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Nico & Lola: Kindness Shared Between a Boy and a Dog
| Meggan Hill | Susan M. Graunke | After Nico agrees “to be so kind as to watch” his aunt’s dog, he begins to wonder how he will be kind. He learns that kindness is showing concern for others. |
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How Kind!
| Mary Murphy | | Repetitive text demonstrates kindness as each animal in the book does something nice for another animal. Children learn that good feelings are shared as a kind deed is done deliberately. |
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The Shabbat Puppy*
| Leslie Kimmelman | Jaime Zollars | Every Saturday Noah and his grandfather go for a walk together, looking for “Shabbat Shalom” – Sabbath Peace. For what seems like the longest time to the little boy, Grandpa won’t allow Mazel, Noah’s puppy, to join them. Eventually, though, the dog is permitted to join in, with sweet results.
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Shabbat Is Coming!
| Tracy Newman | Viviana Garofoli | Friday' s here. Jump and cheer. Shabbat is coming. A family and its pet puppy eagerly prepare for Shabbat. |
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Hanna's Sabbath Dress
| Izhak Sschweiger-Dmiel | Ora Eitan (Tchernov) | Hanna's new white dress, made especially for the Sabbath, is ruined the very first time it is worn after she helps a man carry his bag of charcoal, but while crying in despair in the forest, she notices that the stains have somehow been changed magically into beads of light. |
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Many Days, One Shabbat*
| Fran Manushkin | Maria Monescillo | One light. Many candles. One challah. Many slices. A family gets ready to celebrate the Sabbath. It welcomes guests, enjoys a nice meal, and savors a few quiet moments together. Shabbat Shalom! Appealing watercolors add just the right touch to the festivities |
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Around The World in One Shabbat: Jewish People Celebrating the Sabbath
| Durga Yael Berhard | Durga Yael Berhard | Take your children on a colorful adventure to share the many ways Jewish people celebrate Shabbat around the world. Shabbat Shalom!
Beginning in an old Jerusalem market Friday morning, shopping for foods to make Shabbat meals special
- Setting a beautiful Sabbath table in Australia Friday afternoon
- Lighting Shabbat candles with a family in Turkey
- Singing zemirot with relatives in Russia
- Making hamotzi as a congregation in the United States
- Parading the Torah scrolls at Shabbat morning services in a synagogue in Germany
- Relaxing in the peace of Shabbat day in Canada
- Enjoying a special Sabbath afternoon meal in Morocco
From Israel to Thailand, from Ethiopia to Argentina, you and your children are invited to share the diverse Sabbath traditions that come alive in Jewish homes and synagogues around the world each week—and to celebrate life with Jewish people everywhere.
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