Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket

by Jamie Korngold Narrated by Book Buddy Digital Media

Overview

Sadie, Ori, and Grandma all love the soft blue "Together Blanket" that Grandma knit when Sadie was born. They use it for building forts, for snuggling and fun. As Sadie and Ori grow up and as Grandma gets older, too, the blanket continues to bring the family comfort in very special ways.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"The popular, cheery duo, siblings Sadie and Ori, return in a warm, bittersweet picture book experiencing aging with grandma with whom they are close. The threesome has done so many things together, has developed cherished memories, especially of the annual cycle of Jewish holidays. Grandma knit the Blue Blanket of the title which she calls the 'together blanket'. It serves various purposes through the years, mainly for snuggling under for stories. The early part of the story shares days with grandma who runs, reads, plays, chases, cooks, sews, hosts and teaches her delighted grandchildren. Sadie and Ori grow bigger and become more and more capable; Grandma does less and less. Not only are her arms, legs and eyes not strong enough for activities, but her mind is not strong enough to remember. The duo miss their grandma of the past as she misses what she used to do for them. They decide it is their turn to care for her after all her years of caring for them. The book ends as it starts, in the rocking chair, the three curled up under the together blanket, only this time Sadie and Ori are the readers. A three hanky ending to a wise, wonderful book which delivers a familiar, real, but sad situation in a comforting way with touching vocabulary that will surely resonate with every family." — Jewish Book Council

Kirkus Reviews

2015-07-15
It would be easy to call this picture book two stories in one, but that would be glib and irresponsibly reductive. This picture book is a guide to the Jewish holidays (complete with directions for making raisin challah on Rosh Hashanah), and it's a story about a grandmother who knits the titular blue blanket for her grandchildren. But this is really just one book. It's a story about the passage of time. After a number of holidays have gone by, Ori asks, "Why can't you play with us like you used to?" Grandma says: "That is part of growing older. I can still sit down on the floor, but I can't get back up." Grandma is laughing, but some readers will find the story unbearably sad. Soon, she can't remember places or names. Some people may also consider the book sentimental. When Grandma cuddles under her blue blanket with the children, she calls it their "Together Blanket," and the words appear in bold, blue letters whenever mentioned in the text. The story also moves quite slowly, dwelling on the details of each holiday, which is apt in a book about time but often frustrating. Still, it's hard not to be charmed by Fortenberry's simple, symmetrical paintings, and it's hard not to be moved when Sadie and Ori read Grandma the stories she once told them. Korngold and Fortenberry move beyond sentimentality to real sentiment. (Picture book. 4-8)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171795832
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2017
Series:	Lerner Life Cycle Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years

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Sadie and Ori and the Blue Blanket

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By Jamie Korngold, Julie Fortenberry

Kar-Ben Publishing

Copyright © 2015 Jamie Korngold
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-4677-1191-3

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CHAPTER 1

hen Sadie was born, Grandma knit her a soft blue blanket, the color of the sky. Grandma called it their Together Blanket, because it was big enough to cover them both.

Grandma cradled baby Sadie and rocked her to sleep in the large oak rocking chair.

That year at Passover, there was a new place at Grandma's seder table for Baby Sadie — right next to Grandma.

Sadie grew quickly. When the snows of Hanukkah covered the yard, Grandma helped Sadie build a snowman.

On Purim, Sadie helped Grandma bake hamantaschen and deliver them to friends.

When Ori was born, Grandma made the soft blue blanket big enough to cover all three of them. Sadie told the baby that it was their special Together Blanket. With Sadie snuggled by her side, Grandma cradled Baby Ori in her arms and read them stories.

That year for Passover, there was a new place at Grandma's seder table for Baby Ori — on Grandma's other side.

Grandma spent hours on the floor with them, building grand cities out of wooden blocks, and playing with dolls dressed in doll clothes she had made.

(Continues...)

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