Listen!: Israel's All Around

by Jamie Kiffel-Alcheh Narrated by Book Buddy Digital Media

Overview

In Eilat, a blub, blub, blub-
Swimmers' snorkels glub, glub, glub.

Tour Israel's most fun places-kibbutz, beach, market, and more-and discover each spot's special sound in this rhyming tribute to the sounds of Israel.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

"Some people believe that the sound effects are the best part of a comic book. This story is for them. If someone removed all the words from a graphic novel except for the sound effects, it would sound a lot like this board book. Sample text: 'Rumble, bumble, zoom, zoom, zoom. / Kibbutz tractors vroom, vroom, vroom.' The book is a sort of Gerald McBoing-Boing guide to Israel, highlighting a different cultural activity on every page. Key words appear in brightly colored letters: In addition to kibbutz, for instance, there are 'palm trees,' 'falafel,' 'pita,' 'windmill,' and 'matkot' (an Israeli game that's similar to beach tennis but without a net). Mack's digital illustrations are so stylized that, charmingly, the children in the pictures are shaped just like their matkot paddles. The pictures feature every shade of skin tone, which will make Israel even more appealing to many readers. The constant sound effects don't leave much room for an in-depth look at Israeli culture, but the variety of activities covered in a 12-page book is impressive, and 'pock, pock, pock!' is a surprisingly effective summary of matkot. The book is a terrific, if slight, way to introduce toddlers to Israel. The only danger is that they'll spend the rest of the day saying 'glub, glub, glub' and 'pock, pock, pock!'—Kirkus

Kirkus Reviews

2019-03-03

Some people believe that the sound effects are the best part of a comic book. This story is for them.

If someone removed all the words from a graphic novel except for the sound effects, it would sound a lot like this board book. Sample text: "Rumble, bumble, zoom, zoom, zoom. / Kibbutz tractors vroom, vroom, vroom." The book is a sort of Gerald McBoing-Boing guide to Israel, highlighting a different cultural activity on every page. Key words appear in brightly colored letters: In addition to kibbutz, for instance, there are "palm trees," "falafel," "pita," "windmill," and "matkot" (an Israeli game that's similar to beach tennis but without a net). Mack's digital illustrations are so stylized that, charmingly, the children in the pictures are shaped just like their matkot paddles. The pictures feature every shade of skin tone, which will make Israel even more appealing to many readers. The constant sound effects don't leave much room for an in-depth look at Israeli culture, but the variety of activities covered in a 12-page book is impressive, and "pock, pock, pock!" is a surprisingly effective summary of matkot.

The book is a terrific, if slight, way to introduce toddlers to Israel. The only danger is that they'll spend the rest of the day saying "glub, glub, glub" and "pock, pock, pock!" (Board book. 1-4)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940170163496
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/01/2019
Edition description:	Unabridged
Age Range:	Up to 4 Years

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