S/O Diverse Jewish Kids Books

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 10:55 am

S/O of the PJ Library thread.

Does anyone know of any picture books or lower level reading books which were put out by the standard Jewish publishers and feature frum kids with different racial backgrounds (even just in a single illustration)?

amother

Hyacinth

Wed, May 03 2023, 11:41 am

Targum Press has a series of books featuring jewish kids from all over the world.

amother

Hyacinth

Wed, May 03 2023, 11:42 am

amother Hyacinth wrote:

Targum Press has a series of books featuring jewish kids from all over the world.

This is what they look like. They have quite afew books from all different places in the world.

theoneandonly

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:10 pm

amother Hyacinth wrote:

Targum Press has a series of books featuring jewish kids from all over the world.

Um, if he's from Nigeria, why is he white?

flowerpower

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:12 pm

There is a new kids book that had a kid with dark skin in it. Not sure the name of the book though. I’ll try to find out

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:13 pm

amother Hyacinth wrote:

Targum Press has a series of books featuring jewish kids from all over the world.

Thanks. I'm sure these books are really nice and teach kids about different cultures.

However, I'm looking for books with some nonwhite Jewish characters. Do these have any in them?

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:13 pm

flowerpower wrote:

There is a new kids book that had a kid with dark skin in it. Not sure the name of the book though. I’ll try to find out

Thanks! If you could, I would really appreciate it.

amother

Petunia

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:13 pm

They are chabad shluchim's children. These books are meant to show diverse places,, not diverse people..

chocolatecake

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:14 pm

My kids love this series. All the books are about white chabad families living in very random places. OP is asking if there are any books where there are Jewish kids that are not white.

theoneandonly

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:14 pm

amother Petunia wrote:

They are chabad shluchim's children. These books are meant to show diverse places,, not diverse people..

Well OP specifically asked for diverse people

amother

DarkRed

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:15 pm

scruffy wrote:

I'm assuming you mean different skin color?

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:15 pm

amother DarkRed wrote:

I'm assuming you mean different skin color?

Yes.

amother

Hyacinth

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:24 pm

scruffy wrote:

Thanks. I'm sure these books are really nice and teach kids about different cultures.

However, I'm looking for books with some nonwhite Jewish characters. Do these have any in them?

I'm almost sure they have.

amother

DarkRed

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:25 pm

scruffy wrote:

Yes.

I'm wracking my brain, can't think of one, but there should be one

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 12:27 pm

amother Hyacinth wrote:

I'm almost sure they have.

Thank you.

flowerpower

Wed, May 03 2023, 2:55 pm

scruffy wrote:

Thanks! If you could, I would really appreciate it.

I think it’s Benny the bucket filler by Rivka Fischman

amother

Cyan

Wed, May 03 2023, 3:04 pm

https://itsgoodtoknow.org/prod.....-book
Who Needs You by Manis Friedman, you can see some varied skin tones on the book cover (not very dark though)

There was an article in the Nshei Chabad Newsletter about a biracial family that produces books with more diversity. I can try to find it.

In "Here Comes the Mitzvah Team" (published by Hachai) Lipa in the park definitely has darker skin.

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 3:21 pm

flowerpower wrote:

I think it’s Benny the bucket filler by Rivka Fischman

Thank you!

scruffy

Wed, May 03 2023, 3:22 pm

amother Cyan wrote:

https://itsgoodtoknow.org/product/who-needs-you-childrens-book
Who Needs You by Manis Friedman, you can see some varied skin tones on the book cover (not very dark though)

There was an article in the Nshei Chabad Newsletter about a biracial family that produces books with more diversity. I can try to find it.

In "Here Comes the Mitzvah Team" (published by Hachai) Lipa in the park definitely has darker skin.

Thank you so much!

amother

Cyan

Wed, May 03 2023, 3:23 pm

flowerpower wrote:

I think it’s Benny the bucket filler by Rivka Fischman

Yes! You can see inside here: https://www.feldheim.com/pub/F......html