AUTHOR

SIDURA Ludwig

Sidura Ludwig is an award-winning writer of books for adults and children. 

Books

Our Spectacular Sukkah

Community, connection, and a capricious turn of weather each play a role as a family sets out to create a homemade shelter in celebration of the Jewish Sukkot holiday. Illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy. Publisher Candlewick Press. Available August 2026.

Rising

A child and mother wake early every Friday morning to mix and measure, knead and shape dough that will become challah bread. Sidura Ludwig’s debut picture book is a lyrical tribute to the ritual of making challah and preparing for Shabbat. Stunning illustrations by Sophia Vincent Guy. Publication Spring 2024.

Swan: The Girl Who Grew

A brilliant and tender middle grade novel-in-verse from the award-winning author of You Are Not What We Expected, reimagining the childhood of Nova Scotia Giantess Anna Swan.

Before she became the “The Giantess from Nova Scotia” and travelled the globe with notorious showman P. T. Barnum, Anna Swan was a young girl growing up near the rural town of Tatamagouche, desperately trying to fit into a world for which she was literally too big. In her debut middle grade novel-in-verse, award-winning author Sidura Ludwig imagines a pivotal period in Anna’s childhood, as she struggled to find acceptance in a community that saw her as other.

You Are Not What
We Expected

Spanning 15 years in the lives of a multi-generational family and their neighbours, this remarkable collection draws an intimate portrait of a suburban Jewish community and illuminates the unexpected ways we remain connected during times of change.

Holding My Breath

Spanning three decades against the backdrop of the Jewish community in Winnipeg, Holding My Breath is a poignant coming-of-age tale told from the point of view of Beth Levy, the youngest in a household of two generations of strong Jewish women.

LATEST

NEWS

Thank you to Kirkus for this lovely early review of OUR SPECTACULAR SUKKAH.
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Thank you, QUILL AND QUIRE, for this lovely feature on SWAN!
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I couldn’t be more excited to share this beautiful cover of my debut middle grade historical novel-in-verse SWAN. Thank you to Josée Bisaillon – illustration for the gorgeous cover art.