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A cloak for the moon / retold by Eric A. Kimmel

A retelling of one of Rabbi Nachman's tales in which a tailor, dreaming that the moon is cold in the sky, goes in search of a special fabric with which to make it a cloak.

Zigazak! : a magical Hanukkah night / Eric Kimmel

Two evil spirits wreak havoc on the town of Brisk's Hanukkah celebration, until the town's wise rabbi puts a stop to their mischief.

Prisoner in time : a child of the Holocaust / Pamela Melnikoff

In 1942, tired of hiding from the Nazis in a Prague attic, a young Jewish man ventures out to an old cemetery, from which he travels back to the sixteenth-century and witnesses another time of trouble for Czech Jews.

Toby Belfer and the High Holy Days / Gloria Teles Pushker

Toby Belfer tells her non-Jewish friend Donna all about celebrating Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Includes a recipe for honey cake.

The Shabbat box / Lesley Simpson ; illustrated by Nicole in den Bosch

When it is finally Ira's turn to take his nursery school class's Shabbat Box home, he loses it in a snowstorm and must decide what to do next.

The Sabbath lion : a Jewish folktale from Algeria / retold by Howard Schwartz and Barbara Rush

Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion during a dangerous journey through the desert.

Cain and Abel : finding the fruits of peace / by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso ;...

Retells the story of two brothers who, after years of sharing everything, become angry enough to lose control and bring violence into the world.

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