Review
"Splendidly designed for ages 2-5, The Very Best Book selected familiar items that a child sees ever day like boxes for cereal, coins for candy, water in raindrops, bottle of soda--and then shows how these same objects can be used for mitzvos. The box is an esrog box, coins are for tzedakah, water in the washing cup, and a bottle of wine for kiddush. Ordinary everyday things used in a special Jewish way. "Boxes, baskets, bottles and coins come in different shapes and sizes -- but what is the very best use for all these objects: Coins in the meter, coins to buy candy, and coins in the phone for a call, but, the coins that go to tzedakah are the very best coins of all!" Bright, vibrant full color illustrations bring each item and every page to life. The Very Best Book is, itself, a very best book indeed!"
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Children's Bookwatch, Oregon, WI May 1997
"When Dina Rosenfeld a talented children's book writer combines her efforts with Vitaliy Romanenko, a new artist creating bright, true to life color illustrations, the result is a wonderful book for 2 to 5 year olds..."
-Jewish World News, Overland, KS, May 1997 -- Children's Bookwatch, Oregon, WI May 1997
"Splendidly designed for ages 2-5, The Very Best Book selected familiar items that a child sees ever day like boxes for cereal, coins for candy, water in raindrops, bottle of soda--and then shows how these same objects can be used for mitzvos. The box is an esrog box, coins are for tzedakah, water in the washing cup, and a bottle of wine for kiddush. Ordinary everyday things used in a special Jewish way. "Boxes, baskets, bottles and coins come in different shapes and sizes -- but what is the very best use for all these objects: Coins in the meter, coins to buy candy, and coins in the phone for a call, but, the coins that go to tzedakah are the very best coins of all!" Bright, vibrant full color illustrations bring each item and every page to life. The Very Best Book is, itself, a very best book indeed!"
-Children's Bookwatch, Oregon, WI May 1997
"When Dina Rosenfeld a talented children's book writer combines her efforts with Vitaliy Romanenko, a new artist creating bright, true to life color illustrations, the result is a wonderful book for 2 to 5 year olds..."
-Jewish World News, Overland, KS, May 1997 -- Children's Bookwatch, Oregon, WI May 1997<br /><br />Boxes, baskets, bottles and coins comes in different shapes and sizes...but what is the very best use for each of the objects? Mitzvot, of course! The Very Best Book selects familiar items that a child sees every day and then shows how these same objects can be used Jewishly. Bright, vibrant full-color illustrations by a brilliant new artist, bring each item and every page to life. Written by the beloved children's author, Dina Rosenfeld and published by Hachai Publishing. -- L'Chaim Publication,Brooklyn, NY, March 28, 1997<br /><br />Rhyming text introduces the very young to some of the everyday objects that have a special place in Jewish life. Rhyming text introduces the very young to some of the everyday objects that have a special place in Jewish life. -- The Hartford Courant December 10, 1997<br /><br />Splendidly designed for ages 2-5, The Very Best Book selected familiar items that a child sees every day like boxes for cereal, coins for candy, water in raindrops, bottles of soda -- and then shows how these same objects can be used for mitzvos. The box is an esrog box, coins are for tzedakah, water in the washing cup, and a bottle of wine for kiddush. Ordinary everyday things used in a special Jewish way. "Boxes, baskets, bottles and coins come in different shapes and sizes -- but what is the very best use for all these objects: Coins in the meter, coins to buy candy, and coins in the phone for a call, but, the coins that go to tzedakah are the very best coins of all!" Bright, vibrant full color illustrations bring each item and every page to life. The Very Best Book is, itself, a very best book indeed! -- Midwest Book Review<br /><br />The Very Best Book abounds with colorful illustrations of happy, busy children. Whether catching fish or swinging on a swing, filling a menorah with oil or washing their hands with their washing cups, all of the children are obviously having a good time. The children dresses in costume and swinging noise makers as they celebrate Purim may be the most joyous children of all. Throughout the book children are shown using ordinary objects in ordinary ways - water for fishing and boating, boxes to hold cereal and toys, coins to buy candy or play video games. They are then shown using the same objects in doing mitzvos. The tassels on the four corners of the boys' prayer shawls represent the 613 mitzvos listed in the Torah. Though never mentioned in the text, these tassels are visible in every illustration. They remind the children that "...when we do all the mitzvos, We're th --Jewish World News, Overland, KS, May 1997
Boxes, baskets, bottles and coins comes in different shapes and sizes...but what is the very best use for each of the objects? Mitzvot, of course! The Very Best Book selects familiar items that a child sees every day and then shows how these same objects can be used Jewishly. Bright, vibrant full-color illustrations by a brilliant new artist, bring each item and every page to life. Written by the beloved children's author, Dina Rosenfeld and published by Hachai Publishing. -- L'Chaim Publication,Brooklyn, NY, March 28, 1997
