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The winners of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Book Awards, recognizing the best Jewish children's and young adult literature of the year, were announced on January 27, 2025 at the American Library Association's Youth Media Awards event. Aviva Rosenberg is the current chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, and she joined us to discuss the 2025 winners of the award.
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- Sydney Taylor Book Awards
- ALA's YouTube channel, where you can watch a recording of the announcement
- Heidi's unofficial 2025 Sydney Taylor shortlist
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2025 SYDNEY TAYLOR BOOK AWARDS
Scroll down to see all the winning titles listed, with links to any past podcast appearances by the authors on The Book of Life.
FYI, the Sydney Taylor Book Award Blog Tour will take place in early February, and I will be interviewing Joshua S. Levy about Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop. Details will appear soon at JewishLibraries.org.
Picture Book Winner: An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben
Middle Grade Winner: The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel, Bethany Strout, and Sammy Savos, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press
Young Adult Winner: Night Owls by A.R. Vishny, published by HarperCollins
- Podcast interview with A.R. Vishny forthcoming - watch this space
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Picture Book Honors
Joyful Song by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal, published by Levine Querido
- Podcast interview with Lesléa and Susan about Joyful Song: June 2024
Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, published by Candlewick
Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finklestein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper, published by Holiday House
The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig, published by Rocky Pond Books
Middle Grade Honors
Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar, published by Nancy Paulsen Books
- Podcast interview with Ruth about Across So Many Seas:
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