Nancy Churnin

My friend and coworker recommended this book. We had been discussing prejudice around the Jewish community.
This is a fabulous story! I love the fact that someone with no fame or power or importance was inspired to overlook those “shortcomings” and make an appeal for change. What a hero!!!

This warmly illustrated biography demonstrates how proper accommodations allow all people to succeed. A little baseball, a little disability rights, a little history, and a big celebration of Hoy's resilience.

2021 National Jewish Book Award Winner - Children's Picture Book2022 Sydney Taylor Book Award Honor


I enjoyed this nonfiction picture describing the correspondence between Eliza Davis and Charles Dickens. Although children may not recognize the names, they can understand the interaction between the two and the power of the pen. The author uses straightforward language to convey Eliza's frustration and hurt in seeing how Dicken's portrays the Jewish characters in his work.

"Anne Frank and Martin Luther King Jr. were born the same year a world apart. Both faced ugly prejudices and violence, which both answered with words of love and faith in humanity. This is the story of their parallel journeys to find hope in darkness and to follow their dreams."