Itamar Makes Friends: A Children's Story of Jewish Brotherhood (Hardcover)

from bluehose1

A wonderful book that will help readers understand that friendships can be formed despite cultural differences. Children will learn about childhood in Israel and discover new vocabulary. I would use this book to help learners explore how to befriend people while on mission trips.

from chutzpanit

Being a part of the Jewish culture, I am always excited to read stories that represent who I am and had found, up until recently it was very hard to find those stories. I am educator and I look forward to using this book in my classroom as a way to talk about tolerance and friendship throughout t...

from rretzler

Itamar is a boy who lives in a small mountain town and loves to play soccer. He goes to the city to visit his cousins and makes some new friends. I shared this book with my 6 and 9 year old sons. They were immediately interested because they too love to play soccer. I liked the message of this bo...

from paulkid

Itamar travels from a village in Israel to the city and has a run-in with some city kids who are initially cruel but eventually realize their folly and become friends with Itamar. This book shows some examples of using empathy when interacting with others in an effective manner. The subtitle of t...

from antmusic

A great message, but marred by stilted dialogue. This is a great tale of children accepting their differences and choosing to get along in spite of them. There are some Jewish terms, and some are defined for the uninformed (like myself). Others are very common and easy to find definitions online ...