Hyde, Heidi Smith. Shanghai Sukah. Minneapolis: Kar-Ben, 2015.
Fleeing the Holocaust in Europe, Marcus moves with his family from Berlin to Shanghai, where he doubts this unfamiliar city will ever feel like home. But with help from his new friend Liang, and the answers to a rabbi’s riddle, Marcus sets out to build a unique sukkah in time for the harvest festival of Sukkot.

Locke, Katherine and Laura Silverman, editors. It’s a Whole Spiel: Love, Latkes, and Other Jewish Stories. Knopf Books, 2019.
Get ready to fall in love, experience heartbreak, and discover the true meaning of identity in this poignant collection of short stories about Jewish teens.

Rauchwerger, Diane Levin. Dinosaur on Shabbat. Minneapolis: Kar-Ben, 2006.
An eager and excited dinosaur causes chaos when he arrives to help a boy and his family celebrate Shabbat.

Rockliff, Mara. Chik Chak Shabbat. Sommerville: Candlewick Press, 2014.
When Goldie Simcha doesn’t joyfully throw open her door to welcome everyone in to her apartment for a meal of her famous cholent, her neighbors wonder what could be wrong. Little Lali Omar knocks on the door to 5-A, only to learn that Goldie was feeling too sick on Friday to cook, and everyone knows you can’t make cholent in a hurry, right away, chik chak! But it just isn’t Shabbat without cholent. What can her neighbors do to save the day?