Jewish Tales for Tots
RIEMER, JACK
Jewish Tales for Tots Seven Delightful Stories For Everyday Dov Peretz Elkins Seven Animals With Their Tales Howard and Mary Bogot The Hebrew Letters Tell Their Story Reudor The Rooster...
...And Howard and Mary Bogot retell seven classic stories about animals from biblical and rabbinic literature, stories like the one about the wiggle that could slice stone...
...And at the end of every chapter, he adds some questions for children to think about, to help them absorb the moral lesson of each story...
...the giant Og and the ant cave...
...In fact, I have a hard time deciding which one of these four books is my favorite...
...Questions at the end of each story help children understand the moral lessons in these stories, too...
...Barkus, the sheepdog...
...Duncan, the talking donkey...
...Seuss...
...Sydell Waxman takes the story by Rabbi Nachman of Bratislav about the prince who thought he was a rooster and how the wise man cured him, a story which many believe is the source of Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis, and retells it in a new format geared to children.Reudor teaches the Hebrew alphabet with original rhymes in which the letters zoom, boom, soar, roar, twirl, and whirl across each page with a verve that is reminiscent of the best of Dr...
...Jewish Tales for Tots Seven Delightful Stories For Everyday Dov Peretz Elkins Seven Animals With Their Tales Howard and Mary Bogot The Hebrew Letters Tell Their Story Reudor The Rooster Price Sydell Waxman New York: Pitspopany Press, 2 0 0 0 , 4 8 pages, hardcover $16.95, paperback $ 9 . 95 REVIEWED BY JACK RIEMER MOMENT should really have asked a 5- or 6-year-old to review these books, for that is who they are intended for...
...and Meepul and Yupul, the two oxen who brought the Ark of the Lord back from the land of the Philistines...
...If you are shy about buying and reading books meant for children, you can pretend that you are buying them for a little friend, and then, after you have had your fun with them, you can pass them on...
...But I tried my best to put myself into that mental state and read them from the perspective of a child...
...the Hoopoe bird that helped the sly fox...
...Dov Elkins takes seven famous stories from the Jewish tradition, stories that teach the values of modesty, patience, respect, hospitality, kindness, responsibility, and good attitude, and retells each one at a level and in a form that young children will enjoy...
...All teach Jewish values and each one does it in a clever and imaginative way...
...After all, why should kids have all the fun...
...Eventually, I will let my grandson, Simcha Baruch, have these books—but not until I've reread each one, and admired the artwork, a couple more times myself...
...And I loved each one...
Vol. 26 • October 2001 • No. 5
