The Seventh Day: A Shabbat Story (General Jewish Interest) - Softcover

Cohen, Deborah Bodin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580131255 ISBN 13: 9781580131254

Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™, 2005

Synopsis

In this adaptation of the creation story, God creates desert canyons and riverbeds as a potter would, the leopard's spots and the zebra's stripes as a painter would, and the voices of laughter as a musician would.

About this title

About the Author:

Deborah Bodin Cohen was ordained at Hebrew Union College - Jewish institute of Religion. She is the author of many children's books including the Engineer Ari series, The Seventh Day, Papa Jethro, and Nachshon Who Was Afraid to Swim. Her books have received numerous honors, including a National Jewish Book award, Sydney Taylor honor designations and the Sugarman prize. She lives in Rockville, MD, with her husband David and three children.

Melanie Hall grew up in Manchester-By-the-Sea, Massachusetts. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design and Pratt Institute, receiving her B.F.A. from Pratt Institute. She went on to earn her Master's Degree at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania, where she studied children's book illustration. She is the illustrator of over twenty-five children's books.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 1–This story is a combination of the traditional Jewish creation myth, which leads to the beginning of the Sabbath, and a prayer in which God is referred to as a potter, a painter, and, in this case, a musician. At times the parallels between the jobs and the actions of the Creator are strained, and the language occasionally becomes overly sweet. The mixed-media illustrations are quite lovely, with a Chagall-like feel. They flow nicely across the pages along with the story, but they, too, at times stray into saccharine. The addition of the Jewish prayer for the wine and for Shabbat seems to limit this title to a somewhat religious group, but the phraseology in places is fairly modern and will probably not be acceptable to the Orthodox community. Reform and Conservative Jewish communities may find this book useful, but it's unlikely to have a wider audience.–Amy Lilien-Harper, The Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
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About this edition

• Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing ™
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1580131255
• ISBN 13: 9781580131254
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 24
• Illustrator: Hall Melanie