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For The Beast In All Of Us Fun
Facts

Let's be honest: There are times
when our darling children can be,
well, simply beastly. And there are
times when we as parents behave
quite like beasts ourselves.
What better way to enjoy the beast
in all of us than by visiting the Detroit
Institute of Arts "Beastly Delights for

Children: Animals In Ancient Art"
exhibit, which runs through Jan. 31
The exhibit represents the most
beastly items from the DIA's perma-
nent collection, focusing on animals in
ancient Mediterranean and Near
Eastern cultures. It has been designed
specifically with families in mind and

erLourages parents and children to
learn about the creatures and why
they were important.
The exhibit is in Gallery W104 at
the DIA, 5200 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit. There is no cost with regular

museum admis-
sion.

The Moon And Me

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You have
You have searched for the
times, to eack
little mouse on every page. Now you can even play the
Goodnight Moon game.
New on toy snelves is the Goodnight Moon game (Bri-
v\,hich helps children
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2-. 1 /2 to b develop cognitive and
memory skills. In fact, the game
offers not just one but six ways to
play (depending on the child's

age). Some of these may be too
complicated for adults; please
have your young child assist you

if need be.

Yes, winter vacation is all over and
school is back in session! Ah, the
happy, cheerful faces of Jewish chil-
dren around the world as they rise
bright and early each morning to
greet the day and head for school!
Now, here are a few fun facts to
help them enjoy school EVEN

MORE!
• If each child in every school
throughout the country bought just
one new binder a year, the collection
would be three times longer than the
Great Wall of China.
• One Dixon Ticonderoga pencil
can draw a 35-mile line.
• If all the mini staples sold as
school supplies were placed together,
they would create a line more than
150 miles long.
• If laid flat, the number of corru-
gated boxes used each year to carry
and store school supplies would
cover more than 11,000 football
fields.
(Statistics provided by Staples, Inc.,
and ACCO North America.)

Food For Thouc ht

Imagine dining on the very kind of
food that convinced Esau to give up
his birthright. (A steaming bowl of

lentil soup).
Or what about biting into a fruit
whose seeds are said to equal the
number of mitzvot? (A pomegranate).

COMPILED BY

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUAA

APPLETREE EDITOR

TheJewish Gardening Cookbook
(Jewish Lights), .by Michael Brown,
can help anyone learn how to plant,
harvest and then literally enjoy the
fruits of his labor in succulent meals
— all while learning about the Torah,

too.
The book is both a gardening
guide and a tool for learning about
biblical and rabbinical references to
foods and agricultural methods.

The author discusses food and Jew-
ish holidays, festivals, rituals and life-
cycle events and provides recipes
that any Jewish family will enjoy, and

enjoy cooking.
There's even this delicious addi-
tion: a complete listing of where to
buy seeds for anything biblical you
might want to plant. And you
thought eating bagels was fun ...

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