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I Is for Israel

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017-12-02
主題	Juvenile Nonfiction / General
ISBN	19811930499781981193042
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=V_pvtAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋"I" is for Israel is a picture book that is designed to be read to children ages 5-7, and appropriate to be read by older children independently. The book offers an exciting, realistic and positive overview of Israel, seen through the eyes of a child. Written in an ABC, rhyming style, each page of the book provides one vivid description, accompanied by one colorful photograph. Given the complexity of Israeli society, the author presents difficult topics in gentle and age-appropriate ways. For example, for children living in Israel, military images are a part of their daily familial and social lives. The author addresses this topic on the very first page, writing, "'A' for Israel's army, the IDF," accompanied by a photograph of young women in army uniforms walking along the water. In the back of the book, the author also provides additional information for each page. Other themes of the book include peace, respect, and the diversity of Israel's multicultural society. Given the author's personal and professional connections to Israel's Ethiopian immigrant communities, she writes, "'E' is for Ethiopian Jews, for whom Israel is home," accompanied by a photograph of an elderly Ethiopian-Israeli woman embroidering letters of the Hebrew alphabet. In the back of the book, the author supplements that information with the following: "In 1984 and in 1991, the Israeli government airlifted a total of 22,500 Ethiopian Jews out of Sudan and Ethiopia and brought them to Israel, where they had always wanted to live." Addressing religious freedom, she also writes, "'R' is for religions and for respecting people, too," which she illustrates with four photographs: the Baha'i Temple in Haifa; the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the Dome of the Rock, and the Western Wall in Jerusalem.The book also offers its share of playful and lighthearted pages, such as a close up photograph of a camel's face and children playing on the beach.Perhaps the greatest characteristic of this book is the flexibility it affords to its readers. The nuanced language associated with some of the more difficult content allows the adult readers to elaborate as much or as little as they choose for their young audiences. For older children, the information located at the back of the book offers more sophisticated descriptions and provides a platform for further conversations.