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Up and Over

Written by: Don Futterman, Illustrated by: Orit Magia-Schwalb, Labyrinth Publishing House

To be distributed in February/Adar

Maayan climbs up the ladder to the slide. When she’s almost at the top, she gets stuck and can’t go on. it’s scary to slide down. The whole town stops to cheer Maayan on, but the only one who manages to help her is her own big sister. This is an amusing story about sibling relationships, encouragement, and dealing with fears.

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Maayan climbs up the ladder to the slide. When she’s almost at the top, she gets stuck and can’t go on. it’s scary to slide down. The whole town stops to cheer Maayan on, but the only one who manages to help her is her own big sister. This is an amusing story about sibling relationships, ...

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Up and Over

Written by: Don Futterman

Illustrated by: Orit Magia-Schwalb

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Everybody is scared sometimes. Some are afraid of the dark, others find loud noises intimidating. As Maayan climbs up the ladder, she suddenly remembers that tall slides scare her. She is unable to go further up the ladder or climb back down; even the mayor cheers her on to no avail. But thanks to her relationship with her sister, and her kind words, Maayan finds courage to keep climbing all the way to the top.

They will help one another, and say to each other: ‘Take courage’

(Isaiah 41:6)

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  • A little advice for family reading It may be worth finding suitable reading time: It does not have to be before bedtime, it could be any time you – parents and children – find most convenient, a time when you can stop everything else you are doing and enter the special world that a book opens up for you.
  • A discussion on fear and encouragement As our children grow up, they experience various fears, but discussing them helps them to cope with them, while instilling in them a sense of security. Together you can choose to discuss what they find scary, and what helps them overcome their fears.
  • Listening to a story Would you like to hear Maayan and listen to everyone cheering her on? Scan the code and listen to the story together.
  • At the playground After reading this book, you may enjoy going to the playground together, and trying out the equipment together as well as separately. Perhaps you would like to invent a special course from the slide to the swing and so on that would bring joy to all of you.
  • Family encouragement “Hooray, Maayan!” Everyone calls out when Maayan is scared. How do you cheer one another on? Perhaps you could come up with family words of encouragement, find a motivating song, or a chant you all agree on that cheers you up and gives you strength.

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