuko Jones
Written by Nancy Churnin Illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford
Jewish Cats All Year Round
Written and illustrated by Varda Livney
6.5” x 6.5”, 12 pages
Age 0
Includes a mirror!
Todah
Art from Jewish Cats All Year Round, written illustrated by Varda Livney
Written and illustrated by Kyra Teis
8” x 8”, 28 pages
Age 1
Listen
Written by Lina Schwarz
Illustrated by Patrice Barton 8” x 8”, 18 pages
Age 1
Celebrating
Rosh Hashanah! One, Two, Three, Sukkot!
Written by Naomi Shulman Illustrated by Nora Hilb
Natalia Emanuel
Havdalah Sky
Written by Chris Barash
Illustrated by Sarita Rich
8” x 8”, 14 pages
Age 1
Art from Can You Hear Them? One, Two!, written by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh and illustrated by Florence Weiser
Happy, Happy
Written by Bara Bat-Shem
Illustrated by Mary Hall
8” x 8”, 18 pages
Age 1
Kiffel-Alcheh
Written by Tammar Stein
Illustrated by Juliana Perdomo
8” x 8”, 12 pages
Age 1
By Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh Illustrated by Fl rence Weiser
Samara Q. Klein
Purim Masquerade
My Hands Make the World
Written and illustrated by Amalia Hoffman 8” x 8”, 16 pages Age 2
from Uno Dos Tres: A Sephardic Counting Book, written by Sarah Aroeste and illustrated by
Art
Nathalie Belhassen
My Friend, the Apple Tree
Written by Samara Q. Klein
Illustrated by Eliana Q. Bialowas
6” x 8”, 20 pages Age 2
Includes see-through window pages!
Planting Parsley
Written by Pamela Ehrenberg
Illustrated by Constanze v. Kitzing
8” x 8”, 12 pages
Age 2
Written by Karyn Friedman-Everham Illustrated by Gabby Grant
x 8”, 12 pages
Sign Language Shabbat
by Chris Barash
Written by Alisa Greenbacher & Jennifer Rosner
Photographs by Shelley Rotner
Illustrations by David Hyde Costello 8” x 8”, 18 pages Age 2
Harvest Blessings
Written by Amy Meltzer
Illustrated by Amy Schimler-Safford
8” x 8”, 22 pages
Age 2
Illustrated by Rosie Butcher 6” x 6”, 10 pages
Age 2
with Friends
Written by Chris Barash
Illustrated by Maya Shleifer
8” x 8”, 16 pages
Age 2
Includes a fold-out tree!
Flip Flop Hanukkah
Written
Art from Flip Flop Hanukkah, written by Danny Paller and illustrated by Aya Gordon-Noy
Written
Hanukkah
Antlers with Candles
Mishpuchah!
Written and illustrated by Barney Saltzberg
Fridays Are Special
Written by Chris Barash
Illustrated by Melissa Iwai
8” x 8”, 24 pages Age 2
Art from How to Get to Savta’s for Shabbat, written and illustrated by Varda Livney
Written by Chris Barash
by Melissa Iwai
Hanukkah at Monica’s
Written and illustrated by Varda Livney 8” x 8”, 32 pages
Age 3
Saturdays Are Special
Written by Chris Barash
Illustrated by Abigail Marble
8.5”
Laila Tov, Moon
Written by Vivian Newman
Illustrated by David Hyde Costello
8” x 8”, 32 pages
Age 4
Yitzi the Trusty Tractor
Written by Naomi Shulman
Illustrated by Shelley Couvillion
8” x 10”, 24 pages Age 6
Never Too Quiet
Written by Barbara Diamond Goldin*
Illustrated by Amanda Hall
8.5” x 11”, 24 pages
*Originally published in One
Danced
Until the Blueberries Grow
Written by Jennifer Wolf Kam
Illustrated by Sally Walker
8.5” x 11”, 24 pages Age 6
Things Should Match
Written by Sheldon Oberman*
Illustrated by Paul Meisel
9” x 11”, 24 pages Age 6
*Originally published in Solomon and the Ant: And Other Jewish Folktales ; reproduced with permission of Boyds Mills Press, Inc.
How Do Candles Light the Night?
Written by Tish Rabe
Illustrated by Renée Andriani
5.5” x 8.5”, 24 pages
Written by Tammar Stein
Illustrated by Sabina Hahn
6.8” x 8.3”, 32 pages Age 7
The Sabbath Lion
THE SABBATH LION
Retold by Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush
Illustrated by Stephen Fieser 10” x 8”, 32 pages Age 7
Onions and Garlic
Detour Ahead
Retold by Rebecca Sheir
Illustrated by Sabina Hahn 8” x 10”, 48 pages Age 8
Produced in partnership with Circle Round , a storytelling podcast from WBUR
Written by Pamela Ehrenberg & Tracy López
Illustrated by Laila Ekboir
5.5” x 8.25”
352 pages Ages 9-12
Scout’s Honor and the Cave of Courage
Written by Anna Levine
5.5” x 8.25” 140 pages Ages 9-12
Art from Bless the World, written by Lesléa Newman and illustrated by Noa Mishkin