I don't remember if I got to thank everyone out there who sent me
responses to my search for the Aleph bet book
Thank you!!! The book was The Aleph-Bet Story Book, by Deborah
Pessin, pub. in 1946 by JPSA
I knew my fellow librarians would be able to come through, even on a
request with so litt
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From: Margo Gutstein
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran]: Aleph-bet book
Was it The Aleph-Bet Story Book, by Deborah Pessin? I think it was
published by JPS. I think the cover of the one we had was
reddish-brown (or brownish-red?).
Margo Gutstein
Technical Services Libr
Talya,
Could you be thinking of the Aleph-Bet Story Book by Deborah Pessin,
published by JPS. The stories are not about how each letter got its
name, but there's a story for each letter that relates to its name.
The first one is about creation. As the book progresses through the
aleph-bet, t
Could this book be The alphabet of Creation, by Ben Shahn? I don't
have the book, but I remember it. It is out of print, but some
Amazon.com resellers have new and used copies.
The alphabet of creation, an ancient legend from the Zohar; with
drawings by Ben Shahn.
Publication Info. New York, Pr
Could be The Aleph Bet Story Book by Deborah Pessin.
Andrea Rapp
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Hello,
I am trying to remember the name of a book of short stories about the
Aleph-Bet and Creation, in English.
There were stories about how each letter got its name. All I can
remember is the old brown cover, and the little illustrations at the
beginning of each chapter about each letter.
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