Ann D. Koffsky. Behrman House, $7.95 paper (32p) ISBN 978-0-87441-913-9
It’s pretty much impossible to graduate from a Jewish preschool program without memorizing this silly-snarky tribute to Plague No. 2 (“One morning when Pharaoh awoke in his bed,/ there were frogs in the bed and frogs on his head”), so the premise...
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Ann D. Koffsky, illus. by Talitha Shipman. Apples & Honey, $17.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-68115-522-7
Here’s an unusual twofer: a Hanukkah book that advocates for vaccinations. Brisk text and schoolroom-cheery illustrations introduce a boy named Judah, who’s trying his best to be a hero to his baby sister, Hannah (he tries sharing his “Choco-monster-
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Ann Diament Koffsky, illus. by Abigail Rajunov. Little Bee, $18.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4998-1609-9
For Estee Ackerman (b. 2002), “Shabbat was a day of calm,” Koffsky writes, “a break from the exciting pop, pop, ker-pops” of the ping-pong tournaments she played during the week. Rajunov contrasts the intensity of competition—images of fierce...
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