El Milagro de Januka (The Hanukkah Miracle)
by Albert I. Slomovitz
When Racheli thinks she is either too little or too big to do the things she wants, her grandmother reminds her that she is just right to be herself.
A kitchen mishap presents K'tonton with a sticky problem as he is preparing for Yom Kippur, the Day of Judgement. In this adventure children will experience the holiday's true message and enjoy our heroes exploits.
bsd The Inventor who Loved the Crazy Princess (The Quantum Princess, #1)
by Alizah Teitelbaum
★ Caldecott Medal Winner ★ "the book is a triumph, the definitive Noah's Ark."—Publishers Weekly Winner of the Caldecott Medal, an ALA Notable Children's Book, and a New York Times Best Illustrated Book of the Year, Peter Spier's Noah's Ark has been the iconic edition of this tale for over 40 years, in print continuously since its debut in 1977. In Spier's imaginative retelling, readers witness the danger and the grandeur of the terrifying flood but also the lighter moments: Noah's wife jumpi...
This lively picture book for children ages 3-6 is filled with amiable animals, who through their actions demonstrate age-appropriate mitzvot, including welcoming new friends, forgiving mistakes, respecting elders, and sharing food with the hungry. It engages children through playful illustrations; likeable animal characters, including Mitzvah Meerkat, the narrator; humor and the repetition of the fun-to-say phrase "It's a ... it's a ...it's a mitzvah!" that encourages children to chime in as the...
Ages 8 and up. Fourteen-year-old Heather Hopkowitz can't imagine life without bacon, cheeseburgers, or bowling on Friday nights. But she gives them all up when she spends an entire month as the guest of an Orthodox Jewish family while her parents are away on vacation. As Heather begins to appreciate the traditional rituals, she considers becoming observant. What will her friends think? What will her parents think?
Thirteen-year-old Alyssa tries to balance the conflicting demands of ballet training with finding her place as a Jew in today's world.
Feivel The Falafel Ball Who Wanted To Do a Mitzvah (Yiddish)
by Miriam Yerushalmi