1st & 2nd Grade Books – Sifriyat Pijama

FIRST GRADE

Seven Good Years

What would you do with sudden wealth? A poor couple receive golden coins from a magical man, but for a limited time – just seven years. When these are over, it seems that nothing has changed in the lives of these poor man and woman. Or has it? Was anything left of the treasure to last for the next seven years? This story is an adaptation of I.L. ←

Seven Good Years

Why Do They Always Remind Me?

When grownups say “someday”, how do we know when that would be exactly? And just how upsetting can older siblings be? This is a classic, good-natured collection of poems about moments and feelings in children’s lives.

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Why Do They Always Remind Me?

Bella and Zouzou

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.

Bella and Zouzou

The Peddler and the Baker (Literally in Hebrew: Pleasure’s All Ours)

Should one pay for a wonderful aroma? The greedy baker seems to think so, and demands that his poor neighbor pay him for the scent of freshly baked goods rising up from his bakery. This Jewish folktale is all about justice, fairness, and the best things in the world that are absolutely free.

The Peddler and the Baker (Literally in Hebrew: Pleasure’s All Ours)

SECOND GRADE

I Love Drawing

Inspired by Nahum Gutman’s beautiful unique paintings, Mira Meir wrote equally beautiful poems – one for each painting. This book invites readers to embark on a journey of words and illustrations, at the end of which, they too, may be inspired to be creative.

I Love Drawing

The Reed and the Cedar

Two migrating birds are looking for a resting place. Where can they stop and rest safely? On the big, strong cedar or lean, flexible reed? This is a rhyming adaptation of a Talmudic fable about the power of agility.

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The Reed and the Cedar

Grandpa Tells an Unexaggerated Story

Grandpa tells his grandchild a story filled with adventure and suspense about peril, escape and sea travel that thankfully ends well. This story is absolutely unexaggerated, every word of it is true – it’s the story of the children of Kibbutz Hanita days before the State of Israel was established.

Grandpa Tells an Unexaggerated Story

The Fox Announces Peace

The fox tries to fool the rooster: In order to catch it, it tells the rooster that peace has arrived, and they can therefore spend time together safely. The fox is certain no one can outsmart it, but its adversary, the rooster, is about to prove him wrong. This Kipnis classic is written in beautiful, amusing Hebrew.