The Patchwork Torah

The Patchwork Torah
Author: Allison Ofanansky
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512496057

Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! As a child, David watches his grandfather, a Torah scribe or sofer, finish a Torah scroll for the synagogue. "A Torah is not something to be thrown away," his Grandfather explains. David's grandfather carefully stores the old Torah his new one has replaced in his cabinet, hoping to one day repair the letters so the Torah can be used again. David grows up and becomes a sofer just like his grandfather. Through the years, people bring him damaged Torahs they have saved from danger and disaster - one damaged by Nazi soldiers during World War II, one damaged in a fire in a synagogue, and one in flooding during Hurricane Katrina. David stores each of these precious Torahs in his cabinet, until his granddaughter Leah gives him the idea to make a recycled Torah from the salvaged Torah scrolls.

Mr. Benjamin's Suitcase of Secrets

Mr. Benjamin's Suitcase of Secrets
Author: Pei-Yu Chang
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2017-05-02
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735842809

A philosopher finds himself at risk when his country begins punishing people for being different, a circumstance that forces him to escape over hills and valleys while carrying a mysterious, heavy suitcase.

Osnat and Her Dove

Osnat and Her Dove
Author: Sigal Samuel
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-02-02
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1646140516

Osnat was born five hundred years ago – at a time when almost everyone believed in miracles. But very few believed that girls should learn to read. Yet Osnat's father was a great scholar whose house was filled with books. And she convinced him to teach her. Then she in turn grew up to teach others, becoming a wise scholar in her own right, the world's first female rabbi! Some say Osnat performed miracles – like healing a dove who had been shot by a hunter! Or saving a congregation from fire! But perhaps her greatest feat was to be a light of inspiration for other girls and boys; to show that any person who can learn might find a path that none have walked before.

Drop by Drop

Drop by Drop
Author: Jacqueline Jules
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1512471240

Akiva is just a poor shepherd living an ordinary life, until he falls in love with Rachel. Rachel thinks her husband could become a great man of learning—but Akiva can't even read! Is he too old to be a scholar or can he follow the example of the water in the nearby brook? Water is soft, yet drop by drop, it can soften the hardest stone.

Hedy's Journey

Hedy's Journey
Author: Michelle Bisson
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 41
Release: 2018-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 151576995X

It is 1941. Hedy and her family are Jewish, and the Jew-hating Nazi party is rising. Hedy's family is no longer safe in their home in Hungary. They decide to flee to America, but because of their circumstances, sixteen-year-old Hedy must make her way through Europe alone. Will luck be with her? Will she be brave? Join Hedy on her journey-where she encounters good fortune and misfortune, a kind helper and cruel soldiers, a reunion and a tragedy-and discover how Hedy is both lucky and brave. Hedy's Journey adds an important voice to the canon of Holocaust stories, and her courage will make a lasting impact on young readers.

Miriam at the River

Miriam at the River
Author: Jane Yolen
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1541544013

A lyrical kid-friendly telling of the famous Bible story of baby Moses in his basket being set on the River Nile by big sister Miriam, who continues to watch over him as he becomes the Prince of Egypt

Jars of Hope

Jars of Hope
Author: Jennifer Roy
Publisher: Capstone
Total Pages: 33
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1491460725

"Tells Irena Sendler's story of saving 2,500 children during the Holocaust"--

The Four Questions

The Four Questions
Author: Lynne Sharon Schwartz
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2021-01-26
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1646141024

Why is this night different from all other nights? Every year when families gather for the Passover holiday, the youngest child poses that question as part of the poetic Four Questions near the start of the Seder. The answers are no less than the story of a people bound in slavery, their suffering in a foreign land, and their ultimate liberation – the story of Passover. Here the Four Questions are presented in breathtakingly luminous paintings by Ori Sherman. Whimsical animals parade through a unique format that can be read straight through in English or turned upside down to focus on the delicate Hebrew calligraphy and ingenious split-frame pictures. Each side of the Seder table can see its own variation of the richly colored scenes as elephants eat matzoh, monkeys dip herbs into water, and lions recline in newfound freedom. Author Lynne Sharon Schwartz answers the questions with refreshing clarity, providing insight into the symbols and rituals of the holiday. Experience a glorious art book, a beautiful book for the kids who find the afikomen, and a wonderful way to experience Passover and its unique celebration of freedom.

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix

Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Remix
Author: Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1430131691

Describes the L.A. street cook's life, including working in his family's restaurant as a child, figuring out what he wanted to do with his life, and his success with his food truck and restaurant.

Goldie Takes a Stand

Goldie Takes a Stand
Author: Barbara Krasner
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2014-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512488968

Even at the age of nine, little Golda Meir was known for being a leader. As the president of the American Young Sisters Society, she organizes her friends to raise money to buy textbooks for immigrant classmates. A glimpse at the early life of Israel’s first female prime minister, who was born in Russia and grew up in Milwaukee, this story is based on a true episode in the early life of Golda Meir.