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Chana Stiefel is the author of more than 30 books for children, both fiction and nonfiction. Her recent picture book, THE TOWER OF LIFE: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs (illus. Susan Gal, Scholastic), received many honors including the 2023 Sydney Taylor Book Award, a Robert F. Sibert Honor, the Margaret Wise Brown Prize, the Malka Penn Award for Human Rights in Children's Literature & SCBWI's Inaugural Robert Freedman Nonfiction Award for a Better World. Her next book is LET'S FLY: Barrington Irving's Record-Breaking Flight Around the World (co-written with Barrington Irving, illus. by Shamar Knight-Justice, Dial/PRH, 1-14-25). Other recent nonfiction titles include LET LIBERTY RISE! How America's Schoolchildre ...more

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	The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Susan Gal (Illustrator) 4.63 avg rating — 667 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let Liberty Rise!: How America’s Schoolchildren Helped Save the Statue of Liberty by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Chuck Groenink (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 4.54 avg rating — 278 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bravo, Avocado!: A Heartwarming and Pun-Filled Picture Book About Self-Discovery for Kids (Ages 4-8) by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Anna Süßbauer (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 178 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Name Is Wakawakaloch!: A Humorous Picture Book About Embracing Differences for Kids (Ages 4-7) by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Mary Sullivan (Illustrator) 3.90 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2019 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daddy Depot by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Andy Snair (Illustrator) 4.17 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Awe! by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Susan Gal (Illustrator) 4.42 avg rating — 78 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let's Fly! by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Barrington Irving, Shamar Knight-Justice (Illustrator) 4.54 avg rating — 72 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mendel's Hanukkah Mess Up by Chana Stiefel (Goodreads Author), Larry Stiefel 4.24 avg rating — 55 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Animal Zombies!: And Other Bloodsucking Beasts, Creepy Creatures, and Real-Life Monsters 4.50 avg rating — 34 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ye Castle Stinketh: Could You Survive Living in a Castle? 4.29 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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MATZAH PIZZA brought me back to my own childhood, to my Grandpa Abe who was both a storyteller and a creative chef (pasta fazool, anyone?). In Ann Koffsky’s delightful tall tale, the MC, a young Jewish boy named Sammy, gets bored of eating matzah dur ...more
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I grew up next to a canal in North Miami Beach, filled with fish, exotic birds, and other wildlife. On the afternoon of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, our entire community would come to our house for Tashlich, a Jewish ceremony in which people sy ...more
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What’s your favorite bagel? “In a world of so many things, the [plain] bagel wondered…why be just ONE?” Plain bagel wants to be EVERYTHING! So it sets out on a spectacularly hilarious journey to soak up a little bit of everything (and we’re not just ...more
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