Chil­dren’s

When I Daven

Yael Zoldan; Shi­ra Allen, illus.
  • Review
By – June 12, 2013

This sweet, col­or­ful pic­ture book shows chil­dren learn­ing about and enjoy­ing dai­ly prayers. Each dai­ly activ­i­ty, each wish, dream or hope, each instance of grat­i­tude for what is in the sur­round­ing world has its own appro­pri­ate prayer. With clear, sim­ple lan­guage and cheer­ful illus­tra­tion, the over­whelm­ing emo­tion evoked is joy. The vocab­u­lary and illus­tra­tions are geared to the Ortho­dox read­er but with some guid­ance and expla­na­tion the book can be read with any Jew­ish child to empha­size the com­fort and delight in com­mu­ni­cat­ing with God and appre­ci­a­tion for all that fills the world. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 2 – 6.

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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