The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness : For Parents to Read to Their Children, for Children to Read to Their Pa [Paperback]

Lawrence Kushner (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up

Combines midrash, storytelling, and evocative illustrations to impart the connections between God and Torah and every element of creation.

Editorial Reviews

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The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness brings Lawrence Kushner's funny, warm, smart perspective on Judaism to young readers. (This book will be most popular among kids ages 9 to 13.) Kushner's chapters on "Seeing," "Hearing," and "Doing" tell stories based on the Hebrew Scriptures in a style that is perfect for bedtime reading. "To be a Jew means to wake up and to keep your eyes open to the many beautiful, mysterious, and holy things that happen all around us every day," Kushner writes. "Many of them are like little miracles: when we wake up and see the morning light, when we taste food and grow strong, when we learn from others and grow wise, when we hug the people we love and feel warm." Kushner's goal in The Book of Miracles is to help children learn to ask good questions about spirituality by speaking directly to their concrete way of thinking and their voracious curiosity. The spiritual goal that Kushner guides children to assume is one that many adults will take for themselves as well. "The goal of spirituality is the bringing together of seeing, hearing, and doing into one whole person," he writes. "It is to see yourself mirrored in the heavens above and to realize that the Holy One created you personally to help complete the work of repairing the world." --Michael Joseph Gross --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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"A Bold and Unusual book." – Rabbi Jack Riemer -- r

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9 and up
  
• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Urj Press (September 1, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0807403237
• ISBN-13: 978-0807403235
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #646,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #40 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Religions > Judaism
  • #88 in Books > Children's Books > Religions > Judaism

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful introduction to Judaism..., September 4, 2000

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This review is from: The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness (Hardcover)

Kushner writes elegantly of the Jewish faith and introduces children in such a gentle way to their heritage. Lovely book from beginning to end. G-d speaks in this writing.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Family book, May 3, 2009

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This review is from: The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness (Hardcover)

This is a great family book. Appropriate for all ages with wonderful insight into Jewish spirituality.

4.0 out of 5 stars read for using as teen book club book, December 11, 2011

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This review is from: The Book of Miracles: A Young Person's Guide to Jewish Spiritual Awareness (Hardcover)

I am a supplementary jewish school middle school teacher. I have purchased this book to review it as a source for material for my class. However I have decided that it is written in a way that we could use the entire book for our book club. It is thoughtful, inclusive and written in a way that children can relate to. I recommend for class 6-8th grades.