Ronit Haham and Ami Rubinger

Here are two authors  with books for  preschoolers:

אמי רובינגר / Ami Rubinger

 and

רונית חכם / Ronit Haham

Ronit Haham writes stories, poems, and plays, especially for children.  According to the DafDaf website, Haham especially likes to write about witches because they can go wild and do all sorts of things that humans can't do.

Whenever I think of Ronit Haham, I always think of her book חמישה מכשפות הלכו לטייל / Five Witches Went for a Walk.  Five happy and colorful witches went for a walk to town. They had a great time scaring the people all around them.  As they were walking, they kept leaving a witch behind until there was only one witch left.The last witch was lonely so she pulled a broomstick out of her hair and started looking for her friends. Ages 4-6. 

ויקי בום / Vicki Boom is a little girl who is sitting under a fig tree eating cheese pancakes.A rose asks when  the party start.  Then the rose realizes her mistake and says there is no party.  But something is up!  Two chickens come by with a cake and candles and then three grasshoppers come by with giant violins. So what is going on?  Read the book to find out!  Each picture is a lovely, two-page spread. Ages 3-4.

I mentioned one of Ami Rubinger's books in a post from a few weeks ago. He's written and illustrated  quite a few books for 2-4-year-olds.  Even younger children will enjoy the simple and very brightly colored pictures.  Many of his books are available as board books.

כובע מקסים,כובע עם פסים / A Hat So  Nice,  A  Hat with Stripes is for the youngest listeners and readers.  Every animal has a different type of hat. A simple hat, a spotted hat, a square hat and many more types of hats.  Sometimes the text tells the reader what type of hat they are seeing. Sometimes the reader has to fill in what type of hat he's seeing.  The copy I have is a board book.  Ages 2-4.

!אין אריות כאילו /  There Are No Lions Like That! No lion sleeps in a bed or sings songs or has wings.  Children know that which is why the book is so funny.  Here's another book where they get to fill in the blanks and be part of the story. Ages 2-4.

Tip no. 31

A wonderful quote from one of my very favorite children's books!

Taking A Week Off

Let's Find That Book is taking a week off.  Next week's blog post will feature 

books by רונית חכם / Ronit Haham and אמי רובינגר / Ami Rubinger.

Grandpa Books!

When I began collecting books about grandfathers, I was surprised to find such a large selection of books.  I assumed that there would be more grandmother books but it turns out I was wrong.  Both my grandfathers passed away before I was born so the idea of having a grandfather is like a fairy tale for me.

המכנסים של סבא / Grandfather's Pants by עדינה בר-אל / Adina Bar-El is a family favorite.  Grandfather has two pairs of pants - one short and one long.  When he wants to relax, he wears the short pants and when he goes out he wears the long pants. Friday evening he wore the long pants when he went to shul/synagogue. After dinner, he wants to relax and put on his short pants but he can't  find them.  He and Grandma look everywhere - even the dog house!  You will laugh out loud when you find out where the short pants were all along.  Ages 3-6.

סבאלה/ Grandpa by סנונית בנט / Snonit Banet is a sweet, simple book about a boy and his grandfather. They have a wonderful relationship. The boy and his grandfather love to spend time together.  They have a special type of kiss - not on the cheek or on the nose.  They have a special forehead kiss.

 Ages 3-4.

ילדה של ספרים / The Story Girl by עמי גדליה / Ami Gedalyah has always been a favorite of mine.  Gal is especially close to her grandfather who loves to read all the classics to her.  She is a girl with quite an imagination. Gal is totally wrapped up in the stories her father and grandfather read to her.  She ties up the sleeping carpenter just like the Lilliputians tied up Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels. Gali makes pancakes just like Pippi Longstockings by throwing the eggs straight in the pan.

When her grandfather passes away, she learns that in real life there isn't always a happy ending.  But there are always wonderful memories and great things one can do with one's imagination. Ages 8-10.

Tip no. 30

Michael Bond, the author of the Paddington Bear series, passed away last week at the age of 91.

 According to the Jerusalem Post, Bond partly based Paddington Bear on the  WWII Jewish refugee children he saw arriving at London's Reading Train Station with labels around their necks.  I  read elsewhere that Bond based Paddington on the children evacuees leaving London during WWII with labels around their necks and small suitcases in their hands.