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SHULMAN, LISA
THE MATZOH BALL BOY
Illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger
“In a delightful fractured version of The
Gingerbread Boy, a grandma (bubbe),
preparing for the Passover seder, makes
a matzo ball boy, who jumps out of the
chicken soup and runs off to see the
world.… The ending has a little twist,
and the occasional Yiddish words (defined
in the glossary) add a warm, droll
tone to the tale…. Shulman concludes
with a brief note about the holiday. This
might start a family post-seder storytelling
tradition.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, C, H, K, SLJ
8 1/2 x 11 32 pp. 2007
978-0-14-240769-1 $5.99
OLD MACDONALD
HAD A WOODSHOP
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
“A crafty ewe gathers her friends in her
well-equipped workshop to saw, drill,
hammer, chisel, file, screw, and paint
various bits of wood. This delightful twist
on the classic song (with loads of fun
sound effects) is a must for do-it-yourself
children.” —School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, H, K, PW, SLJH
8 1/2 x 10 3/4 32 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240186-6 $6.99
See index for more titles by Ashley Wolff.
SILVERMAN, ERICA
WHEN THE CHICKENS
WENT ON STRIKE
Illustrated by Matthew Trueman
“In this Jewish New Year story, based
on a Sholom Aleichem tale, a young
boy sneaks away from religious services
to spy on a meeting of local chickens.
The birds are upset about the tradition
of Kapores, a custom involving twirling
chickens overhead to symbolically rid a
person of bad deeds. Declaring freedom
for fowl, the birds go on strike, and not
even negotiators can convince them to
return.…A perfect choice for holiday
read-alouds…a welcome addition to
religious collections.” —Booklist
Rec: BL, CH, H, K, PWH, SLJ
9 x 11 32 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240279-5 $5.99
Joseph Slate
MISS BINDERGARTEN
CELEBRATES THE 100TH DAY
OF KINDERGARTEN
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
Miss Bindergarten…is getting ready for
another milestone. Tomorrow she and
her class will have been together for 100
days. To celebrate, each student must
bring ‘100 of some wonderful, onehundred-full
thing!’ At night, while the
students go to work assembling their
projects, Miss Bindergarten is working,
too, making special surprises for the
class. “Children and adults both will be
delighted.” —BooklistH
Rec: BLH, H, K, PW, SLJ
9 x 11 40 pp. 2002
978-0-14-250005-7 $6.99
MISS BINDERGARTEN GETS READY
FOR KINDERGARTEN
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
“As Miss Bindergarten, a black-andwhite
dog in teacher’s clothing, prepares
herself and the classroom for her new
students, the children are also preparing
for their first day at school....A super animal-alphabet
book with a clever twist.”
—School Library JournalH
Rec: BL, E, IN, K, NYT, SLJH
9 x 11 40 pp. 2001
978-0-14-056273-6 $6.99
MISS BINDERGARTEN HAS A WILD
DAY IN KINDERGARTEN
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
“Miss Bindergarten’s day starts off all
wrong. She spills her breakfast, breaks
a necklace, and has a flat tire. When she
finally arrives in her classroom, everything
there goes wrong, too… Wolff ’s
cheerful scenarios are laugh-out-loud
funny and wonderfully detailed”
—School Library Journal
Rec: SLJ
9 x 11 40 pp. 2006
978-0-14-240709-7 $6.99
MISS BINDERGARTEN PLANS A
CIRCUS WITH KINDERGARTEN
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
“Full-page, animated, brightly colored
pictures show all of the activity preceding
the big event, from shaping popcorn
balls to rehearsing to applying makeup.
Final pages give a brief lesson in primary
and secondary colors and, as always,
there are the class pictures…Slate and
Wolff give another stellar performance.”
—School Library Journal
Rec: SLJ
9 x 11 40 pp. 2005
978-0-14-240273-3 $6.99
MISS BINDERGARTEN STAYS
HOME FROM KINDERGARTEN
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
On Sunday the flu hits, and on Monday
Miss Bindergarten stays home from
kindergarten. But never fear, the substitute
teacher Mr. Tusky is on the scene.
“This book will alleviate the concerns
of children who worry what will happen
if their teacher is absent or sick. This
book should find a spot on every library
shelf.” —School Library Journal
Rec: H, SLJ
9 x 11 40 pp. 2004
978-0-14-230127-2 $6.99
MISS BINDERGARTEN TAKES A
FIELD TRIP WITH KINDERGARTEN
Illustrated by Ashley Wolff
“Miss Bindergarten takes her class on a
field trip to a bakery, the firehouse, the
post office, the library, and finishes the
day with a picnic in the park….In addition
to reinforcing the alphabet, youngsters
are asked to identify various shapes
throughout the story, and a special page
at the end allows them to check their
work.” —School Library Journal
Rec: BL, PW, SLJ
9 x 11 40 pp. 2004
978-0-14-240139-2 $6.99
See index for more titles by Ashley Wolff.
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