Your PJ Our Way Books for January 2025
Happy New Year! PJ Our Way is proud to offer four fantastic books this month! Your reader can learn more about the early life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, be inspired by the bravery of the Danish people who risked their lives to save their Jewish neighbors, spend a summer on an American beach during WWII, or bake delicious chocolate cream doughnuts with Tristan.
Be sure to have your PJ Our Way subscriber choose their book by January 10th!
Becoming RBG
By: Debbie Levy
Ages 10+
208 pages
This graphic biography introduces readers to the incredible life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. From her earliest years as Kiki to her iconic status as the Notorious RBG, Ginsburg never stopped asking important questions and fighting for what she believed in. She was a pioneer in the male-dominated fields of education and law and ultimately rose to the highest court in the land. Readers will learn about the personal, professional, and legal challenges Ginsburg faced, as well as the incredible and long-lasting changes that resulted from her life-long fight for the equal treatment of girls and women in society and the workplace.
Becoming RBG focuses almost entirely on Ginsburg’s career prior to her appointment to the United States Supreme Court. It was published in 2019, prior to Justice Ginsburg’s death and thus does not mention her passing.
Hitler's Canary
By: Sandi Toksvig
Ages 10+
192 pages
When the Germans invade Denmark, Bamse doesn't know whether to stay out of trouble or be brave and try to help his Jewish best friend Anton’s family. This National Jewish Book Award finalist is based on the real-life experiences of author and broadcaster Sandi Tokvig's father as a child during the Second World War, when many Danes risked their lives to save their Danish Jewish compatriots from the Nazis. The book has tension appropriate to the subject matter and the age of readers but also has plenty of lighter moments. An afterword explains that this story is based on the real-life experience of the author’s grandparents, who sheltered Danish Jews from the Nazis.
The Summer We Found the Baby
By: Amy Hest
Ages 9+
181 pages
In short alternating chapters, eleven-year-old Julie, her six-year-old sister Martha, and Julie’s frenemy, twelve-year-old Bruno, narrate this heartwarming and hopeful story set in a Long Island beach town during World War II. Each child’s voice and viewpoint are distinct, and the varying narratives keep the pace moving quickly. Additional Jewish content was specially created for this unique PJ Our Way edition of Hest’s novel.
The Doughnut Fix
By: Jessie Janowitz
Ages 10+
304 pages
When Tristan’s father loses his job, he decides to relocate the family from Manhattan to rural upstate New York. Tristan’s younger sister Jeanine is a math genius who copes by spending all of her time studying and Skyping with her best friend from home. Four-year-old Zoe adapts fairly well, especially after her dad installs a zip-line in the basement. Tristan is left somewhere in the middle, struggling to maintain a friendship with his best bud from home while trying to find his place in a town that doesn’t have a single restaurant. When Tristan discovers a new friend and a recipe for life-changing chocolate cream doughnuts, he realizes that he might be able to put his baking skills to use in surprising ways.
Note: Quantities of each title are limited! If you see another book offered for selection this month, head over to Story Central to check it out.