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noodlenuts ยท 5 years ago
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If you're a fan of the classic "Caps For Sale", you're absolutely going to love "Yossi and the Monkeys: A Shavuot Story" (2017) by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod, illustrated by Shirley Waisman, our final book for Shavuot, the Jewish holiday that starts tonight! Yossi, a caring husband and father, is very upset that he is too poor to provide his family the means to celebrate Shavuot with traditional foods, etc. His wife, a talented craftswoman, suggests that he sell some of the beautiful kippahs (skullcaps worn mostly by religiously observant Jewish men) that she makes to raise money for the family. But when Yossi runs into a mischievous monkey on his way to sell his wares, nothing goes exactly according to plan... A wonderfully playful holiday story! ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’ #noodlenutsclassickidlit #yossiandthemonkey #AShavuotStory #JenniferTziviaMacLeod #ShirleyWaisman #JewishNoodlenuts #Shavuos #Shavuot #CapsForSale #JewishBooks #JewishKids #JewishFamily #HolidayBooks #Holiday #JewishHoliday #LearningAtHome #LearningCultures #inclusion #inclusionmatters #childrensbooks #EarlyLearning #TeacherIdeas https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyDFJTnYNR/?igshid=1xean9l0mb5ut
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noodlenuts ยท 5 years ago
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Tonight marks the eve of Yom Ha'atzmaut, the 72nd Independence Day of Israel, one of my favourite places in the whole world. While Canada is and always will be my home, this and our book club theme this month got me thinking about all the similarities and differences of "home" to people around the world every day, from the little ambient noises we're used to hearing around us, to the daily routines (albeit temporarily interrupted right now) of work and school. I love the idea of opening up the world to kids through picture books, and helping them compare and contrast life in other countries with their own. Even the youngest children get excited about the fact that animal noises may be expressed differently in another language, or breakfast foods might be totally unfamiliar! "Fast Asleep in a Little Village in Israel" (2018) by Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod and Tiphanie Beeke is an absolutely gorgeous book for that. A schoolteacher wakes up in her "little village" to the sounds of morning, and as the rest of the village awakens we experience a little sample of Israeli life with her. Full of sensory delights, from animal sound effects to bits of Hebrew vocabulary (with explanation) and immersive description, and stunningly illustrated throughout, I cannot recommend this book highly enough as a welcoming peek into another culture and what "home" means in other parts of the world. For more stories of home, check out #Bookstagang_AtHome. ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ #NoodlenutsKidsBooks #FastAsleepInALittleVillageInIsrael #JenniferTziviaMacLeod #TiphanieBeeke #YomHaatzmaut #IsraelIndependenceDay #Israel #ื™ื•ืื”ืขืฆืžืื•ืช #multicultural #JewishNoodlenuts #Jewish #MulticulturalLearning #CulturalUnderstanding #Diversity #LearningCultures #LearningEveryDay #LearningAtHome #Homeschool #LibrariansOfInstagram #HomeschoolFamily (at Israel in My Heart) https://www.instagram.com/p/B_iXg_1HIsG/?igshid=107q4u9wlkjul
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