All Kinds of Strong
Despite being small and frail, Sadie Rose is strong in other ways. She never forgets to check the chicken coops so the foxes can’t get in. She notices when the farm animals are sick. And she always has a new idea when it’s needed. Even so, her neighbors worry that she’s not strong enough for life on a farm. But when there’s a calamity and friends and family can no longer celebrate the Sabbath in their neighbor’s parlor, Sadie Rose comes up with an idea that proves that there are “all kinds of strong.”
“All Kinds of Strong tells the story of a frail but emotionally resourceful child who rallies her Jewish farming community after a fire destroys the local shul. It incorporates themes that are historically underrepresented in Jewish literature: disability, agriculture and rural life.” —Hadassah magazine
A Nickel, A Trolley, A Treasure House
Growing up on the Lower East Side, Lionel knows only a tiny tenement apartment and a few crowded streets. He scribbles drawings on every available scrap of paper but doesn’t think much of them—until he takes a momentous streetcar journey to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There, he finds that the world is a wider and more exciting place than he could have imagined. With gentle humor and fondness, Sharon Reiss Baker tells a story based on her own family history. Evocative paintings by Beth Peck help capture both the safe familiarity of home and the glorious liberation of discovering the world beyond it.
“Baker spins a gentle tale, based on a shard of her family history, about looking at art, and what can be seen there…A lovely way to see how the whole world can open like a flower if you know how to see.”—Kirkus Reviews