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POSNER /JEWISH JUVENILE BOOKS
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Matzoh mouse.
Illus. by Pamela Keavney. NY:
Harper/Collins, 1991. 32 p. (5-9)
While helping her parents prepare for the Passover seder, nine-
year-old Sarah cannot resist nibbling on the chocolate-covered mat
zoh. An affectionate story about minor naughtiness and perceptive
parents rings true. Keavney’s full-color illustrations communicate
family closeness.
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Why does it always rain on Sukkot?
Illus.
by Miriam Nerlove. Niles, 111: Whiteman, 1990. unp. (4-8)
When the chief angel (who looks like a synagogue president
with wings) gives gifts to the Jewish holidays (who are mostly or
dinary children and adults in contemporary clothes with wings),
Sukkot, fearing that he had been left out (he wasn’t) cries, and
each year, remembering his sadness, weeps again. Oh well.
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Goldie’s Purim.
Illus. by the author. NY: Holt,
1991. 32 p. (4-6)
Although Goldie is scared at first, she overcomes her stage fright
to play Queen Esther at the bears’ synagogue’s celebration o f Pu
rim. This is about making hamentaschen and dressing up and
everything fun about Purim. Cozy backgrounds filled with dainty
details.
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Leo and Blossom’s sukkah.
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NY: Holt, 1990. 32 p. (3-6)
Brother and sister bears celebrate Sukkot by building their own
sukkah but their overzealous decorating goes awry until Mama
and Papa help out. Good fun and precious, wonderfully detailed
illustrations. A comparison o f the holiday with Thanksgiving is
useful. Glossary.