Sydney Taylor Book Award Winners

Presented by the Association of Jewish Libraries and awarded annually, the Sydney Taylor Book Award is given to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience. See a complete list of all past Sydney Taylor Award winners.
Subject Author Title Call number Year
Middle Grade Nadel, Estelle The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival 940.5318 N134gi 2024
Middle Grade Lowe, Mari The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman Fic L913du 2023
Middle Grade Meyer, Susan A Sky Full of Song Fic M6136sky 2023
Middle Grade Nimrodi, Noa Not So Shy Fic N7137no 2023
Picture Book Cohen, Tziporah Afikomen E C6782af 2023
Picture Book Ho, Richard Two New Years E H6785tw 2023
Young Adult Adler, Dahlia Going Bicoastal Fic A237go 2023
Polydoros, Aden Wrath Becomes Her Fic P782wr
Middle Grade Hiranandani, Veera How to Find What You're Not Looking For Fic H668ho 2022
Picture Book Stiefel, Chana The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt her Town in Stories and Photographs 940.5318 S855to 2022
Picture Book Kusel, Susan The Passover Guest E K973pa 2022
Young Adult Lamb, Sacha When the Angels Left the Old Country Fic L218wh 2022
Polydoros, Aden The City Beautiful Fic P782ci
Picture Book Newman, Leslea Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tail with a Tail E N5536we 2021
Young Adult Feder, Tyler Dancing at the Pity Party 92 F293fe
Middle Grade Palacio, R.J. White Bird: A Wonder Story 741.5973 P153wh 2020
Middle Grade Wolkenstein, M. Evan Turtle Boy Fic W8625tu 2020
Picture Book Macy, Sue The Book Rescuer 92 L295ma 2020
Young Adult DeWoskin, Rachel Someday We Will Fly Fic D524so
Middle Grade Auxier, Jonathan Sweep: The Story of a Girl and Her Monster Fic A943sw 2019
Picture Book Jenkins, Emily All of a kind family Hanukkah E J517aL
Middle Grade Gratz, Alan Refugee Fic G7734re 2018
Picture Book Michelson, Richard The Language of Angels 92 B479mi 2018
Young Adult Iturbe, Antonio The Librarian of Auschwitz Fic I913Li 2018
Stamper, Vesper What the Night Sings Fic S7835wh
Middle Grade Gidwitz, Adam The Inquisitor’s Tale Fic G453inq 2017
Picture Book Levy, Debbie I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Made Her Mark 92 G493Le 2017
Young Adult Savit, Gavriel Anna and the Swallow Man Fic S267an
Middle Grade Appelfeld, Aharon Adam & Thomas Fic A641ad 2016
Picture Book Newman, Leslea Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed E N5536ke 2016
Young Adult Schlitz, Laura Amy The Hired Girl Fic S344hi
Middle Grade Dauvillier, Loic Hidden : a child's story of the Holocaust 741.5944 D244hi 2015
Picture Book Aylesworth, Jim My Grandfather’s Coat 398.20947 A978my 2015
Young Adult Napoli, Donna Jo Storm Fic N216sto
Middle Grade Polacco, Patricia The Blessing Cup E P762bL 2014
Picture Book Snyder, Laurel The Longest Night E S6753Lo
Middle Grade Borden, Louise His Name Was Raoul Wallenberg 92 W197bo 2013
Picture Book Glaser, Linda Hannah’s Way E G548ha 2013
Young Adult Bascomb, Neal The Nazi Hunters: How a Team of Spies and Survivors Captured the World’s Most Notorious Nazi 92 E34ba 2013
Young Adult Heiligman, Deborah Intentions 2013
Sharenow, Robert The Berlin Boxing Club Fic S5311be
Middle Grade Rubin, Susan Goldman Music Was It: Young Leonard Bernstein 92 B531ru 2012
Picture Book Rosen, Michael Chanukah Lights E R813ch
Middle Grade Deutsch, Barry Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword 741.5973 D486he 2011
Picture Book Schwartz, Howard Gathering Sparks E S39935ga 2011
Young Adult Reinhardt, Dana The Things a Brother Knows Fic R369th
Middle Grade Friedman, Robin The Importance of Wings Fic F91134im 2010
Picture Book Haprin, April New Year at the Pier 2010
Young Adult Engle, Margarita Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba Fic E58tr
Middle Grade Hesse, Karen Brooklyn Bridge Fic H5873br 2009
Picture Book Michelson, Richard As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King, Jr. and Abraham Joshua Heschel’s Amazing March Toward Freedom 323.092 M623as 2009
Young Adult Zenatti, Valerie A Bottle in the Gaza Sea Fic Z542bo
Middle Grade Fleischman, Sid The Entertainer and the Dybbuk Fic F5965en 2008
Picture Book Gershman, Sarah The Bedtime Sh’ma 2008
Young Adult Levitin, Sonia Strange Relations Fic L666st
Middle Grade Ferber, Brenda Julia’s Kitchen Fic F3458ju 2007
Picture Book Krensky, Stephen Hanukkah at Valley Forge Fic K92ha 2007
Young Adult Zusak, Markus The Book Thief Fic Z962bo
Middle Grade Littman, Sarah Darer Confessions of a Closet Catholic Fic L7812co 2006
Picture Book Silverman, Erica Sholom’s Treasure 92 S5594si