Twenty-five carefully translated Torah stories for young children and their parents.
A Child's Garden of Torah Read-Aloud Bible is the perfect way ot bring Torah stories to young children. Here are wonderfully retold versions of twenty-five classic Torah stories form the creation of the world to the death of Moses. This volume is an excellent introduction to the biblical heroes you want your children to meet. Use A Child's Garden of Torah Read-Aloud Bible to make Torah stories a centerpiece of your family's Shabbat or bedtime routine.
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Being Torah - ISBN 093387300X Where God Dwells: A Child's History of the Synagogue - ISBN 0933873069
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Not too impressive...:
I was hoping for a really good read aloud Torah book for my two children, both under the age of six. However, the book is extremely basic and "babyish" in the words of my older daughter. The pictures, (while they do make me somewhat nostalgic for the seventies) do not draw the kids in to the stories at all, although my kids may be more into fancy artwork than some...The writing does make it easier for ME to understand the Torah stories, but are not intriguing to my kids. Overall, I wished that there had... more info
Appropriate but bland:
As children's books rely on both word and image, this book falls short in captivating a child's interest visually. While the text is written in an appropriate format, the presentation is, in a word, bland. The cover does not represent the illustration content of the book. While the cover is in color and mildy interesting, the remainder of the illustrations are pen and ink drawings that weaken its presentation, especially when sharing with younger children.
Excellent - depth in simplicity:
I love reading this book to my kids at night. The narrations are accessibly simple - very few sentences are more than one line long - and yet retain the depth and layered meaning of the original stories. The questions are thought-provoking for adults as well as children. I wish the author would write volumes II, III, etc.
Young minds grow in this Garden!:
What a great book for young children! My 4 year old really enjoys the stories. They are written in a "biblical" tone with simple language. The stories inspire my child to think and ask questions. On the negative side, I wish the illustrations were in color. The stories are not very visually appealing for small children.
