The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales

with the exception of a name in the book is incredible. Even the CD's are intact

Very enjoyable

Lovely illustrations and easy to follow text. Audio CD a bonus for when in the car, actress Debra Messing's voice a pleasure to listen to for whole family.

I was led to believe that there would be a CD or a set of two CDs narrated by Debra Messing. There were no CDs! This was so disappointing that I haven't even taken the opportunity to peruse the book. What happened to the promised CDs?

How do we transmit to our children the values most precious to us? Storytelling is one of the most powerful and engaging ways children learn. Shoshana Boyd Gelfand is a master storyteller and teacher.Each of the eight beautifully illustrated and magically told stories mezmerized my children (ages 6 year old) -- though book is easily appropriate for children as young as 4 or 5 and as old as early teens, as well as for adults. Each story contains a universal moral lesson rooted in Jewish litergy. One delightful story conveys the message that things aren't always what they appear to be, and we must sometimes search more deeply for why things that don't make sense on the surface happen. Another story teaches us that what matters in life is not how clever we are, but how kind.The book has three particular content strengths, in addition to its format strengths(e.g., lovely, rich illustration; CDs): First, each story conveys a Biblical teaching in a way that is easy to understand, not preachy, and accessible to Jews and non-Jews alike. Second, many of the characters have strong female roles, which you don't see in typical Bible stories. Third, the stories trigger precious conversations with my children.The CDs are a wonderful addition, especially for car rides.I would love to see a companion discussion guide.Author Shoshana Gelfand has a unique strength for storytelling and creating opportunities for parents and children to talk about values. Those who have seen her in action (in TED talks, among other places), know this about her. Now, many more of us have access.

|TITLE| The Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales|AUTHOR| Rabbi Shoshana Boyd Gelfand|ILLUSTRATOR| Amanda Hall|NARRATOR| Debra Messing|REVIEWER| Josh Grossman, Colonel {r} U.S. Army Medical Corps, M.D., FACP|BOOK FORMAT| hard cover|BOOK PAGES| 80 pages|BOOK ISBN| 978-1-84686-883-2|BOOK COPYRIGHT| 2013 Barefoot Books Oxford, 0X27ED {“Step inside a story”}• We are an Ecumenical Family {Two Irish Catholic Grandchildren and Three Jewish Grandchildren).• I am and I always shall be appreciative of my very dear friend, she--the Irish Catholic Mom of our two Irish Catholic Grandchildren --for having gifted me with this outstanding “Barefoot Book of Jewish Tales,” that begins with an informative, explanatory note on the meaning, of and our reverence for our, “Tetragrammaton,” she endorsing, “You read this to all of your grandchildren!!”• And I have begun exact that!• As I have served on our Board of our B’nai Sholom Congregation in Blountville, Upper East Tennessee and as I have taught in our Religious School, and as I have developed my own Jewish Jeopardy Game presented in a purely verbal question-and-answer format with no reading required at all was perceived as empowering for our “Dyslexic” Student perhaps somewhat as in Natan (page 18 – 27: The Boy Who Prayed The Alphabet)• I am reasonably confident that this outstanding clearly written, beautifully illustrated, and delightfully narrated on the accompanying CDs- text should be in the Judaica Shops of all of our Synagogues and Temples including (Orthodox, Conservative, Reformed, and Reconstructionist).• Our Jewish Community Centers and our Hillel Centers for Jewish Life on our Colleges and Universities should have multiple copies as well.

Lovely stories that can be appreciated by any faith.

This became a firm family favourite very quickly. Great retelling of some truly wonderful, beautiful, magic Jewish folk tales and legends. And brought to life by absolutely beautiful illustrations. My 3 and 6 year old love all the stories in this book and I'm sure it will remain a favourite for years to come.

Lovely book, good stories, fine illustrations but rather expensive for what it is

Great and it comes with 2 CDs :) love it!

Excellent condition. Thank you.