You're the Cheese in My Blintz

by Leslie Kimmelman, Ramona Kaulitzki (Illustrator)

Overview

In my blintz, you're the cheese.
You're the sun in my sky.
To my heart, you're the keys.
You're the twinkle in my eye.

This rhyming board book celebrates the importance of a young child as a member of a family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541591707
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Series:	Very First Board Books
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	12
File size:	20 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 5 Years

About the Author

Leslie Kimmelman is an award-winning author of dozens of books for children, both fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Ardsley, New York.

Ramona Kaulitzki's biggest passion has always been drawing and storytelling. She loves creating little characters and breathing life into them. She lives in Germany.

Editorial Reviews

"Each intimate, quiet-feeling page depicts a Jewish baby and grown-up; the pairings are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, and religious observance." — Marjorie Ingall, Tablet Magazine

From the Publisher

2020-01-12
This rhyming ode to a caregiver’s love for a baby includes touches of Jewish traditions and symbols.

In this board book, it’s all about the baby, each page showing a caregiver and their little one sharing meals, dancing, and embracing. Kimmelman’s easy verse manages to steer clear of forced rhymes and awkward phrasing, impressively rhyming such words as “knish,” “hora,” and “Shabbat.” The book clearly conveys the warmth of love that ties caregiver to child: “You’re the warm in my hug.” Kaulitzki’s illustrations are full of detail and life: Books on the shelf have clear titles on their spines, and there are patterned stars on one baby’s pajamas. Most of the adults and children in the book present white with the exceptions of one black-presenting woman-and-child pair and one white woman holding a dark-skinned child. In addition to its inclusion in the text, there are elements of Judaism in the illustrations as well: building blocks with Hebrew letters, a Star of David necklace, a man wearing a kippah, and others. These are mostly subtle, inclusive of Jewish traditions without being exclusively about them. Overall, this is a celebration of the love and joy that a baby brings to the world, just right for enjoying during a snuggle on a lap.

Like a blintz, irresistible. (Board book. 6 mos.-2)

Kirkus Reviews