Purim Books

We have finished the planning stages of our Purim planning and moved into the preparation stage.  We finalized the costumes.  Froggy decided that we all have to be biblical characters even though we are not all from the Purim story.  Froggy will be Queen Esther.  Acorn will be Vashti.  Froggy chose both costumes from her dressup bucket complete with crowns and jewelry.  Daddy will be Haman with a newly purchased costume. And I get to Miriam with her timbrel.  Mine is the only costume to be made. 

We have our Mishlach Manot lists finished both those to be hand delivered and those to mail.  The hand-delivered ones will contain hamantashen, truffles (store-bought), chocolate-dipped dried apricots, and spiced nuts.  Froggy is working on decorating the coffee cans we are recycling into our containers. 

And of course while we complete all these preparations, we are reading all our favorite Purim stories.  We added a couple of new ones this year. 
We bought Cakes and Miracles after Froggy's Hebrew school teacher read it to the class.  Many received it from PJ Library but we got a different book. It is a great story about surpassing challenges, being different and how everyone can find their own special way to glorify Hashem.


Two old favorites are also in heavy rotation.  The Whole Megillah  is too old and involved for Froggy to read by herself in its entirety but we read it together and she reads parts of it.  I like it because it is the only Purim book we have that actually presents the proper Purim story.   Froggy still loves her very first Purim book, It's Purim Time, probably because it is about Kindergarteners like her. 

Comments

  1. An Almost Unschooling MomMarch 12, 2011 at 1:28 PM

    Those sound like great books! We'll check them out.

    ReplyDelete
  2. LitLassMarch 12, 2011 at 11:44 PM

    My 5-year-old loves It's Purim Time. Every time he goes to the synagogue library he gets a different It's...Time book. Thanks for the other suggestions!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Natalie PlanetSmartyMarch 13, 2011 at 6:46 PM

    Thanks for joining WMCIR! It's Purim Time sounds interesting even though we don't celebrate Purim here.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Jackie HigginsMarch 14, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    We don't celebrate Purim either but I think it's so interesting to hear these stories. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to check some of these out. Stopping by from What my child is reading

    Jackie
    www.readysetread2me.blogspot.com

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

WFMW - Sewing Machine

Image
What works for me this week is my sewing machine. I am in love with my sewing machine. I have missed it. I have been so busy with my classwork that I have not pulled it out since I finished Froggy's Halloween costume. This week has been a return to normalacy and for me normalcy means sewing. I finished finding m y c raft room on Monday. So yesterday I sewed. I made a skirt for me testing out a new pattern. The pattern is basic and easy with very little fitting. It is not the most flattering of patterns but it supposed to be a plain backdrop for embellishments. I may add a bit of shaping so it is not so full through the hips when I make it again with the embellishments. As soon as the weather dries out, I can go outside and spread out and sandwich together the baby quilts I need to finish up for the new arrivals that are almost here. Come see what works for others at Rocks In My Dryer
Read more

Its Giveaway Time Again - Cooking and Kids

Image
It's hard to believe that time is going by so quickly, but here it is already - the big Fall 2008 Bloggy Giveaway kicks off today, and you're invited. Click on the link (going live at 8am CST) to participate in literally hundreds of great bloggy giveaways. . For my own giveaway this time I'm giving away something that combines my three favorite things in life; children, books and cooking. Cooking with Herb is a companion book to Herb, The Vegetarian . Bright, funny watercolor, crayon, and pen-and-ink illustrations set the tone for a happy time in the kitchen. Grand-Ma-Ma Flora, Squat, Haggis, Gorse and Meathook, help Herb the Dragon prepare such vegetarian specialties as Spaghetti Sandwiches (a frittata of pasta, eggs and cheese), Veggie Sailboats and Radical Dragon-Salsa. To enter the drawing leave me a comment telling me your favorite book, recipe or childhood moment and be sure to leave a way for me to contact you if you win. While you are here, relax and look around
Read more

Book Giveway - Children

Image
Here is a midweek pick-me-up to continue the joy of Book Giveaway Week. This one if for the little ones. Do you have a little one in your family? Then share with them the joy of books. I will pick two winners. Tell me which book you want and bit about the child with whom you read. Earn extra chances to win by posting about this giveaway in your blog - leave the link to your post in a comment. Earn a third chance to win by subscribing to this blog. Winners will be announced Monday morning. Animal Boogie will let you shake, shimmy and boggie-woogie-oogie with the creatures of the Indian jungle! Enjoy a tale that is bright and fun, wacky and exotic! The vibrant, fun illustrations in this book are packed full of jungle animals to find and count. The rhyme bounces alo ng introducing a colorful collection of intriguing animals through lively word play and repetition. A musical score is included in the book. In this sequel to Llama Llama Red Pajama, llama llama gradually learns to b
Read more