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– August 3, 2012
Illustrated handsomely with large, slightly stylized color artwork, this is a picture book version of the Jewish folktale known as “Challahs In the Ark.” A rich man and a poor man are opposites in their needs and motivations — one bakes and places challahs in the Holy Ark and the other takes them to feed his family — but they become united in the realization that God works miracles through human hands. For ages 7 – 9.
Linda R. Silver is a specialist in Jewish children’s literature. She is editor of the Association of Jewish Libraries’ Jewish Valuesfinder, www.ajljewishvalues.org, and author of Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens: A JPS Guide (The Jewish Publication Society, 2010) and The Jewish Values Finder: A Guide to Values in Jewish Children’s Literature (Neal-Schuman, 2008).
