"I loved
reading this
to my chil-
dren when
they were a
little bit
younger.
They en-
joyed hearing about the rela-
tionship, over many years,
between a liv-
ing thing [a
tree] and a per-
son, how that
relationship
changed, how
the two helped
each other and
how, right to
the very end,
one was good
to the other. Its a sad story in a
way, but as my children got
older they understood that
there was happiness, as well."

Murray Feldman

Business editor; FOX-TV
(Channel 2)

Goodnight Moon, by Mar-
garet Wise Brown (Harper &
Row, copyright 1947)

I Wish I Had A Computer
That Makes Waffles, by Dr.
Fitzhugh Dodson (Oak Tree
Publications, Inc., copyright
1978)

THE APPLETREE

"My children are now 15
(Katie) and 12 (Rob), so they
read their own books! But my

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all-time fa-
vorite,
which we
buy as
baby gifts
for friends,
is Good-
night
Moon. My
wife, Marla, and I also read po-
ems from I Wish I Had
A Computer That
Makes Waffles. Of
course, we change the
words a little..."

Daddies
Daddies build
houses
And offices too.
Daddies make pa-

per
And Scotch-tape and glue.

Daddies are salesmen [news-
men]
With good things to sell [tell]
Daddies are doctors
Who make people well...

Sam Bernstein

Attorney

Humpty Dumpty

"As I reflect
back on my
childhood,
what I re-
member
most clear-
ly is my
mother
reading the Mother Goose
nursery rhymes to me. My fa-
vorite was Humpty Dumpty. It
aroused my curiosity, and I al-
ways felt so bad for Humpty
Dumpty. As I grew older I
wondered, could the wall have
been defective?"

story by heart, probably
because I took it to heart."

Rabbi Avram E
Goldstein,

Assistant principal,
Akiva Hebrew Day School

The Little Leaf; by Chana
Sharfstein (HaChai Publishers,
copyright 1989)

David
Techner

Funeral Director;
Ira Kaufman
Chapel

Goodnight
Moon, by Margaret Wise
Brown (Harper & Row, copy-
right 1947)

"When I was about 5, I
shared a bedroom with my
brother Marc, two years my
senior. Our favorite book was
The Little Cowboy, about a
boy who pretended he was a
cowboy and how he fought
against the tad guys,' the In-
dians. My brother would wait
until my parents were asleep,
then we would take several
baseball bats and make tepees
with our blankets. We would
get our toy guns and pretend
we were in the Wild West,
protecting ourselves against
the bad guys.
"Recently, I went to the li-
brary and found a copy of this
book. Talk about political cor-
rectness! I couldn't read it to my
kids under any circumstances. It
really made me realize just how
times have changed.

"My favorite book to read
to my children was Good-
night Moon. After reading it
to Ari (now 18), Chad (16)
and Stephanie (11), we would
sing 'Good Night' to everyone
they knew until, God willing,
they would fall asleep before
[my wife] Ilene and I would."

Dr. Avery
Murav,
DDS

Trustee, West
Bloomfield
Board of Edu-
cation

"Although
numerous
books come
to mind, a
particularly
wonderful
one is The
Little Leaf
It is a beautiful metaphor for
the cycle of life, as a little bud
on a tree becomes a leaf, help-
ing mankind in numerous
ways. Then it 'matures' in au-
tumn to provide aesthetic plea-
sure. Finally, it 'grows old' and
continues, as mulch, to help fu-
ture seeds.
"My children take great
pleasure in seeing the utility of
this leaf in all stages of its life,
and they have a greater appre-
ciation for the value of the dif-
ferent stages of human life."

Goodnight Moon, by
Margaret Wise Brown
(Harper & Row, copyright
1947)

"Without hesitation,
I can say that my favorite chil-
dren's book is Goodnight
Moon. I think its attraction
is its innocence. The rhyming
makes it both fun to read
and enjoyable for children to
listen to. It is 'simple' and
non-threatening. Each one of
my kids could not yet read,
but somehow knew every
page. In fact, even I knew the

THE LD,TLE LEAF

By Charm Sharfstein
Ilhastrations by Rochelle Blonitnielti

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