Download or read book Hanukkah Around the World eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Tami Lehman-Wilzig and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a trip to Italy, Uzbekistan, Tunisia, and beyond to see how Hanukkah is celebrated around the world. Join the torch relay in Modi'in, Israel; the Ladino concert in Istanbul, Turkey; and the candle lighting on the beach in Sydney, Australia. Try the delicious and unusual recipes for fried burmelos, latkes, and precipizi that recall the miracle of the little jug of oil in the Hanukkah story.
Download or read book All about Hanukkah eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Judyth Saypol Groner and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Hanukkah complete with candle blessings, rules for playing dreidel and other games, recipes, songs, and thoughts on miracles, giving, and more.
Download or read book Hanukkah Moon eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Deborah da Costa and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Isobel is invited to Aunt Luisa’s for Hanukkah, she’s not sure what to expect. Aunt Luisa has recently arrived from Mexico. “At Aunt Luisa’s you’ll get to celebrate the Hanukkah Moon,” Isobel's father promises. Isobel’s days at Aunt Luisa’s are filled with fun and surprises – a new camera, a dreidel piñata filled with sweets, and a mysterious late night visit to welcome the luna nueva, the new moon that appears on Hanukkah. An unusual Hanukkah story with a multi-cultural focus, this title celebrates a little-known custom of the Latin-Jewish community.
Download or read book Eight Wild Nights eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Brian P. Cleary and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With humor and rhyme, a Jewish family celebrates and survives the eight days of Hanukkah. Every Jewish family will relate to this roller coaster of joys and adventures as an assortment of relatives and friends descends on the household.
Download or read book It s Hanukkah Time eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Latifa Berry Kropf and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This photo essay shows preschoolers celebrating with their grandparents at a Hanukkah party. Vibrant full-color photos show students lighting the menorah, playing dreidel and telling the story of Judah Maccabee. This book is ideal for helping educators initiate Hanukkah celebrations in their own classrooms and kids will love seeing children their own age in the pictures. A perfect companion to It's Challah Time! and It's Sukkah Time!
Download or read book Hanukkah Cat eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Chaya M. Burstein and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the first night of Hanukkah a shivering, orange kitten appears at Lenny's window. He pleads to keep her, but his parents warn that a cat can cause all kinds of mischief. And Hanukkah Cat does!
Download or read book The Ziz and the Hanukkah Miracle eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Jacqueline Jules and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Ziz, the giant bird from Jewish folklore, learns about the concept of sharing by helping the Maccabees find oil to light the menorah in the Temple, bringing about the miracle of Hanukkah.
Download or read book Lots of Latkes eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Sandy Lanton and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When mice eat the sugar, the apples have rotted, and the fish aren't biting, what can Rivka Leah's friends bring to her Hanukkah celebration?
Download or read book Jodie s Hanukkah Dig eBook NC Kids Digital Library written by Anna Levine and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jodie begs her dad to take her on an archaeological dig, he agrees to take her to Modi'in, the ancient home of the Maccabees. And when she volunteers to explore an underground cave, she learns that she and the Maccabees, the heroes of the Hanukkah story, have something in common.
Download or read book Hanukkah written by Lisa Jackson and published by Carson-Dellosa Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-11 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hanukkah comes every year. Let’s light candles, give gifts, spin the dreidel, and celebrate! Holidays Around the World: Hanukkah gives young readers in prekindergarten to grade 1 an introduction to what the holiday means and how people celebrate this festive time. World holidays are an integral part of early elementary social studies curriculums. In this series, early readers will learn about foods, celebrations, and customs from a variety of cultures around the world. Each book features callouts that match glossary words to images, as well as comprehension questions for further learning.
Download or read book Latke the Lucky Dog written by Ellen Fischer and published by Lerner Publishing Group. This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rescued from an animal shelter on the first night of Hanukkah, Latke has trouble learning the house rules. Despite a series of mishaps, he is one Lucky Dog!
