ALT Mazel tov to the authors and illustrators of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Honor Books! Amazing Abe: How Abraham Cahan's Newspaper Gave a Voice to Jewish Immigrants by Norman H. Finkelstein, illustrated by Vesper Stamper Joyful Song: A Naming Story by Lesléa Newman, illustrated by Susan Gal Rising by Sidura Ludwig, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy The Tree of Life: How a Holocaust Sapling Inspired the World by Elisa Boxer, illustrated by Alianna Rozentsveig Across So Many Seas by Ruth Behar Finn and Ezra's Bar Mitzvah Time Loop by Joshua S. Levy Just Shy of Ordinary by A. J. Sass The Forbidden Book by Sacha Lamb Trajectory by Cambria Gordon

ALT Mazal tov to the 2025 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award! An Etrog from Across the Sea by Deborah Bodin Cohen and Kerry Olitzky, illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen, published by Kar-Ben Publishing, an imprint of Lerner Publishing Group The Girl Who Sang: A Holocaust Memoir of Hope and Survival by Estelle Nadel with Sammy Savos and Bethany Strout, illustrated by Sammy Savos, published by Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishing Night Owls by A. R. Vishny, published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers

ALT Mazel tov to the authors and illustrators of the 2025 Sydney Taylor Notable Books! Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah by Linda Leopold Strauss, illustrated by Tim Smart Mr. Katz and Me by Marc Kornblatt, illustrated by Nanette Regan Sharing Shalom by Danielle Sharkan, illustrated by Selina Alko Benji Zeb is a Ravenous Werewolf by Deke Moulton Max in the House of Spies: A Tale of World War II by Adam Gidwitz Things That Shimmer by Deborah Lakritz The Ballerina of Auschwitz by Dr. Edith Eva Eger Inkflower by Suzy Zail