Mazel Tov! It's a Boy/Mazel Tov! It's a Girl

by Jamie Korngold, Jeff Finkelstein (Photographer)

Overview

Join a Jewish family as they celebrate the birth of a baby brother, and then flip this book over to celebrate the birth of a baby sister!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467719582
Publisher:	Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
Publication date:	01/01/2015
Series:	Lerner Life Cycle Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	9.30(w) x 9.50(h) x 0.20(d)
Lexile:	500L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Rabbi Jamie S. Korngold received ordination from the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and is the founder and spiritual leader of the Adventure Rabbi Program. She lives in Boulder, Colorado with her two daughters, Sadie and Ori.

Jeff Finkelstein's images have appeared in hundreds of publications including National Geographic, USA Today and The Jerusalem Post. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two daughters.

Editorial Reviews

"Fans of flip picture books, k'vel! Here is a well thought out, useful, warm, happy picture book with a sound life-cycle topic. Ex­cellent photographs and sweetly chronological events capture the thrilling experience of welcoming a new baby, one way for girls, flip! the other way for boys, each version meeting in the middle with the same concluding photograph." — Jewish Book World

From the Publisher

2015-02-16
The joy of welcoming a new baby into a Jewish home is portrayed in this dos-à-dos, dual-gender photo essay.A big sister takes readers through her family's experience from the time a new baby is expected to its arrival and ultimate welcoming ceremony. For a little girl's naming, big sister explains the brit bat or simchat bat, done on the eighth day of the new child's life. Similarly, a little boy's naming is called a bris or brit milah. Friends and family join a rabbi for a little girl and a mohel and rabbi for a little boy. Presumably as the book is intended for very young children, the mohel's performance of a circumcision is quietly left out, along with its religious significance. Instead, the rationale behind the choosing of names is described. Both babies are given names honoring a family member, and in both situations, the family gathers for a small reception "in the hope that our baby's life will be sweet." Korngold's simple approach to this vital topic works well and is nicely coupled with clear, color photography of the same family documenting the activity of these two very special days. Each ceremony is depicted separately, with the stories converging in the middle with one large double-page circular view of a culminating festive family gathering.A joyful and eminently useful book. (Picture book/religion. 2-7)

Kirkus Reviews