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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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