Shmuel Blitz

I was given this as a present a few years ago and although I’m now more agnostic than Jewish, I thought I should read the book anyway. It’s quite a decent sized book although a little on the thin side considering it contains 21 stories and illustrations.

The illustrations are quite large, most of them take up the whole of the right hand page with the text on the left. The pictures themselves aren’t really anything special though, they’re quite simple although a couple of them are more detailed.

The stories are quite a mixed bag really, half of them are like amusing folk stories with a moral while others have a more religious aspect. There’s also two stories which are based on part of Talmud and actual people - Hillel the Elder and Rabbi Akiva. They’re quite a bit more serious than the others and given the fact that in both stories the person concerned nearly died, they’re quite jarring among the other more humorous tales. I’m not sure these two stories would be the sort of thing most children would like to hear just before they go to sleep! On the whole, it’s not bad but I don’t know how well it would appeal to children.… (plus d'informations)

NO OF PAGES: 73 SUB CAT I: Children's Resources SUB CAT II: Feasts/Festivals SUB CAT III: DESCRIPTION: The Mesorah Heritage Foundation is proud to present you with this ArtScroll Edition of the Book of Esther. Designed especially for young people, it will appeal to all ages and tastes. You are sure to enjoy its streamlined translation, gorgeous full-color illustrations, and sprinkling of clear instructions and illuminating comments. It's called the Children's Megillah. A good title for what it and our Foundation are trying to do. We are convinced that Judaism and its classic texts are eternally young and fresh. All that is needed is to present them in a language and format that will make them attractive and relevant to English-speaking Jews. By bringing classic Judaic texts to today's reader - attractively, literately, and accurately - we are dispelling ignorance and replacing it with knowledge.NOTES: Donated by Barbara Kase. SUBTITLE: The Mesorah Heritage Foundation Edition… (plus d'informations)