From the Stettenheim Library For You and Your Family’s Purim Enjoyment
We invite you to call the Temple Librarian, Elizabeth F. Stabler, at (212) 744-1400, ext. 360 for more information or e-mail her at [email protected].
TO READ WITH PRESCHOOL CHILDREN
Beni’s Family Treasury: Stories for the Jewish Holidays by Jane Breskin Zalben.
Cakes and Miracles: A Purim Tale by Barbara Diamond Goldin; illustrated by Erika Weihs.
A Costume for Noah: A Purim Story by Sue Remick Topek; illustrated by Sally Springer.
Festival of Esther: The Story of Purim retold by Maida Silverman; illustrated by Carolyn S. Ewing.
Goldie’s Purim by Jane Breskin Zalben.
Here Come the Purim Players! by Barbara Cohen; illustrated by Shoshana Mekibel.
It Happened in Shushan: A Purim Story by Harriet K. Feder; illustrated by Rosalyn Schanzer
It’s Purim Time! by Latifa Berry Kropf; photographs by Tod Cohen.
The Mitzvah Girl by Beverly Mach Geller.
The Mystery Bear: A Purim Story by Leone Adelson; illustrated by Naomi Howland.
On Purim by Cathy Goldberg Fishman; illustrated by Melanie W. Hall.
The Purim Costume by Peninnah Schram; illustrated by Tammy L. Keiser.
The Purim Parade by Katherine Janus Kahn.
Purim Play by Roni Schotter; illustrated by Marylin Hafner.
Queen Esther Saves Her People retold by Rita Golden Gelman; illustrated by Frané Lessac.
Queen Esther the Morning Star by Mordicai Gerstein.
Raisel’s Riddle by Erica Silverman; illustrated by Susan Gaber.
Sammy Spider’s First Purim by Sylvia A. Rouss; illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn.
FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN
The Animated Megillah by Ephraim Siddon and Rony Oren.
Artscroll Youth Megillah: New Simplified Translation and Comments by Nosson Scherman with Meir Zlotowitz; illustrated by Michael Horen; co-edited by Avie Gold.
Esther by Miriam Chaikin; illustrated by Vera Rosenberry.
Esther’s Story by Diane Wolkstein; illustrated by Juan Wijngaard.
Holiday Treats by Esther Hautzig; illustrated by Yaroslava.
Make Noise, Make Merry: The Story and Meaning of Purim by Miriam Chaikin; illustrated by Hitz Demi.
Make Your Own Megillah: The Story of Purim by Judyth Saypol Groner.
The Purim Goat by Yuri Suhl; illustrated by Kaethe Zemach.
The Silver Megillah by Shanedy Kesserman; illustrated by Alex Tirado.
The Whole Megillah (Almost) by Shoshana Silberman; illustrated by Katherine Kahn.
FOR TEENS AND ADULTS
Every Person’s Guide to Purim by Ronald H. Isaacs.
Holidays in Song compiled, edited and arranged by Velvel Pasternack.
In the Jewish Tradition: A Year of Foods and Festivities by Judith B. Fellner.
The Megillah: The Book of Esther translated by Meir Zlotowitz.
Megillat Esther by JT Waldman. (Graphic novel in English; includes Hebrew text of Esther.)
Purim Megillah by Sol Scharfstein.
The Purim Anthology by the Jewish Publication Society of America.
The Talmud for Beginners: Volume 2 by Judith Z. Abrams. (Includes a Talmudic commentary of the Scroll of Esther, or Megillat Ester.)
Tastes of Jewish Tradition: Recipes, Activities and Stories for the Whole Family by Jody Hirsh, Idy Goodman, Aggie Goldenholz and Susan Roth; foreword by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin.
MUSIC AND VIDEO
Aleph Bet Boogie performed by Rabbi Joe Black. [CD]
Celebrate With Cindy: Jewish Holiday Music for Children produced by Cindy Paley Aboody; orchestrations, arrangements and musical direction by Uri Ophir. [CD]
Classic Jewish Holiday and Shabbat Songs: 23 Songs (Lyrics Included) by Theodore Bikel. [CD]
It’s Jewish Holiday Time by Paul Zim. [CD]
The Jewish Holidays Video Guide by SISU Home Entertainment. [VHS]
Purim Songs: In Hebrew for Children and Toddlers by Matan Ariel and Friends. [CD]
Shanah Tovah (A Good Year): Songs for Jewish Holidays performed by Debbie Friedman. [CD]
Shirim Al Galgalim: New Jewish Songs for Young Children performed by Debbie Friedman. [CD]
Shiron L’gan: Songs for Youth Ages 2-5 by Transcontinental Music Publications. [CD]
Shiron L’yeladim: Songs for Youth Ages 6-9 by Transcontinental Music Publications. [CD]
The Whole Megillah by Ergo Media Inc. [VHS]
ADDITONAL RESOURCES IN THE LIBRARY
The Five Scrolls: Hebrew Texts, English Translations, Introductions and New Liturgies. Translations edited by Albert H. Friedlander; introductions co-edited by Herbert Bronstein and Albert H. Friedlander; liturgies edited by Herbert Bronstein; illustrated and designed by Leonard Baskin.
The Babylonian Talmud v.1 Translated into English with notes, glossary and indices under the editorship of Rabbi Dr. I. Epstein; forward by the Very Rev. the Chief Rabbi Dr. J.H. Hertz.
Hilchot Ta’aniot and Hilchot Megillah VaChanukah (The Laws of Fasts [and] The Laws of [Reading] the Megillah and of Chanukah): A New Translation With Commentaries and Notes. Original text by Moses Maimonides (1135-1204); translated by Eliyahu Touger.
The Megillah: [Megillat Ester] Illustrated bu Jossi Stern; calligraphy by Noah Ophir.
Talmud Bavli: The Schottenstein Edition. The Gemara: The Classic Vilna Edition. Elucidated by Rabbi Yisroel Reisman.