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A straightforward and reassuring account of ways children celebrate Shabbat. --Publishers Weekly -- (4/15/2011 12:00:00 AM)

Joining the It's Time! series, this photographic picture book centers on a preschool class at a synagogue: 'while the grown-ups pray, in another room the children play.' Cohen's photographs--some candid, some posed--show the children reading about Noah's Ark (then pretending to be the animals in the story), building a Tower of Babel out of cardboard blocks (it tumbles down soon after), enjoying a snack, and eventually rejoining the congregation. A straightforward and reassuring account of ways children celebrate Shabbat. --Publishers Weekly --Journal While their parents are in services on Saturday mornings, preschoolers enjoy having fun at 'Shabbat Club.' They play with toys, listen to stories, hold stuffed-toy Torahs, and say the blessings over a Shabbat snack. Clear photographs of adorable children accompany the text. The book's joyful portrayal of Judaism makes it a good choice for inclusion in a synagogue or home library. --The Horn Book Guide --Journal It's Tot Shabbat is part of a Kar-Ben series showing children celebrating Jewish holidays around the year. Here we follow a group of appealing preschoolers attending a synagogue youth program on Shabbat morning while their parents pray in the adjacent sanctuary. The children play games relating to stories from the weekly Torah portion and share a snack after making a blessing on their food. They listen to a story, share toys, and model other appropriate and enjoyable behaviors for young readers. They happily rejoin their parents in song and prayer at the end of the service. The illustrations are bright, clear photographs of children learning and having fun, obviously enjoying their synagogue experience. The text is simple and easily understood and is followed by a glossary as well as the wording, explanation, and transliteration of the brachot or blessings mentioned within the story. Highly recommended for ages 2-5. --Jewish Book World --Magazine

While their parents are in services on Saturday mornings, preschoolers enjoy having fun at 'Shabbat Club.' They play with toys, listen to stories, hold stuffed-toy Torahs, and say the blessings over a Shabbat snack. Clear photographs of adorable children accompany the text. The book's joyful portrayal of Judaism makes it a good choice for inclusion in a synagogue or home library. --The Horn Book Guide --Journal Joining the It's Time! series, this photographic picture book centers on a preschool class at a synagogue: 'while the grown-ups pray, in another room the children play.' Cohen's photographs--some candid, some posed--show the children reading about Noah's Ark (then pretending to be the animals in the story), building a Tower of Babel out of cardboard blocks (it tumbles down soon after), enjoying a snack, and eventually rejoining the congregation. A straightforward and reassuring account of ways children celebrate Shabbat. --Publishers Weekly --Journal It's Tot Shabbat is part of a Kar-Ben series showing children celebrating Jewish holidays around the year. Here we follow a group of appealing preschoolers attending a synagogue youth program on Shabbat morning while their parents pray in the adjacent sanctuary. The children play games relating to stories from the weekly Torah portion and share a snack after making a blessing on their food. They listen to a story, share toys, and model other appropriate and enjoyable behaviors for young readers. They happily rejoin their parents in song and prayer at the end of the service. The illustrations are bright, clear photographs of children learning and having fun, obviously enjoying their synagogue experience. The text is simple and easily understood and is followed by a glossary as well as the wording, explanation, and transliteration of the brachot or blessings mentioned within the story. Highly recommended for ages 2-5. --Jewish Book World --Magazine

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