02350cam a2200457 i 4500 650892770 TxAuBib 20080728120000.0 061201s2007||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2006100317 9781426300776 $23.90 1426300778 $23.90 DLC eng rda DLC TxAuBib rda Heiligman, Deborah. Celebrate Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur / Deborah Heiligman. Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2007. 31 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Holidays around the world Holidays around the world (National Geographic Society (U.S.)) "With honey, prayers, and the shofar"--Cover. Includes bibliographical references (page 29). Horn Book Guide, April 01, 2008. School Library Journal, August 01, 2007. Kirkus Reviews, June 01, 2007. "Celebrate Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur" examines how these Jewish High Holy Days are celebrated worldwide. Rosh Hashanah, known as the Jewish New Year, is a time for reflection and resolution. On Yom Kippur, also called the Day of Atonement, Jews fast, pray, and ask God's forgiveness for their sins. Deborah Heiligman's lively first-person text introduces readers to the sounding of the shofar, the holidays' greeting cards, prayers, and special foods. Rabbi Shira Stern's informative note puts the High Holy Days into wider historical and cultural context for parents and teachers. 7-10. Brodart. 2-5. Brodart. 5.7 AR level. 620L Lexile. Decoding demand: 88 (very high) Semantic demand: 91 (very high) Syntactic demand: 90 (very high) Structure demand: 82 (very high) Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR LG 4.6 0.5 115890. 20080728. High Holidays Juvenile literature. Holidays around the world. Holidays around the world (National Geographic Society (U.S.).) LAKCL