Joan Betty Stuchner
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
2011.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
AD 540L
Language
English
Description
Shlomo and Rivka, farmers in the town of Chelm, own hens that lay eggs but wish they could get milk, and when their daughter says that cows produce milk because they eat grass, they decide to feed the hens grass so they will give milk too.
Author
Publisher
Crocodile Books
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Oh, how Shira loves the fiddle! Every time the Kugel Valley Klezmer Band performs, ten-year-old Shira watches closely. Isaac, the best fiddle player this side of Nova Scotia, sees her watching, and gives her a toy fiddle.Practice, says Isaac. Practice, practice, practice. So, secretly, Shira practices; and soon she thinks she sounds pretty good. But is she good enough for a real fiddle? Good enough for the Kugel Valley Klezmer Band? Good enough for...
4) Honey cake
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
580L
Language
English
Description
David and his family live in Denmark during the Nazi occupation, until September 1943 when their neighbors help smuggle them to Sweden to escape Hitler's orders to send the Danish Jews to concentration camps. Includes a recipe for honey cake, typically made to celebrate the Jewish New Year.
Author
Publisher
Silverleaf Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Blending history and fiction, this inspirational story of Josephine Baker's childhood, capturing her dreams and performances, details her struggle to see her name in lights in America in the 1920s and her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement.