A great read for the children and the pace of the story is wonderful as are the characters. I think this will be an emotional but exciting read for younger readers.
NetGalley, Jim Daniels
A great read for the children and the pace of the story is wonderful as are the characters. I think this will be an emotional but exciting read for younger readers.
NetGalley, Jim Daniels
This book was super cute! Who would have ever thought a book about Star Wars, Football, Hebrew school and a young curious Jewish boy would ever exist!! There were so many great life lessons in this short book that I just wanted to keep on learning! The relationship between the Rabbi and Avery was so amazing! He encouraged Avery to ask questions and to question what is written in the scriptures...it was so refreshing to see this perspective!
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Why should we be kind to those that are mean? Is a common question that Avery asks throughout this book. Dealing with his own insecurities we saw such growth in Avery’s character! Now I can’t wait to ask my husband all sorts of questions about his time spent at Hebrew school!
NetGalley, Christina S
This book was super cute! Who would have ever thought a book about Star Wars, Football, Hebrew school and a young curious Jewish boy would ever exist!! There were so many great life lessons in this short book that I just wanted to keep on learning! The relationship between the Rabbi and Avery was so amazing! He encouraged Avery to ask questions and to question what is written in the scriptures...it was so refreshing to see this perspective!
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Why should we be kind to those that are mean? Is a common question that Avery asks throughout this book. Dealing with his own insecurities we saw such growth in Avery’s character! Now I can’t wait to ask my husband all sorts of questions about his time spent at Hebrew school!
NetGalley, Christina S
The stories of Chelm are always great for teaching morals to young children. In this story, part of the fun for the kids is the juxtaposition of the wise fish against the foolish men....after all, they try to drown a fish as punishment!
The kids get riled up by that and it usually starts a conversation.
NetGalley, Yvie Field
The stories of Chelm are always great for teaching morals to young children. In this story, part of the fun for the kids is the juxtaposition of the wise fish against the foolish men....after all, they try to drown a fish as punishment!
The kids get riled up by that and it usually starts a conversation.
NetGalley, Yvie Field
Vali Mintzi, a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, uses a graphic technique known as scratch art to create the richly detailed and expressive illustrations, which look like painted etchings. The art quietly enhances the story and gives an evocative feeling of time and place.
Read the full review [link=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/signs-in-the-well]here[/link]
Jewish Book Council
Vali Mintzi, a graduate of the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, uses a graphic technique known as scratch art to create the richly detailed and expressive illustrations, which look like painted etchings. The art quietly enhances the story and gives an evocative feeling of time and place.
Read the full review [link=https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/signs-in-the-well]here[/link]
Jewish Book Council
A simple, but perfectly put, fable from the middle East, as a peddler who cries his appreciation for the smell of the bakers' below his home each morning gets complained about. You just know there will be a pleasant twist, and of course there is. In one fell swoop the book can show the benefits of hard work, the pleasure in letting everyone live their own life – and the mindful kind of sitting back and benefiting from smells, birdsong and everything else pleasurable that we can find for free if we have the mind to. What was equally pleasurable was the artwork – all pastel colours, and richly detailed line work. The community here really comes to life – but the message of the book is still allowed to be universal. A strong four stars, if not more.
NetGalley, John Lloyd
A simple, but perfectly put, fable from the middle East, as a peddler who cries his appreciation for the smell of the bakers' below his home each morning gets complained about. You just know there will be a pleasant twist, and of course there is. In one fell swoop the book can show the benefits of hard work, the pleasure in letting everyone live their own life – and the mindful kind of sitting back and benefiting from smells, birdsong and everything else pleasurable that we can find for free if we have the mind to. What was equally pleasurable was the artwork – all pastel colours, and richly detailed line work. The community here really comes to life – but the message of the book is still allowed to be universal. A strong four stars, if not more.
NetGalley, John Lloyd
