Chil­dren’s

3 Falafels in My Pita

Maya Fried­man; Steve Mack, illus.
  • Review
By – June 1, 2015

Set in Israel, the sim­ple text of this count­ing book high­lights loca­tions (such as Masa­da, Tel Aviv, Eilat, and the West­ern Wall) to teach num­bers one through ten. All of the cheer­ful, bright­ly-col­ored illus­tra­tions, end­ing with ten mul­ti­cul­tur­al young­sters danc­ing the hora, are easy to count, and the small trim size (6 ½” x 6 ½”) is per­fect for lit­tle hands. 

Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 1 – 4.

Susan Kan­tor was a senior writer/​editor for Girl Scouts of the USA, a chil­dren’s book edi­tor, and a past judge for the Nation­al Jew­ish Book Awards in the illus­trat­ed children’s book cat­e­go­ry. She is a writer and a docent at the Rubin Muse­um in New York City, where she leads pub­lic and pri­vate tours.

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