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Dalia’s little brother Yossi doesn’t believe her when she tells him there is a big yellow comforter inside the small box she made and decorated at the community center. It’s a tzedakah box, and all week Dalia puts money she earns inside it. By week’s end, she tells Yossi that the box holds a big yellow comforter, a butterfly bush, and a banana cream pie, along with kisses and wishes and hugs. Yossi wants to believe his big sister, but when he rattles the box all he hears are coins. “It’s just a bank,” he says. So Dalia takes Yossi along when she and her class combine the money in all of their tzedakah boxes and go shopping. They buy a big yellow comforter, a butterfly bush, and a banana cream pie, and give them to an elderly woman in their neighborhood, along with their companionship. Linda Heller’s lively story about the Jewish tradition of charity and caring has terrific dialogue and a wonderful sibling relationship. Stacey Dressen McQueen’s warm, colorful illustrations show a multicultural neighborhood and numerous details specific to the Jewish tradition of tzedakah. ©2011 Cooperative Children's Book Center

Illustrated by Stacey Dressen McQueen

CCBC Age Recommendation: Ages 4-7
Age Range: PreK-Early Elementary (Ages 4-7)
Format: Picture book
Subjects: Empathy and Compassion Faith, Spirituality and Religion Jewish People Kindness Older Adults Siblings Traditions
Diversity subject: Jewish
On CCBC Booklist: Religion in the Lives of Children and Teens 

Publisher: Tricycle Press
Publish Year: 2011
Pages: 32
ISBN: 9781582463780
CCBC Location: Picture Book, Heller

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