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Is It Shabbos Yet?

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A wonderful little book which shows the magic which the Jewish Sabbath, Shabbat/Shabbos can bring to Jewish children.
It is told through the eyes of a little girl who cannot wait for Shabbos, and keeps asking her mother "It is Shabbos yet?" But there are still things to be done. It really conveys how much she is looking forwards to Shabbos, and when she says to her mother " I love Shabbos' it is with real feeling. The wonderful drawings really show the wonder of the child!

A teacher I know uses it for her students and they love it. It's a really cute book, and it's well written.

Well there are 2 versions of this book, with 2 different illustrators. I have the one that is more drawing "creative" more then the real life looking version.
Anyhow, till this day for 2 years, my ds, 3 years old, is loving this book! They mimick the drawings, and relate to the drawings and story line. Very good book! Wish she did more books on different subjects!

Just be aware that this book is written by the orthodox and that throughout, a mother and daughter are doing all the domestic preparations for shabbat. Suddenly at the end, a father figure is sitting at the table being waited on by the mother.

If that's the message you want your kids to absorb, that's fine. I decided I wasn't going to read it again to my daughter, since there are more liberal Jewish books out there.