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  • Age Range: 6 - 7 years
  • Grade Level: 1st - Kindergarten
  • Lexile Measure: AD480L (What's this?)
  • Hardcover: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Two Lions (September 10, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1477817166
  • ISBN-13: 978-1477817162
  • Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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2.0 out of 5 starsSakkah misses the mark
By Philip Henderson VINE VOICE on August 22, 2013
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I cannot understand the message of this book. There is too little information about the holiday itself. The writer devoted more to a story about rain and animals, than about the significance of this holiday celebrating the harvest. Young children could learn about this holiday in more depth than is covered in the book. I would have preferred if the parents in the story had a greater role in explaining the story. Hearing the story from the point of view of the children is confusing. Jewish holidays are not mainstream events so they deserve a full explanation. The liner notes after the story is told gives more information than the book. I would have preferred that the story was more like those notes.
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5.0 out of 5 starsI like funding cute different books for my kids to read ...
By Diana Flores on March 5, 2016
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Its a cute book my son was able to read it majority on his own. I like funding cute different books for my kids to read about the holidays we celebrate and this one is a great one to bring up around sukkot
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2.0 out of 5 starsJust ok...
By J. Kelley VINE VOICE on August 22, 2013
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Well, the illustrations are cute. Very, very little of the story of Sukkot is touched on. But, eh, overall it is not impressive. The family just has a meal in the succah, there's no singing, or sleeping, or benching... Too much of rain and animals in the succah (might sound cute, but we really don't want them in there, as it is our home for the eight days of the festival.

My son was not impressed, although this may be because the book seems to be aimed at the 2-4 age group, now too young for him.
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2.0 out of 5 starsMissed Opportunity
By Tyson TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on October 30, 2013
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I found the illustrations to be fairly cute, and I was excited to see a children's book dedicated to Sukkot, but this book suffers from really awful storytelling. Soon after the sukkah is built, a rainstorm springs up. The family covers the sukkah and rushes inside the house while the neighborhood animals rush into the sukkah for shelter. Once the sun is up, the animals leave the sukkah and the family go into the sukkah to celebrate the holiday. The end.

Aside from being boring, I found the story to be borderline offensive. Is the family too proud to celebrate sukkah in the rain? Granted I know little about the holiday, but I thought the point was to remember how the Israelites spent 40 years wandering the wilderness. Even the animals take advantage of the sukkah. Also, why do the animals have to leave once the sun comes up? Based on the title and cover, one would expect this to be a story about animals joining in the festivities. What could have been a book with symbolic undertones of different cultures joining together in celebration, ends up making the holiday even more segregated.

OVERALL: Decent pictures and gets a bonus point simply for being about Sukkot, but not at all recommended. The story is awful and there is only a brief explanation of the holiday (at the end of the book, more as a footnote), so it serves no learning purpose either.
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2.0 out of 5 starsTotally meaningless Jewish holiday book with poor artwork
By Joel Avrunin TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on October 26, 2013
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This book is supposed to be about the Jewish Holiday of Sukkot, a time when Jews venture outside to eat in booths for 8 days (7 in Israel) that they build themselves. The booths have at least 3 walls and roofs made of branches or bamboo mats which have enough openings to see the sky. It is a commemoration of the time the Jews spent in the desert protected by G-d, but other than the brief explanation on the back page, you wouldn't get that from the book. The book shows that the family builds the Sukkah, it rains so they can't go inside, and then it gets invaded by a bunch of animals including ants, butterflies, bunny rabbits, etc.

When the rain stops, the family goes out to enjoy a meal, but that night, the animals return.

In short, nothing really about the holiday in the book. When the family sits to eat a meal, it says that their father "says the blessing", but neither the father nor the boy are even wearing ceremonial headcoverings known as kippahs. The book doesn't rhyme or have meter, so it really is a story about nothing.

To top it off, the artwork is quite bad. It has an overly enlarged computer-graphic look to it, like the original images were made on a computer and then enlarged to the book, leaving edges a bit fuzzy from smoothed pixelation. It's not artistic, it's just bad.

Not recommended.
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3.0 out of 5 starsMissed The Meaing
By Antigone Walsh VINE VOICE on October 24, 2013
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The drawings are delightful but this book missed the mark by failing to discuss the meaning and purpose of the celebration. My understanding is that Sukkot is a harvest festival. Sukkahs are huts that memorialize the nomadic lifestyle of the Israelites during their forty years in the desert. While this is addressed on the very last page of the book, the story itself is devoid of background. Essentially it outlines the efforts of a family that builds a door less/gazebo shack in their yard. It rains and all manner of bug, bird and beast find use for i,. Luckily, the weather clears and the family can enjoy a holiday meal in the shack.

Little kids will love the illustrations but the story itself fails to educate, illuminate or entertain. The purpose of the holiday and the meaning of the ritual are lost. If you are seeking to expose your child to another religion or culture, this book will disappoint. I did like the portrayal of an intact family working together even if the purpose was obscure. If your child enjoys cute pictures and a mildly amusing story, they will probably like this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat teaching book about the Jewish holiday of Sukkot
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4.0 out of 5 starsDoesn't fulfill promise of gorgeous cover.

LOVE the cover illustration, love the idea of introducing the sukkot story to unfamiliar readers. But the story, though sweet, isn't exciting in itself and the illlustrations... Read more

Published on December 19, 2013 by L. Perry
2.0 out of 5 starsNot a Great Exploration of Sukkah

This is the second children's book I have read recently that tells a story about a Jewish holiday. This one focuses on Sukkot while the other was Purim. Read more

Published on December 18, 2013 by Ashley Mott
5.0 out of 5 starsA fun educational read

This book reads aloud well
the illustrations enrich the story and create great places for conversation
A great book to learn about holidays and celebration

Published on December 18, 2013 by M. Wolf
5.0 out of 5 starsAges 3 to 8

8 year old Sam's family (Mom, Dad, little sister Ava) are creating a sukkah in their backyard to celebrate the Jewish harvest thanksgiving. Read more

Published on December 14, 2013 by E. B. MULLIGAN
2.0 out of 5 starsA rather poor representation of Sukkot.

"The Very Crowded Sukkah" starts with a very cute idea. A Jewish family has built a sukkah in their backyard, but when it starts to rain they rush back into the comfort of... Read more

Published on December 9, 2013 by Suzi Hough
4.0 out of 5 starsStory about a Sukkah house buit to celebrate the jewish Holiday...

This is a cute story about a lonely Sukkah house ( booth / shack to celebrate Sukkot by the Jewish people.) built in the back yard. Read more

Published on November 27, 2013 by Enchanted In Dixie
4.0 out of 5 starsGreat illustrations, sense of peace after reading this

To be honest, I knew nothing about what is a Sukkah before reading this.

The book is a hard cover book with gorgeous illustrations. Read more

Published on November 18, 2013 by Amazon Customer
4.0 out of 5 starsHoliday Book for Sukkah

The author of this book spent considerable time on the artwork for this book which is similar to stop motion photography. The illustrations make the book seem almost 3 dimensional. Read more

Published on November 7, 2013 by Lynn Ellingwood
5.0 out of 5 starssweet

Very sweet story of building the Sukkah, enjoying the holiday together, the blessing of rain and bounty. Read more

Published on November 7, 2013 by T. Gaston

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