Chil­dren’s

Wher­ev­er We Go!

Chani Altein; Marc Lumer & Jovani Oli­vares, illus.
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By – June 15, 2015

When Tzvi minds lit­tle Ben­ny from time to time, he tries to teach the younger child prop­er behav­ior. At the park, Tzvi shows Ben­ny to stash” his trash” in a can; at the zoo when the giraffe is in sight, to nev­er make noise and give him a fright. On oth­er excur­sions, Tzvi sets the right exam­ples and encour­ages lit­tle Ben­ny to fol­low. The bright­ly col­ored well drawn mul­ti-eth­nic sim­ple illus­tra­tions on the high­ly pol­ished wash­able pages are so filled with details, that chil­dren can exam­ine them over and over again. The sur­prised expres­sion of lit­tle Ben­ny each time his baby-sit­ter cor­rects him is a real­is­tic who me?” response. This is a rol­lick­ing read-aloud book that will appeal to lit­tle chil­dren of all faiths if just a few Hebrew words are explained to them, such as Kid­dush Hashem, mentsch, and bracha. The best part is they can search the illus­tra­tions for­ev­er. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 3 – 6.

Mar­cia W. Pos­ner, Ph.D., of the Holo­caust Memo­r­i­al and Tol­er­ance Cen­ter of Nas­sau Coun­ty, is the library and pro­gram direc­tor. An author and play­wright her­self, she loves review­ing for JBW and read­ing all the oth­er reviews and arti­cles in this mar­velous periodical.

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