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Follows a bar mitzvah party favor from Miami, Florida, around the world as a series of people loses it to the wind, to wild dancing, and in other ways until it finds its way back home.

"When Faigel can't find her latke recipe, her husband asks the rabbi, whose advice leads them to make way too many latkes, in this Hanukkah story about the foolish people of Chelm."--Provided by publisher.

Sammy Spider visits a sick friend and learns about doing good deeds.

It's a noisy world! Every day of the week, the animals of Jerusalem hear many sounds as the humans around them go about their lives. But on Shabbat, everything is peaceful and quiet. Shh ... it's Shabbat.

In Canada early in the twentieth century, Ben, the youngest in a family of Jewish immigrants struggling to make ends meet, decides to help out but when a hat maker gives him a chance, disaster strikes and Ben nearly loses hope.

A SUPER FUN GUIDE AND ACTIVITY BOOK ON INDIAN MYTHOLOGIES! * A thunderbolt of bone, a discus of sun dust * A menagerie of beastly deities and divine beasts * Shape-shifting shenanigans, cosmic miraclesDive into myths and legends from the Avesta, Quran, Mahabharata, Bible and more. Meet immortal beings and magical creatures like Kag Bhushundi, Girimekhala and Bahubali in anecdotes, fables, quizzes and crosswords.Unlock this vault of timeless treasures, brimming with creation myths, supernatural t...

As autumn approaches Ilse Stern is thinking about her infatuation with Hermann Rød, and whether his determination to be a painter will interfere with their romance--but the reality of being Jewish in occupied Oslo is about to turn her whole world upside down, as the deportation of the Norwegian Jews begins.

This spirited collection will make the Jewish people’s beginnings tangible to today’s readers. --KIRKUS REVIEWSTake a fresh look at the Bible stories you think you know, retold using the Jewish concept of midrash.Adam and Eve, Abraham and Sarah, Moses. We think we know their stories, but the Bible tells us only part of it. What if we could see the full picture? Maybe we’d discover that… …Adam and Eve were challenging the rules, growing up. …Noah felt fearful and angry, desperate for any kind...

"Ele­gant­ly weaves lessons about the sym­bols and rit­u­als asso­ci­at­ed with the Jew­ish New Year into a sto­ry about for­ti­tude and friend­ship." —Jewish Book Council "Newly independent readers will identify with Penny's situation."—Booklist Do we need a charm to get good luck? Or do we make it for ourselves? Penny Posner knows everything there is to know about good luck. Every day she wears her lucky bracelet on her wrist, her lucky socks on her feet, and Ferdinand, her lucky frog keych...

In 1938 Berlin, Germany, a cat sees Rosenstrasse change from a peaceful neighborhood of Jews and Gentiles to an unfriendly place where, one November night, men in brown shirts destroy Jewish-owned businesses and arrest or kill Jewish people. Includes facts about Kristallnacht and a list of related books and web resources.

Story about a cat who shows up to a family's home during their Passover seder. Alef will revise the ms instead of sending comments to the author of the story. Cricket has been designated the author in this NCP because they have the rights to the story. We're only using the text we'll get new art.

Meet Hanina, the daughter of a Jewish tailor who cures a sultan’s only child by taming a lioness to get her milk. And Nahum Bilbas, the brave rabbi-in-training who dares to confront the great warrior El Cid in order to secure peace for the Jews of Valencia. These and countless other colorful characters will entertain and intrigue you in this delightful collection that contains lessons, truths, surprises, and happy endings. When the Jews fled the Iberian Peninsula in 1492 and scattered all over...