Challah, Challah for You and Me

“Reminds us to be grateful for the bread we eat every day-to appreciate the satisfaction of sitting around the table and sharing challah with family on any occasion at all.”-Jewish Book Council

Challah can warm a table with love

, whether it’s a part of a Shabbat meal or Sunday morning French toast or shared with friends on a picnic. This rhyming sequel to Apples, Apples All Year Round! introduces young children to the many ways challah is an important cultural element in everyday Jewish life.

Author Biography

Barbara Bietz is an award-winning author of Jewish books for children. Several of her books are PJ Library/PJ Our Way selections. Barbara created the website Jewish Books for Kids where she interviews authors, illustrators, editors, and more. Barbara has served as chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Awards committee (Association of Jewish Libraries). She is currently the Assistant Regional Advisor of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) in the Central California Region. She lives in Oak Park, California. June Sobel is the author of more than a dozen picture books for young children, including The Goodnight Train (Clarion Books), a best-selling bedtime story series.  Barbara Bietz and June co-authored Apples, Apples, All Year Round (Apples & Honey Press, 2022), a rollicking, rhyming journey about apples and the joy of Jewish holiday celebrations. This book received the PJ Library Author Incentive Award.  A graduate of Skidmore College and Stanford University, June lives in Westlake Village, California. Ruth Waters creates illustrations using collage, decorating the paper by hand using brushes, rollers – even old toothbrushes – to create unique textures. As an author/illustrator she has five published picture books and been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2019 and 2020, Children’s Book Category. She lives in England.