Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays: A Picture Book

Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays: A Picture BookLesla Newmans picture book Here Is the World is a joyous celebration of the Jewish holidays throughout the year for young children thats both lovely and eminently useful (Kirkus Reviews)illustrated by Susan Gal. Here is the world, ever changing and new, Spinning with joy at the wonder of you! Beginning with the weekly observance of Shabbat, readers join a family through the holidays and the corresponding seasons. From sounding the shofar on Rosh

The stories of the four teenage children of prominent abolitionists before and during the Civil War combine to form a surprisingly familiar tapestry of struggle

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But Daddy struggles with self-doubt himself when he decides to sew Ava a new dress for the occasion but isn’t sure he knows the stitches and techniques to make her a one-of-a-kind creation

just like his dad

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If she can keep the sun in the sky

engaging captions tell the stories behind the photos—the surprise meeting with Nelson Mandela

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on both sides of the Atlantic

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