Angela Kiverstein

JC Life’s guide to the best new books for children

From a paen to Zionist pioneers to batmitzvah and friendship worries, we select the best new releases for kids

In the kinder garden

Children’s books: 7-12 years

From a space-colonising dynasty to an ice-cream ambush, JC Life rounds up the best new titles for kids

Why did people stand by when the Gestapo came child-hunting?

From carrying messages for the Resistance to hugging at the Seder table, our pick of the best new books for children

How Hebrew children’s literature came into the world

Angela Kiverstein learns how kids’ books were first written in a language first used for prayer

What’s the difference between an emigrant and an immigrant?

Our critic rounds up the best new titles for young readers, from science and fairy tales to discussion-starters

Best children’s books for Chanukah

Angela Kiverstein picks the seasonal stories that capture young imaginations

Why are there no Jewish characters in children’s books?

Miriam Halahmy on her new novel and the need for diversity in kids’ literature

Children’s books: The season’s new titles for tots, teens and those in between

From marvellous mucoid humour to a madcap fairy tale, here is the best new fiction for kids

The JC summer 2025 children’s reading list

From royal rescue missions to understanding the liminal ritual of havdalah, here are the season’s four best new books for toddlers, teens and those in between

Best-selling Liz Kessler on her new Emily Windsnap novel

The children’s writer says she thinks of her character Emily as her ‘better and braver part’

Children’s book roundup: the top three

From means girls and ill-fated crushes to swashbuckling seagoing sagas, here are the three best new books for kids aged nine and over