Welcome to the BabagaNewz Teachers’ Book Study Guide Archive. Here you will find all previous book study guides arranged alphabetically by title. Please note that some titles have more than one study guide focusing on different themes.

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To view a list of the books with summaries, click here.

After the War, by Carol Matas

Ahdut, Iyar 5766

Alan and Naomi, by Myron Levoy

Hesed, Heshvan 5769

Blood Secret, by Kathryn Lasky

Shalshelet Hamesorah, Nisan 5768

The Cross by Day, the Mezuzzah by Night by Deborah Spector Siegel

Emet (Truth), Tevet 5766

The Cure by Sonia Levitin

K’vod Habriyot (Dignity), Heshvan 5763
Hithadshut (Renewal), Tishrei 5769

Dave at Night by Gail Carson Levine

Simhah (Happiness), Adar Two 5763, Adar 5767
Focus on American Jewish History, Adar One 5765

Dear Emma by Johanna Hurwitz

Teshuvah (Returning), Tishrei 5764

Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl by Kathryn Lasky

Shabbat, Tevet 5765

Duel by David Grossman

Shalom (Peace), Iyar 5768

Haym Salomon: Liberty’s Son by Shirley Milgrim

Manhigut (Leadership), Heshvan 5765

Holes by Louis Sachar

Re’ut (Friendship), Tishrei 5766

Ice Cream Town by Rona Arato

Gevurah (Heroism), Kislev 5769

The King of Mulberry Street by Donna Jo Napoli

Tzelem Elokim (In God’s image), Adar One 5768

Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse

Tikvah (Hope), Shevat 5764

Love from Your Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolsky

Hatzalah (The power of rescue), Adar Two 5765

Meet Rebecca by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

Heshvan 5770

Mitzvah Magic by Danny Siegel

Tikkun olam (Social action), Heshvan 5766
Tzedek (Justice), Heshvan 5767

My Guardian Angel by Sylvie Weil

Talmud Torah (Learning Torah), Kislev 5767

Next Year in Jerusalem by Howard Schwartz

Anavah (Humility), Shevat 5766
Sisu et Yerushalayim (Celebrate Jerusalem), Iyar 5767

Of Heroes, Hooks, and Heirlooms by Faye Silton

Zekhirah (Remembrance), Nisan 5766

Out of Many Waters by Jacqueline Dembar Greene

Z’rizut (Taking intiative), Nisan 5763
Focus on American Jewish History, Tishrei 5765

Plots and Players by Pamela Melnikoff

Behirah Hofshit (Making choices), Tishrei 5768

Pushcart War by Jean Merrill

Shalom (Peace), Tishrei 5763

The Return by Sonia Levitin

Ahavat Eretz Yisrael (Love of the Land of Israel), Tevet-Shevat 5768

Rivka’s Way by Teri Kanefield

Ometz lev (Courage), Adar 5766

Secret Letters from 0 to 10 by Susie Morgenstern

Re’ut (Friendship), Tishrei 5766

Speed of Light by Sybil Rosen

Koah hadibbur (The power of speech), Tevet 5763, Heshvan 5768
Hakhnasat orhim (Hospitality), Nisan 5765
Kvod habriyot (Dignity) Shevat 5767

The Storyteller’s Beads by Jane Kurtz

Herut (Freedom), Nisan 5764
Geulah (Redemption), Nisan 5767

Strange Relations by Sonia Levitin

Behirah Hofshit (Making choices), Tishrei 5768

Tell Me a Mitzvah by Danny Siegel

Tzedakah (Righteous Giving), Adar 5764

Thank You, Jackie Robinson by Barbara Cohen

Hakarat Hatov (Appreciation), Heshvan 5764, Kislev 5768

A Time of Angels by Karen Hesse

Nisim v’niflaot (Miracles and wonders), Kislev 5763

The Treasure in the Tiny Blue Tin by Dede Fox Ducharme

L’avdah u’leshamrah (Protecting the environment), Shevat 5765

The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg

Tza’ar ba’alei Hayyim (Respect for animals), Shevat 5763
Dan l’khaf zekhut (Judging favorably), Tishrei 5767

The War Within by Carol Matas

Tzedek (Justice), Adar One 5763
Focus on American Jewish History, Kislev 5765

The War With Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith

Hiddur p’nei zaken (Cherishing the elderly), Tevet 5764
Shlom bayit (Family harmony), Tevet 5767