Archive for the ‘Reviews’ Category
Book Review | The First Gift
by A.S. Gadot
Score: 4
This is a lovely book. My only wish would be that they had made one for girls as well. Nonetheless, this book explores the First Gift that every parent gives their child and discusses how names are given to babies the world over.
The story begins with a boy named David. It goes through the many [...]
Book Review | Five Little Gefiltes
by Dave Horowitz
Score: 4
Illustrated by Dave Horowitz
© 2007, G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
I will admit, the first time I read this book I wondered what I was supposed to think? Should I be offended? Was this just the height of chutzpah to think that people would actually want to own a book about gefilte fish? I personally dislike gefilte fish. [...]
Book Review | A Grandma/Grandpa Like Yours
by Andria Warmflash Rosenbaum
Score: 3
This beautiful two-sided book is delightful in its rhyming verse and it’s beautiful illustrations. Side one A Grandma Like Yours illustrates all different animal grandmas, bubbes, savtas and nanas, doing all the wonderful things that grandmas do for their grandchildren – lighting Shabbat candles, making challah, delivering Shelach Manot baskets, etc. Side Two A Grandpa [...]
Book Review | Hanukkah at Valley Forge
by Stephen Krensky
Score: 5
Having been to Valley Forge and seen the cabins described and accurately pictured in this beautifully illustrated work, I was immediately drawn to this book. In addition, the story is incredibly enchanting. Reading in the Author’s Note that it may in fact be true makes it only richer in my mind.
This book describes an encounter [...]
Book Review | Tara’s Flight
by Ruth Eitzen
Score: 2
This is a nice Noah’s Ark story with lovely, colorful and bright illustrations. The ending with its message of peace is beautiful and one that should definitely be shared. However, at the end of the day, Why Noah Chose the Dove by Isaac Bashevis Singer with illustrations by Eric Carle is still the Noah’s Ark [...]
