Ladi­no, a lan­guage spo­ken by many Sephard­ic fam­i­lies and derived from medieval Span­ish mixed with Hebrew and oth­er sources, is part of the fam­i­ly her­itage of the author who has had a long-time dream of reviv­ing and pop­u­lar­iz­ing it. She has now com­piled a short book of Ladi­no phras­es to intro­duce chil­dren to the lan­guage and increase its aware­ness among those who may not be famil­iar with Sephardic his­to­ry and cul­ture. Rosen­thal has cho­sen nine cat­e­gories of inter­est to young chil­dren: play­ing doc­tor, dress­ing up, birth­day par­ties, musi­cal instru­ments, giv­ing tzedakah, eat­ing treats, spend­ing time with moth­er, talk­ing to friends, and parts of the body and she has com­piled a list of Ladi­no phras­es and their Eng­lish trans­la­tions for each cat­e­go­ry. Bright­ly col­ored illus­tra­tions with touch­es of gen­tle humor accom­pa­ny each page to round out a child’s under­stand­ing and enjoy­ment. Recom­mended for ages 7 – 10.