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    Lin­da R. Silver

    Lin­da R. Sil­ver is a spe­cial­ist in Jew­ish children’s lit­er­a­ture. She is edi­tor of the Asso­ci­a­tion of Jew­ish Libraries’ Jew­ish Val­ues­find­er, www​.ajl​jew​ish​val​ues​.org, and author of Best Jew­ish Books for Chil­dren and Teens: A JPS Guide (The Jew­ish Pub­li­ca­tion Soci­ety, 2010) and The Jew­ish Val­ues Find­er: A Guide to Val­ues in Jew­ish Children’s Lit­er­a­ture (Neal-Schu­man, 2008).
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    The Unfor­get­table Journey
    Moshe Weinberg
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    Anne-Marie Baila Asner
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    Livia Bitton-Jackson
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    Tam­mar Stein
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    The Oppo­sites of My Jew­ish Year
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    Marilyn Sachs
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    The Purim Costume
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    The Sto­ry of Ruth
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    My Side of the Sto­ry: Escape from War
    James Riordan
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    Passover
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