May is blooming with reasons to read!

May Day

Find out about the labor union movement and the many contribution of Jewish organizers. We have books about the Triangle Shirt Waist Fire, United Farm Workers’ and Pullman Porters’ organizing, Mother Jones, A. Philip Randolph and Emma Goldman.

Cinco de Mayo

Biographies, nonfiction and fiction at all reading levels celebrate Mexican-American history and culture.

Mothers’ Day

We have wonderful books honoring the mothers and others who love us. We can also return to the day’s original purpose with books about peace. Julia Ward Howe, most famous for writing The Battle Hymn of the Republic, called for a Mothers’ Day for Peace in 1870. Her proclamation read in part, “Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience. We, the women of one country, will be too tender of those of another country to allow our sons to be trained to injure theirs.”

Shavuot

Check out the Shavuot stories and books about this celebration of harvest and the Torah.

Memorial Day

We have books about those who have served in the military throughout history.

May Author/Illustrator Birthdays

Milton Meltzer
J.M. Barrie
Peter Sis
Edward Lear (May 12 is Limerick Day)
George Selden
L. Frank Baum
Bruce Coville
Eloise Greenfield
Gary Paulsen
Tom Feelings
Arthur Dorros
Arnold Lobel
Susan Cooper
Margaret Wise Brown
Walt Whitman