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Jump the World:
Stories, Poems and
Things to Make and
Do from Around the
World

by Sarah Pooley (Dutton Press)

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Here's a book that seems to have
the. best of intentions, but I have a
major complaint. Why is it that it
lists numerous countries and pro-
vides interesting activities to do
from those countries, but makes no
mention of Israel, instead offering a
section called "Jewish"? I mean,
why are there no "Christian" or
"Muslim" chapters?
Admittedly, the material in the
"Jewish" section has nothing to do
with Israel. It's a story by Isaac
Bashevis Singer and a recipe for
potato latkes. And it's quite nice.
But I would have preferred some-
thing from Israel, since, after all, the
focus of the book is projects from
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countries around the world.

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Medical School and completed his residency at
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by Camille Kress (UAHC Press)

This is a wonderful little book,
telling all about Chanukah, for pre-
schoolers and toddlers. It's on that
sturdy cardboard that's virtually
impossible to destroy, it has lovely
illustrations, and the text itself is fun
and gentle and (thank you, Ms.
Kress), makes no mention of gift-giv-
ing.

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From JEWISH FOLKLORE
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Let. There Be Lights!

Best of all is a picture at the end,
showing a snowman all wrapped
warm in a scarf and children inside
the house, playing with their father.
A menorah glows in the window.
"Though it may be cold and dark
outside, it is warm and bright in our
home," it says.

ZVI LEVRAN, M.D., P.C.

BRAINTEASERS

games and art projects, all of
which are certain to delight chil-
dren. The illustrations are terrific,
too.
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these, but children likely will enjoy
searching for the answers.
The illustrations are beautiful, and
often the brainteasers are them-
selves quite touching. One story, for
example, tells of a couple with
many nice dishes, clothing and
jewels, but who have no children. c-
The husband, believing that "a mar- ,
riage without children is not really
a marriage," asks his wife for a
divorce.
"It's no more my fault than yours
that we haven't been blessed with
children," she says.
The husband, though ; insists. As
a parting gift, he tells his wife to
"take with you the most precious
thing you can find in the house."
Can you guess what the woman
took?
(Her husband, of course. "In less
than a year," the book says, "they
were blessed with a child.") ❑
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reruns of "Three's Company."

Brainteasers from
Jewish Folklore

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by Rosalind Charney Kaye (Kar-Ben
Copies, Inc.)

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That said, Jump the World is oth-
erwise a lot of fun. Each section
begins with a story or legend or
poem from a country, followed by
something to do. There are recipes,

Books just don't get any more fun
than this.
Brainteasers is just that, a collec-
tion of sometimes silly, sometimes
challenging, folktales. It won't take
parents long to figure out most of

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Try it, you'll like it.

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