Download or read book Maccabee written by Tilda Balsley and published by Millbrook Press. This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! "Sometimes it only takes a few, who know what's right and do it, too." Judah and the little army of Maccabees fight to free Jerusalem from the cruel King Antiochus in this vibrant and action-filled rhyming version of the famous Hanukkah story.
Download or read book Moonwalking with Einstein written by Joshua Foer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Highly entertaining.” —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker “Funny, curious, erudite, and full of useful details about ancient techniques of training memory.” —The Boston Globe The blockbuster phenomenon that charts an amazing journey of the mind while revolutionizing our concept of memory An instant bestseller that is poised to become a classic, Moonwalking with Einstein recounts Joshua Foer's yearlong quest to improve his memory under the tutelage of top "mental athletes." He draws on cutting-edge research, a surprising cultural history of remembering, and venerable tricks of the mentalist's trade to transform our understanding of human memory. From the United States Memory Championship to deep within the author's own mind, this is an electrifying work of journalism that reminds us that, in every way that matters, we are the sum of our memories.
Download or read book The Boston Girl written by Anita Diamant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Addie Baum's 22-year old granddaughter asks her about her childhood, Addie realises the moment has come to relive the full history that shaped her. Addie Baum was a Boston Girl, born in 1900 to immigrant Jewish parents who lived a very modest life. But Addie's intelligence and curiosity propelled her to a more modern path. Addie wanted to finish high school and to go to college. She wanted a career, to find true love. She wanted to escape the confines of her family. And she did. Told against the backdrop of World War I, and written with the same immense emotional impact that has made Diamant's previous novels bestsellers, The Boston Girl is a moving portrait of one woman's complicated life in the early 20th Century, and a window into the lives of all women seeking to understand the world around them.
Download or read book Around My Neighborhood written by Daisy Allyn and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Around My Neighborhood is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English/Language Arts, addressing Literacy.RI.K.9 and Literacy.L.K.1. Narrative nonfiction text is supported by photographs of a home, a park, the library, a school, and a store. This book should be paired with Will's Neighborhood" (9781448888818) from the InfoMax Common Core Readers Program to provide the alternative point of view on the same topic.
Download or read book Social Studies for Young Children written by Gayle Mindes and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-08-30 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book anchors the social studies as the central unifying force for young children. Teachers use the inquiry process to foster child development of social skills and citizenship ideals in their first classroom experiences. Curriculum is built starting with children’s natural curiosity to foster literacy in all its form—speaking, listening, reading, writing. Along the way, young children acquire knowledge and academic skills in civics, economics, geography and history. Shown throughout are ways to promote social learning, self-concept development, social skills and citizenship behaviors. Featured here are individually appropriate and culturally relevant developmental practices. Considered are the importance of family collaboration and funds of knowledge children bring to early care and education. Contributors to this edition bring expertise from bilingual, early education, literacy, special education and the social studies. Beginning with citizenship and community building the authors consider all aspects of teaching young children leading to a progression of capacity to engage civically in school and community.
Download or read book The Sad Seal written by Serena Snyder and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colorful Illustrations support decodable text, guiding beginning readers to identify, recognize, and use the /s/ sound. Featuring high-frequency words, this authentic fictional narrative also gives emerging readers the opportunity to read with purpose and for meaning while reinforcing basic phonemic sounds. Readers will meet Sally the Seal and learn what makes her sad. This fiction phonics title is paired with the nonfiction phonics title Smelly Skunks: Practicing the S Sound. The instructional guide on the inside front and back covers provides: * Word List with carefully selected grade-appropriate words featuring the /s/ sound found in the text * Teacher Talk that assists instructors in introducing the /s/ sound * Group Activity that guides students to identify the /s/ sound, decode the words that contain it, and use the words * Extended Activity that provides students with additional opportunities to think about, list, and use words containing the /s/ sound
