How Do You Say "Book Series" in Hebrew?

ספרי סדרות  is the correct translation of  book series.   You can also go the library and just ask for  the סדרות.

Most kids love series books.   Once they find a series that they enjoy, they are hooked!  They love the characters, the  plot and knowing that the book is at just the right reading level.  Every time they open up a new book in the series, they just know that   they are going to have a good time.  They don’t have to check out the picture on the cover and the blurb on the back of the book. They don’t have to spend the time and effort   trying to figure out if they will like the book or not. Series books are ideal  for reluctant readers and for olim children  who are beginning to  read  Hebrew books.

/ גלילה רון-פדר-עמית Glila Ron -Feder-Amit is without a doubt the most prolific children’s series author in Israel.  What’s so   amazing  about her  is  not   just that she has written so many series but  that some of these series have more than 60 books in them!  Glila Ron-Feder-Amit   has written several  hundred children’s books, That includes not only series books but also many stand-alone books. 

She and her husband were also foster parents to ten children.  Their experiences are the basis of her series on  ציון כהן  which is called  אל עצמי /About Myself.  Because this blog post is about   Glila Ron- Feder – Amit’s series for 7-10 year-olds,  אל עצמי   will have to wait for another post. 


Here are four of her most popular series:

טולי תעלולי/Tricky Tuli -  Tuli's  parents are divorced and she lives with her father who manages a vacation village. Tuli, a really sweet girl, and her four best  friends have all sorts of adventures.  My younger daughter loved this series when she was in second grade. Ages 7-9.

ג'ינג'י/Red -  Udi Sachar (the Redhead) 

is the leader of  a group of children

 who live in Jerusalem.  They have all sorts of adventures and solve all sorts of mysteries.  They have been having a great time   since 1980!  The  first  book in the series is  called
ג'ינג' או המרגל מדירת הגג/Red or the Spy from the Penthouse  Apartment.  Gingi and his friends think that Gingi’s   Russian neighbor could be a spy!  Ages 8-10.

מנהרת הזמן/Time Tunnel -  the series is about Dan , a 10 –year- old boy from Jerusalem who finds a time tunnel.  He and his friend Sharon and occasionally other people travel back   and forth in time and learn quite a bit about Jewish and Israeli history. For example, they have learned about The Six Day War, The Dreyfus Affair, Herzl, The   Battle for Eilat, NILI,   Menachem Begin and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

The time tunnel has some very unusual ways of getting them back and forth from other time periods.  Each time the tunnel uses   a unique and different way to get them from place to place. What would you think if someone was knocking underneath the floor of your bedroom, a part of your floor lifted up and into your room appeared a man with a mustache speaking Arabic.  And you understood the Arabic!

Not every child loves history but it’s rare to find a child who doesn’t like this series.  Glila Ron –Feder –Amit does an amazing job of bringing  Israeli and Jewish history to life for Israeli children! Ages 8-10.

סירת המדע/ Science Patrol -  If your child loves to learn about science, nature, and technology, this is the series for her/him. Omri and his sister Adi use the power of their imagination to find out about  allergies, electricity, oil,  memory, etc.   In the first book of the series הקרב נגד הסטרפטוקוק הרשע/ The Battle against the Evil Streptococcus, Omri and Adi  want to understand how antibiotics work.  They use their imagination to shrink themselves into their mother’s antibiotic capsule and off they go to battle. Ages 8-10.

TIP  no. 2  The Israel Museum has a  wonderful children's library .  What makes this library unique is that its main focus is on illustrations.  Each book is arranged on the shelf by the illustrator's last name and not the author's. It's fun to take a break in this non- lending library and read some English and Hebrew books.

 The Youth wing also has art classes and all sorts of special activities for families.