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Product Identifiers

PublisherLerner Publishing Group

ISBN-101467719579

ISBN-139781467719575

eBay Product ID (ePID)201631867

Product Key Features

Book TitleMazel Tov! It's a Boy/Mazel Tov! It's a Girl

Number of Pages32 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFamily / General (See Also Headings under Social Topics), Religion / Judaism, Family / Siblings, General, Family / New Baby

Publication Year2015

IllustratorYes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorJamie Korngold

FormatLibrary Binding

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width9.7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2014-003607

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"The joy of welcoming a new baby into a Jewish home is portrayed in this dos--dos, dual-gender photo essay. A big sister takes readers through her family's experience from the time a new baby is expected to its arrival and ultimate welcoming ceremony. For a little girl's naming, big sister explains the brit bat or simchat bat, done on the eighth day of the new child's life. Similarly, a little boy's naming is called a bris or brit milah. Friends and family join a rabbi for a little girl and a mohel and rabbi for a little boy. Presumably as the book is intended for very young children, the mohel's performance of a circumcision is quietly left out, along with its religious significance. Instead, the rationale behind the choosing of names is described. Both babies are given names honoring a family member, and in both situations, the family gathers for a small reception 'in the hope that our baby's life will be sweet.' Korngold's simple approach to this vital topic works well and is nicely coupled with clear, color photography of the same family documenting the activity of these two very special days. Each ceremony is depicted separately, with the stories converging in the middle with one large double-page circular view of a culminating festive family gathering. A joyful and eminently useful book." -- Kirkus Reviews, "Fans of flip picture books, k'vel! Here is a well thought out, useful, warm, happy picture book with a sound life-cycle topic. Excellent photographs and sweetly chronological events capture the thrilling experience of welcoming a new baby, one way for girls, flip! the other way for boys, each version meeting in the middle with the same concluding photograph. Ceremonies for enfolding a new child into Judaism differ on a gender basis by religious tradition. Here they each end up in at-home celebrations, named (nicely in Hebrew and English), included in community, blessed and rejoiced. Family and festivities arrive through the eyes of the older sister who is equally as happy with a new baby sister as a new baby brother. Large, sharp, colorful, mobile, active photographs capture the emotional response of everyone as the older sister considers the new baby and the steps of her/his ceremony. Both stories cover pregnancy, hospital delivery, and cute but talentless newborns, climaxing in the cuddly adorable one's draw to friends and relatives for the brit bat or brit milah. Extended family members travel long distances to share the milestone moment, arriving from Israel and New York. How grand to find a quality, upbeat read with content of value that teaches and entertains. Mazel Tov to author Korngold and photographer Finkelstein who shine again. Recommended for ages 2-8 to learn and to their parents and grandparents for memories." -- Jewish Book World, "The joy of welcoming a new baby into a Jewish home is portrayed in this dos-á-dos, dual-gender photo essay. A big sister takes readers through her family's experience from the time a new baby is expected to its arrival and ultimate welcoming ceremony. For a little girl's naming, big sister explains the brit bat or simchat bat, done on the eighth day of the new child's life. Similarly, a little boy's naming is called a bris or brit milah. Friends and family join a rabbi for a little girl and a mohel and rabbi for a little boy. Presumably as the book is intended for very young children, the mohel's performance of a circumcision is quietly left out, along with its religious significance. Instead, the rationale behind the choosing of names is described. Both babies are given names honoring a family member, and in both situations, the family gathers for a small reception 'in the hope that our baby's life will be sweet.' Korngold's simple approach to this vital topic works well and is nicely coupled with clear, color photography of the same family documenting the activity of these two very special days. Each ceremony is depicted separately, with the stories converging in the middle with one large double-page circular view of a culminating festive family gathering. A joyful and eminently useful book." -- Kirkus Reviews

Grade FromPreschool

Photographed byFinkelstein, Jeff

Grade ToFirst Grade

Dewey Decimal[E]

SynopsisJoin a Jewish family as they celebrate the birth of a baby brother, and then flip this book over to celebrate the birth of a baby sister, Join a Jewish family as they celebrate the birth of a baby brother, and then flip this book over to celebrate the birth of a baby sister!

LC Classification NumberPZ7.K83749Maz 2015