Today is the Birthday of the World

by Linda Heller

Other authorsAlison Jay (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2009

Status

Available

Call number

FIC HEL

Genres

Collections

Children's, Children's - Rosh Hashonah and Yom Kippur

Publication

Dutton Juvenile (2009), Hardcover, 32 pages

Description

On the birthday of the world, all of God's creatures pass before Him as He asks whether each has been the best giraffe, or bee, or child they could be, helping to make the world a better place.

User reviews

LibraryThing member melsmarsh
Cute little children's book where HaShem asks various critters if they were the best they could be. Of course, if you didn't see the cover flap and you were a Gentile, you would not know this was about Rosh Hashanah!

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

Language

English

Original publication date

2009

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