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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great introduction, May 19, 2002
This review is from: My Land of Israel (Paperback)
This 30-page coloring and activity book is an informative one for children who don't happen to live in Israel but want to learn about it.
The book opens with an El Al flight to Israel from who-knows-where. The key point is that the Jewish people are always welcome in Israel, their only homeland.
While the land of Israel is old, the book explains that the state of Israel is very young, having been born in 1948. Kids are asked on the next pages to find out how old Israel is and color in the state's birthday cake.
The book includes an Israeli flag, which kids will like coloring in blue and white.
There are also mazes to the Temple Mount, through an oasis, and a page on Ha Kotel, the Western Wall of the Second Temple.
The book explains that people of all kinds live in Israel, and that while the old city of Jerusalem is an ancient Jewish city, it is also important to Christians and Moslems. Kids are asked to draw the arms--and join the hands--of an Arab man, a Christian nun and an Hasidic man. The Jewish people revere peace and friendship.
Several pages are devoted to the museums, hospitals, universities, industries and products of Israel, and several more to the key cities of Tel Aviv, Tsfat, Beer Sheva and Eilat.
Kids also learn about kibbutzim and archeology.
No activity book about Israel would be complete without a map of the state, a Hebrew alphabet (aleph bet) and a few Hebrew words.
A great addition to any child's library. Alyssa A. Lappen
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