Holidays & Celebrations
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The Christmas Mitzvah
Al Rosen, a Jewish man, takes on the jobs of his Christian neighbors on Christmas Eve and day so they can spend the holiday with their families, starting a tradition that lasts for decades.… Read More →
The Count's Hanukkah Countdown
At a Hanukkah party on Sesame Street, Grover and the Count welcome visiting Israeli Muppet friends Brosh and Avigail, tell the story of Hanukkah, feast on latkes, and learn that EIGHT is the… Read More →
The Dinosaurs are Having a Party!
The dinosaurs are having a party. It starts precisely at three. But I'm a boy not a dinosaur, So I'm pleased they've invited me. But the dinosaurs are planning to serve a special dish at Read More →
The Easter Egg Farm
From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong
"The expressive narrator charms the listener by impersonating the characters...Short segments of music and brief sound effects add interest." - Booklist Read More →
The Elephant in the Sukkah
Henry, once a happy circus elephant, feels lonely and sad at the farm for old elephants, where nobody wants to hear him sing. One evening, he follows the sound of music and singing to the… Read More →
The Fish Thief
From the Series Early Bird Readers — Green (Early Bird Stories ™)
Inspector Parkin can't wait to eat his fish. But when someone steals his birthday treat, he sets out to find the thief and his fish. Readers are in for a surprise with this cute story. Read More →
The Ghostly Carousel: Delightfully Frightful Poems
A zombie family reunion, a "Jekyll lantern," a giggling undertaker, a telekinetic warlock . . . are you scared yet? Sure to induce shrieks and giggles in equal measure, Calef Brown's poems… Read More →
The Great Passover Escape
Long-suffering Chimp tries to talk his friends Ellie the Elephant and Kanga the Kangaroo out of trying to escape from the Biblical Zoo to find a Passover seder to attend, but ends up joining… Read More →
The Hardest Word: A Yom Kippur Story
Loosely based on the Hasidic legend "The Tear of Repentance", The Hardest Word is a story about forgiveness. The Ziz, a wonderful bird who lived long ago, is so big and clumsy that he can't… Read More →
The Littlest Levine
Hannah doesn't like being the littlest Levine. She's too short to hang fruit from the sukkah and too young to light the Hanukkah candles by herself. But when Passover comes, the littlest… Read More →
The Lunar New Year Surprise
From the Series Holidays in Our Home
"It's the first day of the Lunar New Year—the biggest, yummiest, NOISIEST celebration of the year!" During the festivities, can Gege find the perfect moment to present his handcrafted… Read More →
The Mexican Dreidel
Danielito loves Janucá, especially playing dreidel. This year, he is old enough to visit Bobe by himself. Piñatas hang from the trees, and the kids in Bobe’s neighborhood play with Mexican… Read More →
The Missing Letters: A Dreidel Story
It's almost Hanukkah and the dreidel-maker's shop is busy. But all is not well for the four Hebrew letters that will soon go on the wooden tops. The Heys, the Nuns, and the Shins are jealous… Read More →
The Mouse in the Matzah Factory
Journey with a curious little mouse as he travels from a wheat field in the country to a big city factory where harvested wheat is baked into matzah. Read More →
The Night Before Christmas
From the Series Live Oak Media eReadalong
A classic edition of the ever-popular poem set in mid-nineteenth century New England. Warmly illustrated, with the target of Santa's visit modeled on Mr. DePaola's own New Hampshire home. Read More →
The Purim Superhero
Nate loves aliens and he really wants to wear an alien costume for Purim, but his friends are all dressing as superheroes and he wants to fit in. What will he do? With the help of his two… Read More →
The Purim Surprise
It seems Naomi's mother has forgotten her birthday, but delivering Purim treats to the neighbors brings Naomi a special surprise. Read More →
The Queen Who Saved Her People
Though you may know the Purim plot, the same old story, this is not. You’ll want to give this shpiel a shot. Just be prepared to laugh a lot. The Purim story has never been more fun! This… Read More →
There Was a Young Rabbi: A Hanukkah Tale
Hanukkah is a very busy time! Join the young rabbi as she makes festive preparations—spinning the dreidel, cooking a tasty meal, lighting the menorah, and more—in this cumulative, rhyming… Read More →
The Seventh Day: A Shabbat Story
In this adaptation of the creation story, God creates desert canyons and riverbeds as a potter would, the leopard's spots and the zebra's stripes as a painter would, and the voices of… Read More →
The Shabbat Princess
Rosie likes queens, but she really loves princesses! One Shabbat eve, she persuades her parents to invite the Shabbat Princess to their home. As the family prepares for their royal visitor,… Read More →
The Snow Beast
Beast has been robbed! And so has the whole village. Without tools the villagers can't put on their legendary Winter Party, so Beast sets off to solve the mystery. Discovering that a stranded Read More →
The Stars Will Be My Nightlight: A Sukkot Story
"Can we sleep in the sukkah?" the son asks his mom. She worries that it will be cold and dark, and that it might rain. “But the stars will be my nightlight,” the boy says, to which the mom smiles. Read More →
The Surprise Visitor
From the Series Red Rocket ™ Readers Fluency Level 4
Have you ever had an invitation? What was written on it? Where did you go? Who was there, and what did you do? There was a surprise visitor at the party in this story. Can you guess who it was? Read More →