I do. Molly Cone wrote it.
One of the most creative, insightful
and fun authors around, Ms. Cone
has delivered another terrific collection
of Jewish readings. This work uses sto-
ries to illustrate the Ten Command-
ments. A numoer of these are familiar
(such as the story of the gossiper who
is told to release, then retrieve, all the
feathers in a pillow to illustrate how
words cannot be taken back), but
there are some new tales, too.
One of the nicest stories is about
a king who wants beautiful music.
Musicians come from all around to
play their flutes and violins, but it is
a Jewish woman who provides the
king with what he longs for: as she
lights her Shabbat candles, there is
the sound of quiet and rest.
"Ah," the king says. "The peace
of the Sabbath is the sweetest
melody of all."

NEW ON CD:
Swinging Chai by Myrna Cohen.
(Sounds VVrite productions Inc.,
1999; not yet priced.)

Your first insight into this CD comes
right from the title.
Unfortunately, it's all downhill from
there. Ms. Cohen has a pleasant
enough voice, but the songs here
are all pretty awful. The tunes are
okay, though not especially memo-
rable, and sometimes the lyrics are
downright dreadful:
There ore many special people I
keep close inside my heart
They're the people who have
>----!oved me right from the very start
Some, they look just like me and
others, not at all
Some of them live far away and
some right down the hall ...fi
Ms. Cohen does not write any
original songs, but instead performs
=works by familiar, Jewish children's
artists like Rabbi joe Black, Debbie
Friedman and Fran Avni. If you're-
looking for a good Jewish children's
tape, better to go right to the source
and pass on this CD. Ill

ookec On Books

Enter a poster contest.

Children aged 3-12 are invited
to put their artistic talents to
work creating a poster for the
48th annual Jewish Book Fair,
Nov. 6-14.
Using the theme "Get Hooked
on Books at the Jewish Book
Fair," children entering the contest
may use markers, crayons, paint
or cut paper to create a poster
measuring 8-1/2 inches by 1 1
inches. Entrants should not use
pencils or light-blue crayons, and
entries must be taped to card-
board for protection.
Place the artist's name,
address, telephone number and
age on the back of the art.
Only one entry per child may
be submitted. The deadline for
submissions is Oct. 8.
The contest is divided into
three age groups: up to age 6,
79, and 10-12. The winner in
each group receives an auto-
graphed copy of You're Offi-
cially a Grownup by Judith
Viorst, who speaks at the book
fair on Nov. 8. The grand-prize
winner will have his or her entry
reproduced on the cover of
AppleTree, and the winning
poster will be copied and post-
ed throughout the community to
promote the Jewish Book Fair.
All entries received will be dis-
played during the book fair at
both JCC locations, the D. Dan
& Betty Kahn Building in West
Bloomfield and the Jimmy Prentis
Morris Building in Oak Park.
Send or hand-deliver contest
entries marked Children's Poster
Contest to Jewish Community
Center of Metropolitan Detroit,
Book Fair Dept., 6600 W.
Maple Road, West Bloomfield,
Ml 48322. fl

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