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(0)Nina Jaffe
Author
Language
English
Description
The syncopated prose of Nina Jaffe draws the reader to the island of Puerto Rico, back before the Spaniards arrived. The island was inhabited by the Taínos, and they called their beloved island, Boriquén. This is their story of how Boriquén came to be.
In the beginning, there is only a giant mountain above a dry plain without water or plants. When a child walks over the flat land below the mountain, he finds seeds dancing in the wind. When he plants...
Author
Language
English
Description
A wealthy merchant, Feivel learns about the meaning of Hanukkah only after he condemns a small brood of hungry children for begging.
"In a charming story from the oral tradition, a rich man begrudges three hungry children the good smells emanating from his kitchen window, and insists that they should pay for them. The kindly town rabbi comes up with a solution that is completely fair but that also teaches the miserly merchant a valuable lesson."-The...
Author
Series
Bank Street ready-to-read volume Level 3
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Captured and kept inside a sack by a strange little man, a young girl is forced to sing, until her mother hears her song and knows that it is not the sack that is singing
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
In this Eastern European Jewish variant of the Cinderella story, the youngest daughter of a rabbi is sent away from home in disgrace, but thanks to the help of the prophet Elijah, marries the son of a renowned scholar and is reunited with her family. Includes words and music to a traditional Yiddish wedding song
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
The Night Before Christmas: The story of Santa's visit on a snowy Christmas Eve is beautifully brought to life with illustrations and festive music.
Too many tamales: Everyone is coming for Christmas at Maria's house. She and her mother prepare by kneading the "masa" to make tamales. When her mother takes off her ring, Maria tries it on and is beside herself when, hours later, she thinks it has been kneaded into the tamales.
In the Month of Kislev:...