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increased ability to observe Rosh Hashanah and to perform mitzvot
associated with it. A brightly colored satisfying book for young chil
dren.
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Shai’s Shabbat walk.
Illus. by Chari R. Mclean. Maryland,
Kar-Ben Copies, 1985. 10 p. (2-4)
Poster-style illustrations describe the people a boy and his teddy
bear meet while on their Sabbath walk.
G e n e t , B a r b a r a .
Ta-poo-ach means apple.
Illus.
by
the author. Colorado,
Alternatives for Religious Education, 1985. unp. (3-8)
A Hebrew alphabet book which identifies twenty-nine everyday
objects or scenes in English, transliteration, and Hebrew — on facing
pages, one letter for each picture. Lively, cartoon-type illustrations.
G r o n e r , J u d y e
and
W i k l e r , M a d e l in e .
Where is theafikomen?
Maryland,
Kar-Ben Copies, 1985. 10 p. (2-5)
A “peek-a-boo” story with questions about the possible location of
the hidden matzah. A moppet favorite.
G u r d u s , L u b a
K.
Painful echoes: poems of the Holocaust.
Illus. by the
author. New York, Schocken, 1985. 68 p. pb (12 up)
Gurdus’ searing Holocaust experiences in illusive poetry, tran
scribed from her fading diary, and illustrated with powerful, realis
tic drawings. In Polish and English. Appendix o f photographs o f the
diaries and other documents.
H a l p e r n , C h a ik y .
The dink that stopped the clock.
Illus. by the author.
Spring Valley, New York, Feldheim, 1985. unp. (3-6)
Queen Ootz-Rootz drives everyone crazy trying to get the palace
ready for the Sabbath. A cartoonish “Shabbos-shpiel.”
H e rm an , E r w in
and
A g n e s .
The Yanov Torah.
Illus. by Katherine Janus
Kahn. Maryland, Kar-Ben Copies, 1985. 48 p. he and pb (10-14)
A
survivor tells how a Torah had been smuggled in and out o f
Nazi forced labor camp until it finally reached America. Based on a
true story. Sensitive, moving illustrations.
A
nominee for the
National Jewish Book Award — Children’s Illustrated Book, 1986.
H i r s h , M a r i l y n .
I love Passover.
Illus. by the author. New York, Holiday,
1985. unp. (3-8)
A mother relates the story o f Passover to her small daughter.
K a r l in s k y , I s a i a h an d S h i ld , R u t h .
My first book of mitzvos.
Illus. with
photos. S p r in g V a lley , N e w Y o rk , Fe ldhe im ,
1985. 42
p.
(3-6)
A ttractive ch ild ren in a trad it iona l Jew ish h om e a re sh ow n as they
p e r fo rm e igh teen d i f fe r e n t mitzvot suitable fo r y o u n g ch ild ren .
K a u fm an , S te p h en .
Does anyone here know the way to thirteen?
Massa
chusetts, Houghton, Mifflin, 1985. 157 p. (8-12)
Myron’s parents’ ambivalent attitude towards Judaism and bar
mitzvah, his father’s wish for him to be an athlete — which he can’t