Rhyming text introduces the very young to some of the everyday objects that have a special place in Jewish life. Rhyming text introduces the very young to some of the everyday objects that have a special place in Jewish life. -- The Hartford Courant December 10, 1997
Splendidly designed for ages 2-5, The Very Best Book selected familiar items that a child sees every day like boxes for cereal, coins for candy, water in raindrops, bottles of soda -- and then shows how these same objects can be used for mitzvos. The box is an esrog box, coins are for tzedakah, water in the washing cup, and a bottle of wine for kiddush. Ordinary everyday things used in a special Jewish way. "Boxes, baskets, bottles and coins come in different shapes and sizes -- but what is the very best use for all these objects: Coins in the meter, coins to buy candy, and coins in the phone for a call, but, the coins that go to tzedakah are the very best coins of all!" Bright, vibrant full color illustrations bring each item and every page to life. The Very Best Book is, itself, a very best book indeed! -- Midwest Book Review
The Very Best Book abounds with colorful illustrations of happy, busy children. Whether catching fish or swinging on a swing, filling a menorah with oil or washing their hands with their washing cups, all of the children are obviously having a good time. The children dresses in costume and swinging noise makers as they celebrate Purim may be the most joyous children of all. Throughout the book children are shown using ordinary objects in ordinary ways - water for fishing and boating, boxes to hold cereal and toys, coins to buy candy or play video games. They are then shown using the same objects in doing mitzvos. The tassels on the four corners of the boys' prayer shawls represent the 613 mitzvos listed in the Torah. Though never mentioned in the text, these tassels are visible in every illustration. They remind the children that "...when we do all the mitzvos, We're the best children we can be!" "The Very Best Book" was illustrated by Vitaliy Romanenko. Though he and his wife Nataliya Piskunovo had designed and illustrated eight children's books in their native Russia, this is the first children's book Romanenko has done in the United States. He was really excited to be working on this project, says Rosenfeld, because many talented Russian professionals and artists never find work in their field once they come to the United States. Because he was unfamiliar with the details of American life, Romanenko did a great deal of research before creating his illustrations and worked very closely with Rosenfeld. Indeed, the two wine bottles prominently displayed for kiddush were drawn from bottles sitting on Rosenfeld's window sill. "The Very Best Book" was originally planned as a small, 7 inch square volume that would fit comfortably in little hands. But, as Rosenfeld encouraged Romanenko to add more activity to the pages, he informed her that the pages would have to grow to accommodate the extra figures. From 7 inches by 7 inches, the book grew to 7 by 10 and then 9 by 12. With the 1997 publication of The Very Best Book, Rosenfeld has helped to ensure that today's Jewish teachers and parents have fun and educational books to use with their littlest children. -- Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh, PA March 16, 1997
The Very Best Book by Dina Rosenfeld, published by Hachai Publishing selects familiar items that a child sees every day like: boxes for cereal, coins for candy, water in raindrops bottles of soda and shows how these same objects can be used for mitzvos. The box is an esrog box, coins are for tzedakah, water in the washing cup, and a bottle of wine for Kiddush. Ordinary everyday things used in a special Jewish way. Dina Rosenfeld is the author of many Jewish books for children. Some of her most popular titles are The Very Best Place for a Penny, A Little Boy Named Avram, and Labels for Laibel. Her work has been translated into Italian, German, Portuguese and Russian. -- Intermountain Jewish News, Denver, CO, February 14, 1997
This lovely book takes ordinary objects - bottles, coins, water, oil, boxes and baskets - and illustrates in very simple rhyme how we can do ordinary in the performance of Jewish ritual. For instance, in a lively two-page spread, children are shown using coins to buy treats, make a phone call, and feed a parking meter. On the next spread they are shown giving coins to the needy. The text tells us, "Coins in the meter/Coins to buy candy,/ And coins in the phone for a call, but. . . Coins that go to tzedakah (charity) / Are the very best coins of all!" Your little ones will probably want to hear each rhyme until they can recite them by heart. -- Amit Magazine Summer 1998
When Dina Rosenfeld a talented children's book writer combines her efforts with Vitaliy Romanenko, a new artist creating bright, true to life color illustrations, the result is a wonderful book for 2 to 5 year olds,. . -- Jewish World News, Overland, KS, May 1997
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The Very Best Book selects familiar items that a child sees every day, like: boxes for cereal, coins for candy, water in raindrops, bottles of soda and then shows how these same objects can be used for mitzvos. The box is an esrog box, coins are for tzedakah, water in the washing cup, and a bottle of wine for kiddush. Ordinary everyday things used in a special Jewish way.
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