Books with author tanya weinberger

This is a story that encourages children to take the initiative, to actively participate in life, and to make room for shy friends. In the text we hear a young girls thoughts throughout one day and we see the world through her eyes. She seems to be invisible because everyone around her is busy with their own needs and activities and don't acknowledge her presence. In fact she is just very shy and unable to reach out, participate, and make herself known to others.

Travel Along Alef Beis Adventures with ZiggawatZiggawat is back with his fun-filled adventures! This time it's the end letters whose unique shapes save the day in their hilarioustravel escapades! With special effects moving pictures, watch theletters transform before your very eyes! Through five fun stories, children will learn the alef-beis of middos. Baruch Hashem recognizing and thanking HashemOna'as Devorim not hurting others with wordsBitachon trusting in HashemMa arich Af controlling angerDerech Eretz respecting others... and much more!For ages 3-5: Lovable Ziggawat helps endear the alef-beis letters to the children as they learn the letters unique shapes and sounds through the exciting stories.For ages 6-8: The stories capture the interest of older children with suspenseful plots, while increasing Hebrew vocabulary and teaching middos tovos in a meaningful way.Children of all ages can relate to the feelings of the characters,identify with their problems and rejoice in their solutions,for there s a little piece of Ziggleland inside each child!

This playful activity book will tickle a child's curiosity about the great variety of foods our planet offers, explore the world of the kitchen, and encourage healthy attitudes about caring for the only body a child will ever inhabit. Stirred into these pages of delightful games and activities are tantalizing bits and pieces of applied mathematics, science, history, art and agriculture. And those are just the hors d'oeuvres. YUM! is food for thought and soul food too....with just a few wacky-noodles in the stew.

Morselazunt is a small elephant who is tired of being gray. A passing magic fish offers her one night to choose a new color for herself before the sun comes up, or she will remain gray forever. She frantically tries to choose her new color but can't make up her mind, so in the morning she is still gray. Her gray elephant friends assure her that they like her just the way she is - gray all over. But Morselazunt still wants to be more colorful so she paints her toenails RED!

A mother bear sews a Teddyman doll for her new cub, Barry. Barry and his Teddyman share all of their childhood experiences and adventures. But when Barry is grown up he leaves his toy behind. The Teddyman is sold in the family's lawn sale leaving him sad and alone and frightened. But his new life begins and he discovers his value to others. He finally retires to live out his days in the Museum of Modern Art where all bears can come and visit him. This is a story about sharing, growing up, abandonment, renewal, and happy endings.

This story introduces young readers to classical and primitive sculpture and other three dimensional forms both real and imaginary. The Shaper is the story of a lonely old man who carves gargoyles and cupids for the masses in the cities. Inspired by a book he found when he was a boy, the old man fills his private life in his small cabin on the mountain with creatures that he shapes with his hands and his imagination. At night he dreams of the images in his book, the great sculpture that others have made through the centuries. By day he transforms the common objects around him into fanciful beings both beautiful and strange. When the gargoyle factory burns down he is freed to finally create his greatest masterpiece.