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A Great
Reason To
Celebrate

Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor

Dance, Sing, Remember: A
Celebration of Jewish Holi-
days by Leslie Kimmelman, with
illustrations by Ora Eitan (Harper-
Collins, $18.95).

Perhaps you are asking yourself,
as you view this title, "Do we
really need another book that
offers a basic introduction to Jew-
ish holidays?"

hear the shofar, we go to syna-
gogue or temple. Fortunately, the
author keeps the descriptions brief
(confined pretty much to the materi-
al in my previous sentence).
When she does offer fresh mater-
ial, it's good. With her description
of Sukkot, she includes a recipe for
Harvest Muffins. They're healthy as
well as tasty, complete with carrots
and applesauce. For Tu b'Shevat,
the holiday of the trees, she tells
how to plant parsley, which can
then be used on Pesach.

Ora Eitan's lovely illustrations
make one holiday book worth
buyinc; another to skip is too
scary.

A wide range of talent
is found in our latest
crop of Jewish
children's books.

;VIWW

10/27
2000

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Answer: We'll take anything if
The real treasure of this book,
I it includes the absolutely delight-
though, is the illustrations. You may
: ful artwork of Ora Eitan.
remember Eitan's captivating plc-
Now here's the bonus: the text ; tures for Hanna's Sabbath Dress
itself is quite good, too. And that
and other texts. But if you have
makes for an altogether wonder-
never seen her work, now is the
; ful book.
time to check it out.
It's true that Dance, Sing, Remem-
Bottom line: A book worth cele-
ber doesn't offer too much new in
brating.
terms of holiday descriptions. Of
course, these holidays have existed
The Demons' Mistake: A
for thousands of years, and we've
Story From Chelm by
been writing about them for as
Francine Prose, with illustrations
I long, so what can you say differ-
by Mark Podwal. (Greenwillow
ent about Rosh Hashanah? We
Books, $15.95).
eat apples dipped in honey, we