Yossi and the Monkeys

A Shavuot Story

  • Interest Level: Preschool - Grade 3
  • Reading Level: Grade 1

Yossi has no money to buy the food and flowers his family needs for Shavuot. He tries selling the kippahs his wife sewed, but he has no luck—until a mischievous monkey shows up. The monkey’s antics attract customers and win Yossi’s heart . . . but did Yossi’s new friend come to stay?

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Interest Level Preschool - Grade 3
Reading Level Grade 1
Genre Picture Books, Social Studies
Copyright 2017
Publisher Lerner Publishing Group
Imprint Kar-Ben Publishing ®
Language English
Number of Pages 32
Publication Date 2017-01-01
Text Type Fiction
BISACS JUV033020, JUV002020, JUV017090
Dewey [E]
Graphics Full-color illustrations
Dimensions 9.25 x 11
Lexile 580
Features Awards and Reviewed

Author: Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod

Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod lives in northern Israel with her family. Her previous book with illustrator Shirley Waisman, Yossi and the Monkeys, has become a Shavuot favorite.

Illustrator: Shirley Waisman

Shirley Waisman has published more than eighty picture books. Her work has appeared in children’s books and magazines and art exhibitions. Shirley is currently the illustrator coordinator of her regional chapter of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).

Awards

  • Middle East Division, Winner, 2017