These books are part of a series pub­lished with spill-proof lam­i­nat­ed pages, mak­ing it clear that they are intend­ed for a preschool audi­ence. The sto­ries are sim­ple, short and heav­i­ly illus­trat­ed; one page is com­plete­ly illus­trat­ed and the fac­ing page con­tains text. Each is a sto­ry-in-rhyme, told with humor. Each is on a theme of friends help­ing friends, friends giv­ing to friends, friends being thought­ful toward each oth­er, or help­ing chil­dren deal with fears. The themes often con­cern doing good deeds or mitzvot. Togeth­er, the author and illus­tra­tor estab­lish a friend­ly, healthy play envi­ron­ment geared to mak­ing chil­dren com­fort­able. The illus­tra­tions are cute and done in vivid col­or, with mod­est­ly dressed char­ac­ters, each with a head cov­er­ing. Par­tic­u­lar­ly appro­pri­ate for libraries serv­ing Ortho­dox chil­dren, but use­ful in any ear­ly child­hood set­ting. Rec­om­mend­ed for read­ing aloud to ages 2 – 5.

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