Posts Tagged ‘Sh’mot’
Book Review | Papa Jethro
by Deborah Bodin Cohen
Score: 4
Illustrated by Jane Dippold.
© 2007 Kar-Ben Publishing
This book brought tears to my eyes and gave me goose bumps. What a beautiful gift for an interfaith family- a bedtime story for the other faith grandparents to read to their Jewish grandchildren. With lovely, soft, warm illustrations, we read the story of Rachel and her Grandpa Nick [...]
Book Review | The Brave Women Who Saved Moses
by Alison Greengard
Score: 3
Illustrated by Carol Racklin-Siegel
© 2009 EKS Publishing.
A retelling of Exodus where Moses is assisted in coming into the world through the efforts of many righteous women – two midwives, his mother, his sister and the Pharaoh’s daughter (Exodus 1,2). It is also an adaptation of the Hebrew text so that those studying Hebrew can practice [...]
Book Review | JPS Illustrated Children’s Bible
by Ellen Frankel
Score: 4
illustrated by Avi Katz.
© 2009, Jewish Publication Society.
I have learned over the years not to expect too much from Children’s Bibles. Normally, I am looking at “Old Testament” Children’s Bibles. I often find the stories too short and uninteresting, having been over-adapted to fit into the small space allotted. In some cases, I find the [...]
