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    Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kip­pur for Children

    Wish­ing you a sweet New Year and a mean­ing­ful Yom Kip­pur! Check out two oth­er clas­sic chil­dren’s books on these hol­i­days, in ​“The World is Round: Jew­ish Children’s Books Wel­come the New Year”—the piece looks at Hap­py New Year, Beni by Jane Bre­skin Zal­ben and What the Moon Brought by Sadie Rose Weilerstein.

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    Children's
    Even Higher
    Richard Ungar
    Cover of Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae: A Rosh Hashanah Story
    Children's
    Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae: A Rosh Hashanah Story
    Chris Barash, Christine Battuz (Illus.)
    Cover of What’s the Buzz: Honey for a Sweet New Year
    Children's
    What’s the Buzz: Honey for a Sweet New Year
    Allison Ofanansky; Eliyahu Alpern, illus.
    Cover of Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays
    Children's
    Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays
    Lesléa Newman; Susan Gal, illus.
    Cover of Once Upon an Apple Cake: a Rosh Hashanah Story
    Children's
    Once Upon an Apple Cake: a Rosh Hashanah Story
    Elana Rubinstein (auth.), Jennifer Naalchigar (illus.)
    Cover of Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale
    Children's
    Big Sam: A Rosh Hashanah Tall Tale
    Eric A. Kimmel; Jim Starr, illus.
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    Children's
    New Year at the Pier
    April Halprin Wayland; Stephane Jorisch, illus.
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    What a Way to Start a New Year!: A Rosh Hashanah Story
    Jacqueline Jules; Judy Stead, illus.
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    Tashlich at Turtle Rock
    Susan Schnur and Anna Schnur-Fishmanl; Alex Steele-Morgan, illus
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    Children's
    Yom Kippur Shortstop
    David A. Adler; Andre Ceolin, illus.
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    Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur with Honey, Prayers and the Shofar
    Deborah Heiligman
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