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Synopsis
Bears don’t live in Brooklyn, but both Shira and Jacob encounter one on their trip to the store to buy honey for Bubbe’s Shabbos kugel. This whimsical fairy tale will tickle the funny bone and teach a few Yiddish words in the process.
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Jacqueline Jules is an award-winning author and poet. Her many children's books include The Hardest Word (National Jewish Book Award finalist), Happy Hanukkah Lights, and Picnic at Camp Shalom. She lives in northern Virginia.
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PreSchool-Grade 2-Shira and Jacob are spending Shabbos with their grandparents at their Brooklyn apartment. While Bubbe is cooking, she runs out of honey. One by one, each member of the family goes out and buys some, only to have the jar stolen by a large and menacing bear. Finally, Bubbe confronts the bear, he admits to being lost, and she invites him home for dinner. This story is slight and the logic strange. Children will wonder how this animal finds its way from a "storybook" to Brooklyn. The bear is an odd figure-in some parts of the story he is appealing and sympathetic (he is shown on the cover smiling and waving good-bye to his family), but when he takes the honey, he is a terrifying figure that might well be frightening to small children. Yiddish words are sprinkled throughout the tale: "a Bubbe (that's a grandma) and a Zayde (that's a grandpa)...." However, instead of becoming part of the narrative, they are intrusive and break the flow. Also, there is no pronunciation guide for readers unfamiliar with the terms, while those who have some understanding of Yiddish will find the definitions unnecessary. Although some of the artwork is appealing, on the whole, the illustrations are sterile and have the look of an ad campaign or greeting card. A minimal offering.
Amy Lilien, Ferguson Library, Stamford, CT
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherKar-Ben Publishing ™
- Publication date1998
- ISBN 10 1580130216
- ISBN 13 9781580130219
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorKahn Katherine Janus
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