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SECOND EDITION "It's much too soon for dreidels.The shofar has been blown.But look-Sukkot is coming.It's time! Say yes by phone." Shelley and Jimmy Mindel help to build and decorate a sukkah ("booth"), prepare a special lunch for family and friends, and handle four unexpected green guests! A beautiful mitzvah ("good deed"), a first lost tooth, and lots of glitter add warmth and sparkle to this charming rhyming tale. Fun songs and recipes-noodle kugel and mandel bread (cookies)-inside!

This is a sweet-as-a-cookie rhyming story-fun to read aloud-with charming illustrations about a dream that comes true! This fast-paced picture book features an inclusive message from President Abraham Lincoln about the importance of immigrants to America. A recipe for delicious hamantashen is included.When Jewish immigrant Bunny Romero learns that her second-grade class will be visiting the White House the day before Thanksgiving, she jumps for joy! Now she is sure that her dream will come true: to eat her favorite cookies-her Mexican nana's hamantashen-right there in the White House kitchen. Then she'll really feel at home in America! But what happens when Bunny discovers that the kitchen is not part of the tour? Find out in this delightful rhyming tale, lightly sprinkled with Spanish, Yiddish, and Hebrew, about a day that Bunny and everyone else at the White House, including the first female president and one fun-loving pet turkey, will never forget!

Eight-year-old Mark has two wishes: To become a shofar-blower-just like his High Holiday hero-and to make that photograph of his great-great-grandfather Avram disappear from the hallway in his new home. When the family gathers for Rosh Hashanah, though, Mark discovers that his own desire to blow the shofar is actually linked to a hope that the unsmiling man in the photograph once had. Avram's Gift is a charming portrait of a family and how their lives-past and present-mingle to make wishes come true.

On a visit to Rome, Italy, for just one day, Grandma Goldie is eager to show her grandson, Danny, all the sights. But when Danny's puppy, Cappuccino, dashes off across the piazza with some chirpy birds, their plans change in a hurry! Will this peppy pair find their playful pup before the sun sets on their dizzy day? Find out in this charmingly illustrated rhyming tale about the Eternal City . . . and happy surprises!

When the family gathers for Rosh Hashanah, Mark learns that the stern-looking grandfather shown in photos was, in fact, a kind and patient man who delighted in joyous celebrations. A charming portrait of a traditional Rosh Hashanah celebration, the book includes a recipe for honey cake.

"It's a few hours before Hanukkah, and with all the first-night festivities ahead--lighting candles, playing dreidel, eating latkes, and singing songs--Mom thinks Janie should take a nap while she and little Jimmy go on a last-minute shopping trip. Try as she might, though, Janie just can't shlof, which is exactly what her nana was hoping: she wants to show Janie how to bake a delicious apple pie! Will Nana and her shaina maidel be able to make and fill the crust, bake the pie, try a piece, and clean up the balagan in the kitchen before Mom returns? Find out in this fast-spinning tale!"--Back cover

This is a sweet-as-a-cookie rhyming story-fun to read aloud-with charming illustrations about a dream that comes true! This fast-paced picture book features an inclusive message from President Abraham Lincoln about the importance of immigrants to America. A recipe for delicious hamantashen is included. When Jewish immigrant Bunny Romero learns that her second-grade class will be visiting the White House the day before Thanksgiving, she jumps for joy! Now she is sure that her dream will come true: to eat her favorite cookies-her Mexican nana's hamantashen-right there in the White House kitchen. Then she'll really feel at home in America! But what happens when Bunny discovers that the kitchen is not part of the tour? Find out in this delightful rhyming tale, lightly sprinkled with Spanish, Yiddish, and Hebrew, about a day that Bunny and everyone else at the White House, including the first female president, will always remember!

Enjoy learning English grammar . . . one scoop at a time! Scoop 1: The Sentence: The Definition - The Ending Punctuation Mark - The Eight Parts of Speech - The Four Parts of a SentenceScoop 2: Nouns, Pronouns, and PrepositionsScoop 3: Adjectives and AdverbsScoop 4: VerbsScoop 5: CapitalizationScoop 6: PunctuationScoop 7: Special Words In the tradition of Rebecca Elliott's Painless Grammar and William A. Sabin's Gregg Reference Manual, The Scoop on Good Grammar comprehensively presents the rules in a fun and easy-to-follow fashion, making learning about such things as the eight parts of speech, punctuation, phrases and clauses, and capitalization a sweet experience! In every chapter-Exploration (The Sentence), Art and Invention (Nouns, Pronouns, and Prepositions), Food (Adjectives and Adverbs), Sports (Verbs), Classic Movies and TV (Capitalization), Poetry (Punctuation), and Travel (Special Words)-each example-packed lesson is paired with something familiar and memorable. For example, in Chapter 2: Art and Invention, Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party helps readers digest the definition of a noun. The user-friendly table of contents, thorough index, abundant examples, eye-catching photographs and illustrations, engaging practice questions and quizzes, and fun facts throughout are carefully arranged to help readers learn how to speak and write English with ease! Getting the scoop on good grammar is elementary: 7 chapters + 26 lessons + 24 quizzes = another confident speaker and writer in this world-YOU!