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Christmas Menorahs, The
This picture book recreates the true story of how families and a community decided to stand together to combat bigotry and acts of hatred.
Golem
Illustrated with beautiful cut-paper collages, the author/illustrator retells the legend of the Golem (a man created from clay), who saves the Jews of 16th Century Prague from persecution. A lengthy endnote recounts the history of the Golem and the perse
| Author: Wisniewski, David |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Little History of the World, The
Originally written in 1936 by a famous art historian and published in a new translation in 2005, this Euro-centric view of world events provides an accessible panorama of history, generalized but with sufficient detail to be interesting. Occasionally the
O Jerusalem
This book is a tribute to Jerusalem in honor of its 3000th year. Each poem is accompanied by a wonderful illustration and a paragraph of information about the history or traditions of Jerusalem.
One World, Many Religions
Illustrated with colored photographs, the book explores the world's major religions--Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Confucianism, and Taoism. The origins, forms of worship, traditions, sacred writings, and major holidays are described.
| Author: Osbourne, Mary |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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One Yellow Daffodil: A Hanukkah Story
Morris Kaplan, a Holocaust survivor, owns a flower shop that two children visit each Friday to buy Sabbath flowers. The children are surprised to learn that their friend Morris hasn't celebrated Hanukkah since his childhood. They insist that he join the
| Author: Adler, David |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Sacred Places
This collection of 12 poems and accompanying paintings celebrates 12 holy and magical places around the world. End notes provide more information about the locations.
| Author: Yolen, Jane |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Stone Lamp, The
This book of poems and accounts gives a personal and historical perspective of the meaning of lighting the Menorah lamps representing the eight nights of Hanukkah. The author tells in prose and poetry of real events from 1190 to 1995. Brian Pinkney's vi
| Author: Hesse, Karen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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When I Left My Village
This book tells the story of an Ethiopian Jewish family and their emigration from their violent and oppressed village to Israel.
| Author: Shur, Maxine Rose |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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