Mazal Bueno!

  • Interest Level: Preschool
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

Parents celebrate baby’s first grin to baby’s first word, and all the milestones in between in this book featuring Ladino words, the language of the Sephardic Jewish community. Mazal bueno! Go, baby go!

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Interest Level Preschool
Reading Level Grade 1
Copyright 2023
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Kar-Ben Publishing ®
Language English
Number of Pages 12
Publication Date 2023-04-04
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV013040, JUV033020, JUV039090
Dewey [E]
Dimensions 6.5 x 6.5
Features Awards, Original artwork, Page Plus™, Reviewed, and Starred Reviews

Author: Sarah Aroeste

Determined to help bring Ladino (Judeo-Spanish) culture to a new generation, Sarah Aroeste, a Ladino singer, author and cultural activist, draws upon her Sephardic family roots from Greece and Macedonia (via Medieval Spain) to present original Ladino songs and prose to audiences around the globe. Since 2001, Aroeste has recorded five albums, A la Una: In the Beginning (2003), Puertas (2007), Gracia (2012), Ora de Despertar (2016), the first-ever all-original Ladino children’s album, and Together/Endjuntos (2017) the first bilingual Ladino/English holiday album. In 2017 Aroeste released Ora de Despertar, Time to Wake Up! a bilingual illustrated children’s book. Aroeste uses universal themes to breathe new life into the beautiful and mysterious Sephardic Ladino tradition, and has been a vocal advocate for exposing children and families to contemporary Sephardic culture and diversity in Jewish life.

Illustrator: Taia Morley

Taia Morley is an author/illustrator whose work has appeared in a variety of children’s books, magazines, and toys. Taia carries a sketchbook wherever she goes because there is always something interesting to draw. You can visit her online at www.taiamorley.com.

Awards

  • Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC) Choices 2024, Winner, 2024

Reviews

Kirkus Reviews

“Joyful celebration in a new baby’s life.”―Kirkus Reviews

School Library Journal

“So joyful and welcoming, there will be shouts of ‘Mazal bueno!’ in every preschool.”―starred, School Library Journal

Association of Jewish Libraries

“The board book should be in synagogue and preschool libraries.” - Association of Jewish Libraries