Malka Drucker

This book is at the top of my favorites list for a few reasons: I LOVE books that go through the alphabet, as they help children learn their letters, and it was about a Jewish Holiday. I am not Jewish, so I do not know much about it, but I am always interested in learning. This book showed me many things that I was unaware of. This would be a great writing model for children, as it has a focus on the letters of the alphabet and is not in the typical paragraph format. There are many ways to write and, although paragraphs are important, they are not the only way.… (more)

I thought this was an average book for a variety of reasons. This book is an alphabet book introducing Jewish holidays and their customs. There is an informative section detailing the origins and history of holiday observances, a glossary of holiday terms, and a pronunciation guide. I think this is very helpful because a lot of the words/holidays throughout the text are very hard for young children to pronounce. The language is sometimes a little too descriptive so I think that why an informative section is needed. The writing of the book was organized in the ABC format going through a holiday or custom that dealt with each individual letter of the alphabet. The illustrations were colorful and vibrant and did a good job of aiding the text for each individual page. Overall, it was a pretty straight to the point children's alphabet book.… (more)