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The Sydney Taylor Book Award has been awarded annually since 1968 "to outstanding books for children and teens that authentically portray the Jewish experience."

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The Endless Steppe by Esther Hautzig
Call Number: PS3558.A77 Z5 E5
ISBN: 006447027X
Year: 1968
Our Eddie by Sulamith Ish-Kishor
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 039481455X
Year: 1969
(Cover courtesy of Open Library https://openlibrary.org/books/OL5682057M/Our_Eddie.)
The Year by Suzanne Lange
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0875991734
Year: 1970
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0875991734)
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Call Number: Various
Year: 1971
Awarded for "general contributions to Jewish children's literature"
Molly Cone
Call Number: Not Available
Year: 1972
Awarded for "general contributions to Jewish children's literature"
Uncle Misha's Partisans by Yuri Suhl
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0933503237
Publication Date: 1988-07-01
Year: 1973
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0933503237)
Waiting for Mama by Marietta Moskin
Call Number: Not Available
Year: 1975
No award was given for 1974.
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0698203194)
Never to Forget by Milton Meltzer
Call Number: General Collection D810.J4 M528 N5
ISBN: 0060241756
Year: 1976
Exit from Home by Anita Heyman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0517529033
Year: 1977
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0517529033)
The Devil in Vienna by Doris Orgel
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0142402362
Year: 1978
A Russian Farewell by Leonard Everett Fisher
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 059007525X
Year: 1980
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/059007525X)
Yussel's Prayer by Barbara Cohen
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0688045812
Year: 1981
The Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0689874340
Year: 1982
Bubby, Me and Memories by Barbara Pomerantz
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0807402532
Year: 1983
Mrs. Moskowitz and the Sabbath Candlesticks by Amy Schwartz
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 082760372X
Year: 1984
Brothers: A Hebrew Legend by Florence B. Freedman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 006021872X
Year: 1985
Joseph Who Loved the Sabbath by Marilyn Hirsh
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0670811947
Year: 1986
The Numbers on My Grandfather's Arm by David Adler
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0807403288
Year: 1987
(Cover courtesy of Open Library http://openlibrary.org/isbn/0807403288)
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
Call Number: PZ7.P75186 K4 1998
ISBN: 0689820909
Year: 1988
Berchick by Esther Silverstein Blanc
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0912078812
Year: 1989
My Grandmother's Stories by Adele Geras
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0375822852
Year: 1990
Something from Nothing by Phoebe Gilman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0590472801
Year: 1991
Cakes and Miracles by Barbara Diamond Goldin
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0761457011
Year: 1992
The Uninvited Guest by Nina Jaffe
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0590446533
Year: 1993
The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 1590783328
Year: 1994
Star of Fear, Star of Hope by Jo Hoestlandt
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0802783732
Year: 1995
Shalom Haver/Goodbye Friend by Barbara Sofer
Call Number: Not Available
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 1996
When Zaydeh Danced on Eldridge Street by Elsa Okon Rael
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0689804512
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 1997
Nine Spoons by Marci Stillerman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0922613842
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 1998
The Peddler's Gift by Maxine Rose Schur
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0803719787
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 1999
Gershon's Monster by Eric A. Kimmel
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 043910839X
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2000
Rivka's First Thanksgiving by Elsa Okon Rael
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0689839014
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2001
Chicken Soup by Heart by Esther Hershenhorn
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0689826656
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2002
Bagels from Benny by Aubrey Davis
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 1553374177
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2003
Real Time by Pnina Moed Kass
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0618442030
Winner: Middle Grade (picture book not given)
Year: 2004
Sholom's Treasure by Erica Silverman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0374380554
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2006
Note: "2005 - Dating system changed this year to reflect year in which award is announced instead of year of publication. Award-giving did NOT skip a year."
Hanukkah at Valley Forge by Stephen Krensky
Call Number: PZ7.K883 H3 2006
ISBN: 0525477381
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2007
The Bedtime Sh'ma: A Good Night Book by Sarah Gershman
Call Number: Not Available
ISBN: 0939144549
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2008
As Good As Anybody by Richard Michelson
Call Number: E185.97.K5 M44 2008
ISBN: 0375833358
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2009
New Year at the Pier by April Halprin Wayland
Call Number: PZ7.W35126 N4 2009
ISBN: 0803732791
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2010
Gathering Sparks by Howard Schwartz
Call Number: PZ7.S4078 G3 2010
ISBN: 1596432802
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2011
Chanukah Lights by Michael J. Rosen
Call Number: PZ7.R71868 C53 2011
ISBN: 9780763655334
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2012
Hannah's Way by Linda Glaser; Adam Gustavson (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.G48047 H36 2012
ISBN: 0761351388
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2013
The Longest Night by Laurel Snyder; Catia Chien (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.3.S683 L6 2013
ISBN: 0375869425
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2014
My Grandfather's Coat by Jim Aylesworth; Barbara McClintock (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ8.1.A887 M9 2012
ISBN: 9780439925457
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2015
Adam and Thomas by Aharon Appelfeld; Jeffrey Green (Translator); Philippe Dumas (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.A64 A33 2015
ISBN: 1609806344
Winner: Middle Grade
Year: 2016
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark by Debbie Levy; Elizabeth Baddeley (Illustrator)
Call Number: KF8745.G56 L48 2016
ISBN: 9781481465595
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2017
The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe; Lilit Thwaites (Translator)
Call Number: PZ7.1.I93 L52 2017
ISBN: 1627796185
Winner: Young Adult
Year: 2018
All-Of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins; Paul O. Zelinsky (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.J4134 A44 2018
ISBN: 9780399554193
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2019
The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for generations to come by Sue Macy; Stacy Innerst (Illustrator)
Call Number: Z989.L36 M33 2019
ISBN: 1481472208
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2020
Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail by Lesléa Newman; Susan Gal (Illustrator)
Call Number: PZ7.N47988 W45 2020
ISBN: 9781580898829
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2021
The Passover Guest by Susan Kusel; Sean Rubin (Illustrator)
Call Number: Not Yet Available
ISBN: 9780823445622
Winner: Picture Book
Year: 2022
The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel; Susan Gal (Illustrator)
Call Number: DS135.L52 E357 2022
ISBN: 9781338225891
Winner: Picture Book
Year 2023