Age Range: 3 and up
Hardcover: 32 pages
Publisher: Jewish Publication Society; 1st edition (1991)
NEW YORK TIMES
In CELEBRATIONS: Our Jewish Holidays (Jewish Publication
Society. $14.95. Ages 3 to 6), written and illustrated by Melanie Hope
Greenberg, three or four short sentences on each double-page spread tell
about a holiday, from Shabbat to Tishah B'Ab. The illustrations are
sweet and include a shofar, a Torah, a synagogue, a menorah, an Israeli
flag, all the signs and symbols of Jewish life. The text seems
appropriate for very young children, although parents may want to
elaborate as their children respond. This useful book serves as a good
introduction to the religious seasons as they are experienced by an
observant Jewish family.
"You will get a kick out of this. I am weeding the Judaism books, and I opened this cute little orange book and saw a 1992 acquisition date, and thought eww this should go, and then looked further and thought 'how cute, and the pages look almost brand new - we will keep it after all' and then read the author” - Adelaide Miller Rowe, Librarian, IL
