Overview
After learning about the Jewish tradition of tzedakah boxes, Dalia shares her knowledge with her younger brother, Yossi, by telling him what her savings can help to provide for someone in need. Includes a note about the history and customs of tzedakah boxes.
Full Product Details
Author: Linda Heller ,
Stacey Dressen-McQueen
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Imprint: Tricycle Press
Dimensions:
Width: 22.00cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 27.60cm
Weight: 0.354kg
ISBN: 9781582464022
ISBN 10: 1582464022
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 23 August 2011
Recommended Age: From 3 to 7 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability: In Print
Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock.
Reviews
Review, The Horn Book, September/October 2011: <br> McQueen's rich-hued acrylic and oil pastel illustrations radiate warmth; the pictures of Dalia and her rosy-cheeked chums pitching in are cheerfully cluttered, while other images capture smaller, more intimate moments between the siblings. In Judaism tzedakah is considered a moral obligation, and the story shows how even young children can readily fulfill the tenet. <br><br>Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2011: <br> Dressen-McQueen's fully developed summer scenes in acrylic and oil pastel provide a vivid complement to the often-page-filling text, their naive, folk quality bringing great quantities of love and warmth to the tale. As vivid a demonstration of community as readers are likely to find. <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.
Starred Review, Kirkus Reviews, June 1, 2011: <br> Dressen-McQueen's fully developed summer scenes in acrylic and oil pastel provide a vivid complement to the often-page-filling text, their naive, folk quality bringing great quantities of love and warmth to the tale. As vivid a demonstration of community as readers are likely to find. <br><br><br> From the Hardcover edition.
Author Information
"LINDA HELLER has written and/or illustrated nearly a dozen children's books. These have received, among other honors, the Parents Choice Award and the Sydney Taylor Book Award, Linda wrote Dalia's story in honor of her grandmother, Sarah Witkin, a Russian immigrant who embodied the practice of tzedakah through her generosity toward others. Linda is thrilled to be able to introduce the practice of giving tzedakah to a new generation. She teaches writing and art workshops for children in her hometown of New York City. ""Publishers Weekly"" named STACEY DRESSEN MCQUEEN's first picture book, ""Boxes for Katje ""by Candace Fleming, a Best Children's Book of 2003 and praised it as ""an outstanding debut."" Booklist said of Stacey's artwork in a starred review of ""The Biggest Soap ""by Candace Fleming, ""[T]he pencil, oil pastel, and acrylic artwork, alive with the sun-drenched colors and patterns of the South Pacific, bubble[s] with happiness."" Stacey has drawn inspiration for her work from a wide range of sources, from Mexican folk-art to Gauguin's paintings, to Oceanic tribal art. For Dalia's story, Stacey was inspired by the ancient tradition of Jewish papercuts. Stacey lives with her family in Portland, Oregon. ""From the Hardcover edition."""
