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JEWISH BOOK ANNUAL
H ir s h , M a r i ly n .
Ben Goes In to Business.
New York: Holiday House,
1973. unp. $4.95.
This delightfully illustrated picture book conveys the Jewish
atmosphere of the Lower East Side in the days when ten cents
could start a ten-year-old in business, (ages 7-9)
Ish-Kishor, Jud ith .
Joe l is the Youngest.
Illus. by Jules Gotlieb . New
York: Messner,
1954. 197
pp.
$3.50.
Washington Square Press
Archway, paperbound,
$.60.
Fascinating anecdotes of Sephardic ancestors and little-known
heroes of American Jewish history are interspersed in a family
story, (ages 8-10)
I sh -K ish o r , S u lam i th .
Our Eddie.
New York: Pantheon, 1969. 183 pp.
$4.50. Windward (Random House), paperbound, $.75.
Poignant story of a family emigrating from London to New
York at the turn of the century. The tyrannical father, a Hebrew
teacher and ardent Zionist, can express his affection for his stu
dents and his people, but is harsh with his own children, (ages 11-
13)
Karp , D eb o r a h .
H eroes of American Jewish H istory .
Illus. with photos.
New York:
Ktav,
1972. 155 pp. $4.75.
Brief sketches of American Jews, written in a chatty style, (ages
9-11)
K a u n f e r , A l v a n
and
M a r c ia .
D ilemma: A S timula tion Game.
New
York: Behrman House and the American Association for Jewish
Education, 1973. $24.95.
This classroom game is an excellent source for grasping the
nature of the organization of the American Jewish community.
The goal is to distribute money for the Jewish Welfare Founda
tion of Greater Metropolis. Flexible instructions for 13-20 players
elicit creativity, (ages 12-adult)
K la p e rm a n , G i l b e r t
and
L ibby.
The Story of the Jewish P eop le : Book
4: From the Se ttlem en t of America Through Israel T oday .
Illus.
by Lorrence F. Bjorklund. New York: Behrman House, 1961.
319 pp. $3.95 paperbound.
America as a center of Jewish life in the context of world Jewish
history, (ages 10-12)
K uhn , L o is H a r r is .
T he W or ld of Jo Davidson.
Illus. by Leonard
Everett Fisher. Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1958.
188 pp. $3.50.
Some of the great sculpture of Jo Davidson derived from his
Jewish background, (ages 10-12)
L e v in g e r ,
E lm a E.
A lb e r t E instein .
New York: Messner,
1947. 174 pp.
$3.50.