Tami Shem-Tov (born October 18, 1969) is an Israeli journalist and writer best known for her books for children.^[1][2]

Her books were translated into several languages.^[2]

• 2020: Hebrew: אני לא עוזב, I'm Not Leaving, a sequel to I'm Not a Thief^[3]
• 2017: (with Rachella Sandbank) Hebrew: הביתה, romanized: HaBayit, Coming Home! (ages 4-8)
• 2017: Saba Sabich [he] (Grandpa Sabich), a children's picture book published in 2017 by Kinneret Zmora-Bitan in Hebrew, which according to Yahil Zaban of Tel Aviv University details how the sandwich became "a symbol of the new Israeli culture".^[4]</ref>^[5]
• 2015: (with Rachella Sandbank) Queen of Jerusalem (a story of Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem)
• 2012: I'm Not a Thief [he] (Ani Lo Ganav), young adult novel^[6][7]
• 2011: Cat, Come Home: A Childrenʹs Guide to Raising Cats
• 2010: The Story of Ben Yehuda
• 2009: The God in the Machine
• 2007: Letters from Nowhere (translated into Spanish, German, Catalan, Dutch, Italian, Japanese)
• 2002: Only Galia Can See Them
• 2000: Matti’s Orange Revolution (was adapted to a play)^[2]
• 1998: Just for Milli

• 1999: Ze'ev Prize for her first book, Just for Milli^[2]
• Letters from Nowhere received several awards:^[2]
  • 2007: Yad Vashem Prize
  • 2008: Ze'ev Prize
  • 2010: German Children's Literature Award
• Letters from Nowhere received several awards:^[2]
  • 2002: DafDaf [he] Prize for children's literature
  • 2013: Lea Goldberg Prize
  • 2014: Andersen Honor Citation, Public Libraries Award, Bialik Prize

• List of publications by Tami Shem-Tov, in the National Library catalog