Rabbi Deborah Bodin Cohen is the award-winning author or coauthor of many books for children including Rembrandt Chooses a Queen, Sydney Taylor Award-winning An Etrog from Across the Sea, An Invitation to Passover, Nachshon Who Was Afraid to Swim, and the Engineer Ari series, as well as The Heroes Haggadah. She is an editor at Behrman House and the rabbi of Congregation Beth Chai. She lives in Rockville, Maryland. Rabbi Kerry Olitzky is the author or coauthor of nearly 100 books for children and adults, including Welcome to the Seder: A Passover Haggadah for Everyone; The Heroes Haggadah; Rembrandt Chooses a Queen, Sydney Taylor Award-winning An Etrog from Across the Sea, and Miryam’s Dance. The former executive director of Big Tent Judaism, he was named one of the fifty leading rabbis in North America by Newsweek. He lives in New Jersey.Jeanine Murch is an illustrator with a lifelong love of art, books, and storytelling. She earned her BFA from The University of the Arts then began her career in the big publishing houses of New York City, designing and art directing children's books for over a decade. When she made the leap from corporate world to freelance, she returned to her hometown of Pittsburgh, PA where she now works from her home studio and lives with her husband and two children, who inspire her work.

"A spotlight on famous Jewish activists, performers, leaders, and more.This collective biography/alphabet book defines a hero as 'someone who tries to be their best self, who helps others, who makes the world a better place.' One Jewish hero is included for each letter of the alphabet. The 14 women and 12 men featured vary in terms of race and ability, as well as occupation. 'A, B, C—what type of hero will you be?' ask Cohen and Olitzky, encouraging readers to see themselves in the individuals profiled. Each entry includes a well-designed, stylized portrait in bright, balanced colors, showing the subject in action. Notably, fully half are living. The information provided is necessarily basic. The entry for J ('Jonas Jiggles a test tube') includes an illustration of Jonas Salk standing before a set of beakers. The letter J is highlighted, and a caption in small print identifies him as the scientist responsible for the polio vaccine. . . .The work concludes with the words 'I will make a difference by…'—an opportunity for age-appropriate reflection.An invitation to make the world a better place by emulating these inspiring role models. (Informational picture book. 3-7)"—Kirkus Reviews