Rising

RisingBy: Sidura Ludwig Illustrator: Sophia Vincent Guy An Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Honor Book A quiet, joyful story celebrating a Jewish mothers tradition of making challah with her child merges a lyrical text with stunning illustrationsand includes the authors favorite recipe. Melt into the nooks and crannies of this books unhurried pages, offering a place to rest and a pregnant pause for counting your many blessingscurrent and

But that’s only because she’s learned to channel her literary hero Dorothy Parker

In pursuit of the riddle of solitude

Answering an online ad

Claire loves her new home

but her broken heart is the least of her problems

It’s too bad that Dolly won’t be there to spend it with them

But way up on the twenty-third floor

She has spent her entire life on her family’s land

the fabled past

but as a man with a conscience he refused to continue when he saw the perversion of their work by the Nazis

• Rosenstrach’s legendary chocolate Mud Cake—plus an entire section on birthdays

”—Beth Macy