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Bella and Zouzou

Written by: Ayelet Dayan Shwartz, Illustrated by: Inbar Heller Algazi Zeltner, Publishing House

To be distributed in March/Nissan

Bella and Zouzou part for three and a half days, and Bella misses her terribly. Her longing is great, as wide and ongoing as the sea, and time passes by ever so slowly. In the meantime, Bella collects seashells and moments, waiting for Zouzou’s return. This is a sensitive, gentle and beautiful story about waiting and longing.

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Bella and Zouzou part for three and a half days, and Bella misses her terribly. Her longing is great, as wide and ongoing as the sea, and time passes by ever so slowly. In the meantime, Bella collects seashells and moments, waiting for Zouzou’s return. This is a sensitive, gentle and beautiful ...

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Bella and Zouzou

Written by: Ayelet Dayan Shwartz

Illustrated by: Inbar Heller Algazi

Suggestions for Family Activities

What do you feel when you miss someone? – Like Bella, the main character in this book, we, adults, and children, sometimes miss someone we love. We feel their absence, want them back, and struggle to cope with time passing ever so slowly – when we wish it would rush by. This book offers consolation and empathy, some ideas for passing the time while missing someone, as well as encouragement – until the time is finally up, and the embrace we longed for arrives.

A time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing

[Ecclesiastes 3:5]

 

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פעילות בחיק המשפחה

  • A discussion on yearning How does yearning feel? Have you ever missed someone? Who? – This book is an opportunity for a discussion during which you, parents, can share your own experiences of missing someone and waiting for their return.
  • What does it mean to miss someone? Pupik misses his father, and Ohad knows exactly how he feels. They share their feelings, and think of things they could do while missing someone. You may want to scan this QR code to watch them, and get some good advice for times when you miss others.
  • Arts & crafts – A yearning box Does it feel like time is standing still while you are missing someone who is away? – You may want to make a box filled with items that could make time go by faster, and make you forget about that person’s absence for a while. How about putting some photos of the two of you in it, materials with which to make a gift or a drawing for them, which you could give to them upon their return?
  • A game for passing the time A minute can go by very quickly, or it can almost stand still. Would you like to try? – Set your timer for one minute, choose an activity, and do it for a full minute: Hopping on one leg, sitting still, finding items beginning with the letter G – Which activity helped time pass by faster? And which activity made it go by extra slowly?

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