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Creation Colors
Ann D. Koffsky
Apples & Honey Press;
ages 2-5
In this gloriously illustrated
picture book of papercut art,
Koffsky (Judah Maccabee Goes
to the Doctor) presents young
kids with the biblical story of
creation through the prism of
color: from separating light
from dark to the bubbling blues
of the water, to the yellows of
the sun, and the stripes and
spots of the animals. After God
created the first two people, a
world full of people of all shades
and hues followed. And then,
on the seventh day, God rested.
This simple, lyrically told
story is perfect for Simchat
Torah.
Jackie and Jesse and
Joni and Jae
Chris Barash; illustrations
by Christine Battuz
Apples & Honey Press;
ages 3-8
On a crisp fall day, four good
friends stroll hand in hand
toward the river clutching small
bags of sliced bread. The diverse
group is following their rabbi
and neighbors to tashlich, the
custom during Rosh Hashanah
of tossing crumbs or other small
objects into moving water to
symbolically cast away mis-
takes from the past year. Kids
will relate as the friends recall
misdeeds, like when Jae shared
Jackie’
s secret.
Chris Barash’
s lovely rhyming
verse comes to life in Christine
Battuz’
s cartoon-like drawings
in warm autumn tones of
browns, orange and green. On
the closing page, the friends
are seen from behind, walking
home, again hand in hand — a
palpable reminder of the power
of asking for and extending for-
giveness.
The Elephant in the Sukkah
Sherri Mandell; illustrated by
Ivana Kuman
Kar-Ben; ages 3-8
Nothing will get between
a young boy named Ori and
Henry, a lively elephant who
once was a circus star but now
is sent to a farm for old ele-
phants where no one sings or
has fun.
When Henry wanders out
one evening, he is enchanted by
the joyful music and singing he
hears from the Brenner’
s family
sukkah. After a few nights, he
even learns the Hebrew words.
Young Ori hears Henry sing-
ing along outside the sukkah
and is determined to find a way
to bring the animal inside to
fulfill the mitzvah of welcoming
guests.
Kids will chuckle at illus-
trator Ivana Kuman’
s dou-
ble-page spread as Henry, in his
red-checkered shirt and small
black cap, tries every which way
to squeeze into the sukkah. On
an author’
s page, readers discov-
er that the out-of-the-ordinary
idea of elephants in a sukkah
crossed the legalistic minds of
the Talmud’
s rabbis.
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