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  • It's Tu B'Shevat!

    Edie Stoltz Zolkower, Richard Johnson

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2005)
    Rhyming verse and brightly colored illustrations tell the story of a boy and his family planting a tree for Tu B’Shevat and watching it grow. This board book is just right for little hands.
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  • Does Your Dog Speak Hebrew?: A Book of Animal Sounds

    Ellen Bari, Holly Clifton-Brown

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Sept. 1, 2020)
    A dog says “bow, wow” in English and “hav, hav” in Hebrew. Whimsical animals in American and Israeli settings compare their varied noises and sounds. Readers can explore which sounds are the same and which are different in droll depictions of animals in Israel and the United States. Basic Hebrew vocabulary, including animal names and sounds, are introduced. Iconic locations like Capitol Hill and Central Park in the United States, and the Dome of the Rock and the Sea of Galilee in Israel are featured in illustrations.
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  • Flowers

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Claude Delafosse, Rene Mettler, Nancy E. Krulik

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1993)
    Young readers are encouraged to locate the pistil and stamens of a crocus and other flower parts hidden on the brightly painted transparent pages of this informative book.
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  • Mitzi's Mitzvah

    Gloria Koster, Holli Conger

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2013)
    Adorable puppy Mitzi visits a nursing home where she helps the residents celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New year.
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  • Where Shabbat Lives

    Jan Goldin Fabiyi, Sue Rubinroit

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Aug. 1, 2008)
    The simple text and brightly colored illustrations in this board book tell the story of a typical family celebrating Shabbat.
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  • All about Time

    Andre Verdet, Celine Bour-Chollet, Daniel Moignot

    Hardcover (Scholastic, Sept. 15, 1995)
    A guide to telling time features brightly colored, transparent pages that cover an oversized clock, enabling young readers to learn about the progression of minutes into hours, day into night, and season into season.
    G

  • Cats

    Pascale De Bourgoing, Henri Galeron

    Spiral-bound (Scholastic, Sept. 1, 1992)
    Introduces the behavior and life cycle of cats
    J

  • Let's Visit Israel

    Judyth Saypol Groner, Cheryl Nathan

    Board book (Kar-Ben Pub, Sept. 1, 2004)
    A little boy presents places to go and things to do in Israel, including riding a camel through the marketplace in Beersheva and taking a swim in the salty Dead Sea.
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  • Shopping Trip

    Helen Oxenbury

    Board book (Dial Books, July 1, 1991)
    A child explores the different things around him while shopping with his mother
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  • My Very First Our World Book

    Matthew Oldham, Lee Cosgrove

    Hardcover (EDC Publishing / UBAM, March 15, 2018)
    This is non-fiction for very young children who will find lots of things to look at and talk about in this highly visual book about our world - anything from geography and geology to its place in the universe. Little ones can find out about the blue planet while learning lots of interesting new words. Other titles in the series include: My Very First Dinosaurs Book and My Very First Space Book.

  • Atlas of Plants

    Gallimard Jeunesse, Claude D. Delafosse, Sylvaine Perols

    Hardcover (Cartwheel Books, March 1, 1996)
    Vivid illustrations, transparent overlays, and simple, factual text introduce young readers to more than fifty plants from around the world, explaining such transformations as how a cotton flower becomes a ball of white fibers.
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  • The Sounds of My Jewish Year

    Marji Gold-Vukson, Suzanne Urban

    Board book (Kar-Ben Publishing ®, Jan. 1, 2003)
    Preschoolers can explore the Jewish holidays with familiar sounds--the "sizzle, sizzle" of potato latkes on Hanukkah, the "crunch, crunch" of matzah on Passover, and more.
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