Month: March 2020

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Sweet Tamales for Purim

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Sweet Tamales for Purim
by Barbara Bietz (Author) and John Kanzler (Illustrator)

Booktalk: A young girl and her new friend Luis plan to create a Purim festival for their town. Their plans for the celebration were well underway until the family goat, Kitzel, ate all of the traditional holiday pastries, Hamantashen. Fortunately, they find another way to celebrate Purim and the family is able to share their cultural traditions with their new neighbors. Inspired by a true event in 1886 when the Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society of Tucson planned a Purim Ball for the entire community.

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Flight for Freedom

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Flight for Freedom: The Wetzel Family’s Daring Escape from East Germany
by Kristen Fulton (Author) and Torben Kuhlmann (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Peter was born on the east side of Germany, the side that wasn’t free. He watches news programs rather than cartoons, and wears scratchy uniforms instead of blue jeans. His family endures long lines and early curfews. But Peter knows it won’t always be this way. Peter and his family have a secret. Late at night in their attic, they are piecing together a hot air balloon–and a plan. Can Peter and his family fly their way to freedom? This is the true story of one child, Peter Wetzel, and his family, as they risk their lives for the hope of freedom in a daring escape from East Germany via a handmade hot air balloon in 1979.

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