The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World

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Summary: best childhood book
Review: I'm 17 now, but every once and a while, I go back to this book and read it again. I've been reading it since I was little, and I love it. The stories in it are so well written, perfectly geared for children, but then okay if I want to look back and reflect on the more serious side of them. I highly recommend this book: I dont think its cheesy or silly. Its like the Aesop's fables for jews, and I think it will last a long long time.

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Summary: More Jewish Folk Tales
Review: Like all of Howard Schwartz's books that I know, this is a collection of fairy tales with a Jewish or biblical theme. The stories in this collection are fun to read, geared for kids 9-12, but appropriate for younger ones too. One of the things I liked about these stories was that when reading them to a younger child, I enjoyed them too. So many books for kids are crashing bores for an adult reader. This one definitely isn't!