Hi colleagues,
Now that Passover is over, it is time to count down to Shavuot. That makes it the perfect time to consider adding my new book, I Am Standing at Mount Sinai to your library's children's collection. This book, told through the eyes of an insightful young girl, is a vibrantly illustrated, hardback non-fiction book produced with libraries in mind. It retells the Biblical saga of the Jewish People's encounter with God at Mt. Sinai, recounting the wondrous revelation of the Ten Commandments and the Torah as told in the book of Exodus. I am standing at Mount Sinai explains the significance of the Shavuot holiday, linking together the Passover holiday's story of freedom with the Shavuot holiday's emphasis on acceptance of rules for moral behavior in a free society. It explains how Shavuot was celebrated in ancient times and how it is celebrated today. This book makes the vivid story of Mount Sinai and the third of the Biblical festivals - Shavuot - come alive for a new generation of Jewish children. Below is a copy of the review of I am Standing at Mount Sinai published in AJL's News and Reviews Dec. 2020 | Jan. 2021 issue. "Children's Judaic librarians have always been on the lookout for books about the holiday of Shavuot because there are so few. Often teachers come to the library to request a good book explaining the holiday suitable for a young child and there just isn't anything good to give them. Librarian Sherry Wasserman "saw the hole in the collection" and started working on this book twenty years ago. When she finally found an illustrator, she decided to self-publish and the collaboration turned into a great success. The book retells the story of the Jewish people's encounter with God at Mt. Sinai through the eyes of a modern young girl who embodies the rabbinic interpretation that all Jews were once present at this miraculous event. The girl's name is Sarah, and she guides us through what our tradition says happened there, emphasizing the power and wonder and even fear that would have been felt by children who observed the wonders of God giving the Torah on the mountain. The brightly colored illustrations are fluid and bold. There is a ribbon of Hebrew Torah script that snakes through the pages, illuminating the passages that are explained in the child-friendly text below. In a nod to her librarian roots, the author has included a useful glossary, citations and translations of all the Hebrew Torah quotations. This book will serve as a much-needed teaching source for educating children on this important but overlooked Jewish holiday." Lisa Silverman, Co-Editor, Children's and Teen Literature, AJL News and Reviews I am Standing at Mount Sinai, by Sherry Wasserman, illustrated by Ruthie Cisse. Michigan: ShreeTee, 2020. 38 pp. $20.00 (9780578708843) HC. Gr. K-4. Available for purchase in the U.S. and Canada at Amazon. https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/standing-Mount-Sinai-Sherry-Wasserman/dp/0578708841/r__;!!KGKeukY!jwhRqDNy7BchOsx1mJ_qN1qUn6BH8VRERqyAFnkArjS9EbpGDvh5xZgcraShqY9Rw_k$ ef=sr_1_1?dchild=1 <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.amazon.com/standing-Mount-Sinai-Sherry-Wasserman/dp/0578708841/__;!!KGKeukY!jwhRqDNy7BchOsx1mJ_qN1qUn6BH8VRERqyAFnkArjS9EbpGDvh5xZgcraShkRm4zqE$ ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=i+am+standing+at+mount+sinai&qid=1617324759&s=b ooks&sr=1-1> &keywords=i+am+standing+at+mount+sinai&qid=1617324759&s=books&sr=1-1 Sample pages showing examples of the illustrations can be viewed there. Sherry Wasserman Volunteer Librarian, Congregation B'nai Moshe, W. Bloomfield, MI
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