May is Jewish American Heritage Month --  a time to pay tribute to the generations of Jewish Americans who helped form the fabric of American history, culture, and society. We've compiled a booklist by and about Jewish Americans for all ages!

Click on a title to find it in our catalog; and find many more titles at cobbcat.org.

Children's Picture Books

All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah by Emily Jenkins

The Always Prayer Shawl by Sheldon Oberman

The Babka Sisters by Lesléa Newman

Bagels From Benny by Aubrey Davis

Bring Back the Babka! by Marilyn Wolpin

Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin

Gershon’s Monster: A Story for the Jewish New Year by Eric A. Kimmel

Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story by Lesléa Newman

Hanukkah Upside Down by Elissa Bent Weissman

It Could Always Be Worse adapted by Margot Zemach

Joseph Had a Little Overcoat adapted by Simms Taback

The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco

The Moving-Box Sukkah by Leah Rachel Berkowitz

One Small Spark: A Tikken Olam Story by Ruth Spiro

Red and Green and Blue and White: Inspired by a True Story by Lee Wind

Rising by Sidura Ludwig

Shoshi’s Shabbat by Caryn Yacowitz

Tía Fortuna’s New Home by Ruth Behar

Too Many Golems by Jane Yolen

Two New Years by Richard Ho

Uri and the King of the Darkness: A Hanukkah Story by Nati Bait

The Very Best Sukkah: A Story from Uganda by Shoshana Nambi

Yossel’s Journey by Kathryn Lasky

Children's and Preteen Chapter Books

Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar

All Three Stooges by Erica Perl

Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume

Aviva vs. the Dybbuk by Mari Lowe

Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton

Black Bird, Blue Road by Sofiya Pasternack

The Blood Lie by Shirley Reva Vernick

A Ceiling Made of Eggshells by Gail Carson Levine

The Dubious Pranks of Shaindy Goodman by Mari Lowe

Eddie Whatever by Lois Ruby

Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword by Barry Deutsch

Hollowthorn by Kalyn Josephson

How to Find What You’re Not Looking For by Veera Hiranandani

Just Shy of Ordinary by AJ Sass

Lucky Broken Girl by Ruth Behar

The Magical Imperfect by Chris Baron

The Many Mysteries of the Finkel Family by Sarah Kapit

Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz

My Basmati Bat Mitzvah by Paula J. Freedman

Naomi Teitelbaum Ends the World by Samara Shanker

Not Your All-American Girl by Madelyn Rosenberg

On All Other Nights: A Passover Celebration in 14 Stories edited by Chris Baron

Rebecca Reznik Reboots the Universe by Samara Shanker

The Sun Will Come Out by Joanne Levy

Turtle Boy by M. Evan Wolkenstein

When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary by Alice Hoffman

A World Worth Saving by Kyle Lukoff

Children’s Nonfiction

Beam of Light: The Story of the First White House Menorah by Elisa Boxer

Beni’s Tiny Tales: Around the Year in Jewish Holidays by Jane Breskin Zalben

Do Not Eat This Book: Fun with Jewish Foods & Festivals by Beth Kander

The House on the Canal: The Story of the House That Hid Anne Frank by Thomas Harding

J is for Janucá by Melanie Romero

Let’s Get Festive!: Celebrations Around the World by Joanna Kończak

On the Move: Home is Where You Find It by Michael Rosen

Stars of Night: The Courageous Children of the Czech Kindertransport by Caren Stelson

Thank You: Modeh Ani by Alyson Solomon

The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel

The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer

What Jewish Looks Like by Liz Kleinrock

Teen and Young Adult Fiction

The Assignment by Liza Wiemer

The Blood Years by Elana Arnold

Boundless: Twenty Voices Celebrating Multicultural and Multiracial Identities edited by Akemi Dawn Bowman

Camp by L.C. Rosen

The City Beautiful by Aden Polydoros

Color Me In by Natasha Diaz

Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler

The Ghosts of Rose Hill by RM Romero

Going Bicoastal by Dahlia Adler

Hope and Other Punch Lines by Julie Buxbaum

How to Excavate a Heart by Jake Maia Arlow

It’s My Life by Stacie Ramey

It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories by Katherine Locke

The Judgment of Yoyo Gold by Isaac Blum

Like No Other by Una LaMarche

The Life and Crimes of Hoodie Rosen by Isaac Blum

Make My Wish Come True by Rachael Lippincott

Our Year of Maybe by Rachel Lynn Solomon

Recommended for You by Laura Silverman

Sick Kids in Love by Hannah Moskowitz

Strange Creatures by Phoebe North

This Dark Descent by Kalyn Josephson

This Rebel Heart by Katherine Locke

Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

The Way Back by Gavriel Savit

Wide Awake by David Levithan

Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

You Asked for Perfect by Laura Silverman

Adult Fiction

Ain’t No Grave by Mary Glickman

All Other Nights by Dara Horn

Berlin Atomized by Julia Kornberg

City of Laughter by Temim Fruchter

Code Name Sapphire by Pam Jenoff

Disobedience by Naomi Alderman

Fagin the Thief by Allison Epstein

Fervor by Toby Lloyd

The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson

A Fool’s Kabbalah by Steve Stern

Forest Dark by Nicole Krauss

A Gorgeous Excitement by Cynthia Weiner

Kantika by Elizabeth Graver

Künstlers in Paradise by Cathleen Schine

Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner

The Middlesteins by Janni Attenberg

Nemesis by Philip Roth

The New Internationals by David Wright Faladé

Peggy by Rebecca Godfrey

The Phoenix Bride by Natasha Siegel

Rooms for Vanishing by Stuart Nadler

The Russian Debutante’s Handbook by Gary Shteyngart

The Story of the Forest by Linda Grant

The World and All It Holds by Aleksandar Hemon

Your Presence is Mandatory by Sasha Vasilyuk

Adult Nonfiction

10/7: 100 Human Stories by Lee Yaron

America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today by Pamela S. Nadell

Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning by Peter Beinart

Fear No Pharoah: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery by Richard Kreitner

How Yiddish Changed America and How America Changed Yiddish edited by Ilan Stavans

The Jewish Way to a Good Life: Find Happiness, Build Community, and Embrace Lovingkindness by Rabi Shira Stutman

Judaism is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life by Shai Held

The Last Kings of Shanghai: The Rival Jewish Dynasties That Helped Create Modern China by Jonathan Kaufman

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Night by Elie Wiesel

Nosh: Plant-Forward Recipes Celebrating Modern Jewish Cuisine by Micah Siva

On Being Jewish Now: Reflections from Authors and Advocates edited by Zibby Owens

People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present by Dara Horn

Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism by Shane Burley

Saying No to Hate: Overcoming Antisemitism in America by Norman H. Finkelstein

A Secret Gift: How One Man’s Kindness - and a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression by Ted Gup

The Threshold of Dissent: A History of American Jewish Critics of Zionism by Marjorie N. Feld

To Be a Jew Today: A New Guide to God, Israel, and the Jewish People by Noah Feldman

Unsettled: American Jews and the Movement for Justice in Palestine by Oren Kroll-Zeldin