Great Minds Think Alike

The Jewish Book Council has announced its new crop of National Jewish Book Award winners and finalists, and it looks like they're in agreement with the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee about some of the year's top books. Take a look at our shared opinions below!

The Mysterious Guests: A Sukkot Story by Eric Kimmel, illustrated by Katya Krenina

• Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Younger Readers Category
• National Jewish Book Award Winner, Illustrated Children's Books Category

As Good As Anybody: Martin Luther King Jr and Abraham Joshua Heschel's Amazing March Toward Freedom by Richard Michelson, illustrated by Raul Colon

• Sydney Taylor Book Award Winner, Younger Readers Category
• National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Illustrated Children's Books Category

Hanukkah Haiku by Harriet Ziefert, illustrated by Karla Gudeon

• Sydney Taylor Notable Book, Younger Readers Category
• National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Illustrated Children's Books Category

Memories of Babi by Aranka Siegal

• Sydney Taylor Honor Book, Older Readers Category
• National Jewish Book Award Finalist, Childrens & Young Adult Literature

Genesis: The Book with Seventy Faces, A Guide for the Family by Esther Takac, illustrated by Anna Pignataro

• Sydney Taylor Notable Book, All Ages
• National Jewish Book Award Winner, Jewish Family Literature, in Memory of Dorothy Kripke