Chil­dren’s

What Did Pin­ny Do?: An Upsh­erin Story

Nechama Sit­tner; Tova Leff, illus.
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By – September 16, 2013
Pin­ny is not yet three years old, the age at which the boys in his com­mu­ni­ty get their first hair­cuts. Pin­ny’s long hair falls into his eyes, mak­ing it hard for him to have fun. No rem­e­dy works quite per­fect­ly until, final­ly, Pin­ny reach­es the age of three and is ready for his first hair­cut and upsh­erin par­ty. Charm­ing­ly told and bright­ly illus­trat­ed, with lam­i­nat­ed wipe-clean pages, this sweet sto­ry is rec­om­mend­ed for ages 2 – 4 and can be used to edu­cate those unfa­mil­iar with this custom. 

Michal Hoschan­der Malen is the edi­tor of Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s young adult and children’s book reviews. A for­mer librar­i­an, she has lec­tured on top­ics relat­ing to lit­er­a­cy, run book clubs, and loves to read aloud to her grandchildren.

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