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The Charlotte Jewish News - March 2016 - Page 30 2016 Sydney Taylor Book Awards for Children and Teens Announced by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) The Sydney Taylor Book Award honors new books for ehil- dren and teens that exemplify the highest literary standards while authentieally portraying the Jew ish experienee. The award memo rializes Sydney Taylor, author of the elassie All-of-a-Kind Family series. The winners will reeeive their awards at the Assoeiation of Jewish Libraries Conferenee in Charleston, SC this June. Leslea Newman and Amy June Bates, author and illustrator of Ketzel, the Cat who Composed, Aharon Appelfeld, Philippe Dumas and Jeffrey M. Green, au thor, illustrator and translator of Adam and Thomas, and Laura Amy Sehlitz, author of The Hired Girl, are the 2016 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. Newman and Bates will reeeive the 2016 gold medal in the Syd ney Taylor Book Award’s Younger Reader category for Ketzel, the Cat Who Composed, published by Candlewiek Press. This delightful pieture book tells the true story of musieian Morris Moshe Cotel, whose eat helped him eompose a one-minute eomposition that re- eeived an honorable mention in the Paris New Musie Review eompetition. The illustrations are heartwarming and add mueh eharm to the story. Appelfeld, Dumas, and Green will reeeiver the 2016 gold medal in the Syd ney Taylor Book Award’s Older Readers eategory for Adam and Thomas, published by Seven Sto ries Press. This sweet story tells of two nine-year-old Jewish boys who survive the last winter of World War II, helping eaeh other so that one grows physieally stronger and braver and the other grows spiritually. Laura Amy Sehlitz will reeeive the 2016 gold medal in the Sydney Taylor Book Award’s Teen eategory for The Hired Girl, published by Can dlewiek Press. This sensitive story tells how fourteen-year-old Catholie Joan Skraggs beeomes a hired girl to a Jewish family where she learns and grows in un- expeeted ways. Five Sydney Taylor Honor Books were named for 2016. For Younger Readers, the Honor Books are Everybody Says Shalom, written by Leslie Kim- melman and illustrated by Talitha Shipman, published by Random House, and Shanghai Sukkah, written by Heidi Smith Hyde and illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong, published by Kar-Ben Publishing. Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutseh, published by Amulet Books, is the Honor book in the Older Reader eate gory. For Teen Readers, the Honor books are Serendipity’s Footsteps by Suzanne Nelson, published by Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, and Stones on a Grave by Kathy Kaeer, published by Orea Book Publishers. Winners and Honor reeipients partieipated in a blog tour from February 7-12. For more informa tion about the blog please visit WWW. j e wishlibrarie s. org/blog. In addition to the medal win ners, the Award Committee desig nated twelve Notable Books of Jewish Content for 2016. More in formation about the Sydney Tay lor Book Award ean be found at WWW. SydneyTaylorBookAward.o rg or eontaet Amalia Warshenbrot, Assoeiation of Jewish Librareis, Viee President, President eleet AmaliaIma@ATT.net or Diane Rauehwerger, ehair@sydneytay- lorbookaward.org. See the eomplete list of books below. ^ The 2016 Sydney Taylor Book Awards I I KETZEL flti C.dT wllli COMPOST-B The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Older Readers: Adam & Thomas by Aharon Ap pelfeld, translated by Jeffrey M. Green with illustrations by Philippe Dumas (Seven Stories Press) * l^auro |ehli1i * The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Teen Readers: The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Sehlitz (Candlewiek Press) Everybody SaV^ Nnmtfl iii.-TAlHy }utK EtMca The Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner for Younger Readers: Ketzel the Cat who Composed by Leslea Newman with illustra tions by Amy June Bates (Can dlewiek Press) Sydney Taylor Honor Books for Younger Readers: Everybody Says Shalom by Leslie Kimmelman with illustra tions by Talitha Shipman (Ran dom House) .5uJckaFj Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Older Readers: Hereville: How Mirka Caught a Fish by Barry Deutseh (Amulet Books) ^Serendipity’s 1 ^ Footsteps ^ STOKES GRAVE Sydney Taylor Honor Books for Stones on a Grave by Kathy Teen Readers: Serendipity’s Footsteps by Suzanne Nelson (Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Random House) Kaeer (Orea Book Publishers) Notable Books for Younger Readers: Hanukkah Cookies with Sprin kles by David A. Adler, illus trated by Jeffrey Ebbeler (Apple & Honey Press, an imprint of Behrman House & Gefen Pub lishing House) (Continued on next page) Shanghai Sukkah by Heidi Smith Hyde with illustrations by Jing Jing Tsong (Kar-Ben Publishing) Pre/-pl(Mwwng^your fwnercd/ \ac... oa to your loved/ on&y. Membership is an affordable $72 annually. • • • 9 Hebrew Cemetery \ of Greater Charlotte 'H'o-W/Oi'- • C.etek-(rci.te • 'Ei'vvk-iroboe. Contact Sandra Goldman, Director, for information on plot availability and pricing. director@hebrewcemetery.org 704.576.1859 k\s'i.';li federation ' OF CREATE^ CHARLOTTE
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