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The little preschool shana punim return to celebrate Purim in their classroom.  They dress up in costume, have hamentashen for their snack and deliver shalach manot to the preschool staff. While listening to their teacher read the Megillah, they shake their hand-made groggers so loud the name of Haman is blotted out entirely. These kids really know how to party!

Instructions for making recyclable Purim groggers using aluminum cans and birdseed are in the back of the book.

Grade Level: PreK-1

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A little bear cub wakes up from his winter’s nap and finds he is starving. Not wanting to wake up his mother, he leaves the den to search for food. At the edge of the forest he smells a tasty aroma and sees a crowd of people entering a building while carrying plates of food – it’s a Purim Party!  He wanders over and manages to get inside because his “bear costume” has almost everyone thinking he is the tailor.

Greedily, he helps himself to every delicious morsel on the table. When at last he is satisfied, he sits down for a quiet little nap. When it is time for dancing, they want the “tailor” to join in. Even though Itzik tries to tell everyone it is a real bear, no one believes him. When they push too hard, though, the little bear wakes up, and everyone sees that Itzik was right!

While a bit wordy, this is a delightful story that little ones will love because in the end, it was the youngest child who knew the truth all along. The illustrations are charming and portray the happiness and love of a community getting together to celebrate the joyful Purim holiday.

Grade Level: PreK-2

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Naomi is sure that her mother has forgotten her seventh birthday. After all, they just moved into their new home, her birthday and Purim are three days away and instead of unpacking boxes, they have been baking Hamantashen and putting together Shalach Manot baskets for people they don’t even know. To make matters worse, her mother is making Naomi deliver the baskets to all their neighbors!

What Naomi doesn’t know is that her mother has included an invitation to a surprise Purim/birthday party for Naomi in each of the baskets. Naomi is in for a big treat and doesn’t even know it.

While a bit wordy, this is a lovely story about being a stranger in a strange land and reaching out to a new community. The illustrations are beautiful, what looks to be, colored pencil drawings. There is a glossary in the back explaining Purim terms.

Grade Level: PreK-3

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