Product Description

Using both original stories and classics gleaned from Rabbinic and Talmudic lore, the author has chosen tales that express the meaning of all the major Jewish holidays. At the end of each story there is a "Now Consider This" section designed to help the child and parent explore the moral message integrated into each tale.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1265651 in Books
• Published on: 2000-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 45 pages

From Booklist
Ages 5-8. Ten stories, each related to a historical event or a tradition (blowing the shofar, sleeping in the sukkah, etc.) that springs from a Jewish holiday, are included in this spirited collection. With many quotes, simple language, and some large, double-spread pictures just right for showing to small groups, the collection is a natural for storytellers. Several of the tales are framed in a dialogue between a loving grandmother and her grandchildren, and humor is sometimes an ingredient: the people in "Wake up and Beat the Drums" could live in Chelm. But Goldin gives each tale a deeper meaning, which she reinforces with questions at the end of the tales. The questions will help listeners think about the message in the story and how it relates to their own Jewish lives. For larger religion collections. REVWR
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About the Author
Barbara Goldin is the author of 15 children's books. She has received the coveted Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award for her contribution to Jewish literature for children. In addition, Barbara has received the National Jewish Book Award and the Association of Jewish Libraries Award.

Barbara teaches Language Arts at Heritage Academy in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and lives nearby Northampton.