Stacy Nockowitz News Today

From new fiction by local authors to recs from the bookshop around the corner, consider this your (Philly!) summer reading list.

“The Prince of Steel Pier,” by Stacy Nockowitz, published by Kat-Ben Publishing Winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Middle Grade Literature and a Sydney Taylor Notable Book, “The Prince of Steel Pier” will transport readers to 1972 and Atlantic City. Along with his immediate family, post-bar mitzvah boy, Joey, spends the summer helping

The Sydney Taylor Book Awards are awarded annually to outstanding works of Jewish literature for children.

Sydney Taylor Book Awards go to illustrated book about genocide survivor who collected remembrances of Jewish families from her hometown, stories of dybbuks and demons

(JTA) — An illustrated book about an inspiring Holocaust survivor and two works of fantasy featuring dybbuks and Jewish demons have won this year’s top prizes in Jewish children’s literature.

The top picture book tells the story of Yaffa Eliach, whose history research generated a core of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.

A memoir by an African American Jew tops the Jewish Book Council’s list of honorees for 2022.

Jewish Book Council hails book, which details US chef's career of fusing Jewish and African-American cooking, for its 'deep dives into theology, identity, and, of course, food'

“Koshersoul,” chef Michael W. Twitty’s memoir about Jewish and African-American culinary histories, bas been named the Jewish book of 2022.

These first-time authors are out to prove that life experience and hindsight are advantages when it comes to crafting riveting stories for teens.