New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story
by April Halprin Wayland with illustrations by Stephane Jorish (Dial Books for Young Readers, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group)

The Importance of Wings
by Robin Friedman (Charlesbridge Publishing)

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba
by Margarita Engle (Henry Holt Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)

Nachshon, Who Was Afraid to Swim: A Passover Story
by Deborah Bodin Cohen with illustrations by Jago. (Kar-Ben, imprint of Lerner)

Benjamin and the Silver Goblet
by Jacqueline Jules with illustrations by Natascia Ugliano.
(Kar-Ben, an imprint of Lerner)

Yankee at the Seder
by Elka Weber with illustrations by Adam Gustavson. (Tricycle Press)

You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?
by Jonah Winter with illustrations by Andre Carrilho.
(Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House)

Anne Frank: Her Life in Words and Picture from the Archives of the Anne Frank House
by Menno Metselaar and Ruud van der Rol, translated by Arnold J. Pomerans. (Roaring Brook Press/Flash Point, an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group)

A Faraway Island
by Annika Thor, translated by Linda Schenck. (Delacorte Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Random House)

Lost
by Jacqueline Davies. (Marshall Cavendish)

Naomi's Song
by Selma Kritzer Silverberg. (Jewish Publication Society)

The Other Half of Life: A Novel Based on the True Story of the MS St. Louis
by Kim Ablon Whitney (Knopf)

Louis Posner Memorial Award for Illustrated Children’s Books: JPS Illustrated Children’s Bible by Ellen Frankel, illustrated by Avi Katz (Jewish Publication Society)