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    Chil­dren’s (curat­ed by Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries)

    Check out the full list of 100 Jew­ish Chil­dren’s Books: For the Fam­i­ly Book Shelf curat­ed by the Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries, with the sup­port of the Jew­ish Grand­par­ents Net­work. 

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    All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah
    Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky, illus.
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    Tami Lehman-Wilzig, Menahem Halberstadt (illus.)
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    Susan Kusel, Sean Rubin (illus.)
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    Michelle Edwards; G. Brian Karas, illus.
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    Jacqueline Jules
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    Sigal Samuel; Vali Mintzi, illus.
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    Richard Michelson; Karla Gudeon, illus.
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    Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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    M. Evan Wolkenstein
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    Naomi Shmuel, Avi Katz (illus.)
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    Barry Deutsch
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    A Ceiling Made of Eggshells
    Gail Carson Levine
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    The Book Of Secrets
    Mat Tonti
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    Eric Kimmel
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    Eric Walters and Kathy Kacer

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