By count­ing back­wards from ten to one, this sim­ple sto­ry shows a lit­tle boy’s pen­nies being used for tzedakah. As the kipah-wear­ing child goes about his day doing things typ­i­cal of chil­dren of his age, like play­ing with his train, paint­ing at his easel, and build­ing with blocks, var­i­ous mem­bers of his fam­i­ly take pen­nies and drop them into his tzedakah box. When only one pen­ny is left, the boy hap­pi­ly puts it in the box him­self, exclaim­ing ​“So many mitzvos, and one that’s just for me!” Short vers­es tell the sto­ry, and bright, real­is­tic but pedes­tri­an pic­tures add details. Paired with The Very Best Place for a Pen­ny (Dina Her­man Rosen­feld, Merkos, 1984), this will con­vey the mitz­vah of tzedakah to young chil­dren in a man­ner they will enjoy and under­stand. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 2 – 4.