Kar-Ben Read-Aloud eBooks with Audio combine professional narration and text highlighting to bring eBooks to life! In my blintz, you're the cheese. You're the sun in my sky. To my heart, you're the keys. You're the twinkle in my eye. This rhyming board book celebrates the importance of a young child as a member of a family. "You're the Cheese in My Blintz by Leslie Kimmelman, illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki, is so freaking cute. And the rhymes scan! (Poor scansion is worse than the Holocaust.) (That was a joke.) Each intimate, quiet-feeling page depicts a Jewish baby and grown-up; the pairings are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, and religious observance. One spread reads: 'You're the kick in my hora./You're the potato in my knish./You're the lights on my menorah,/and the star on which I wish.' The art is simple, warm, and accessible." - Marjorie Ingall, Tablet Magazine "You're the Cheese in my Blintz, written by Leslie Kimmelman and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki, is as sweet as a plate of blintzes. Inside this delicious book are dads with babies, moms with babies, and such a variety of Jewish foods-oy! Sprinkled throughout are multi-ethnic families and even a few Jewish holidays. The verses and illustrations are kneaded together with love, creating a picture of how special each child is. With its catchy rhythms and adorable babies, this book will delight young children. This gentle, soothing story will make a perfect bedtime read, as well. Settle into your coziest chair, share a nosh, and enjoy this book with your little one!" - Marcia Berneger, San Diego Jewish World "You're the Cheese in my Blintz, written by Leslie Kimmelman and illustrated by Ramona Kaulitzki, is a short story about parents' love for their children. With examples about things that are incomplete without their second half--such as cheese in blintzes--the message is one of love. Kaulitzki's pictures backs up Kimmelman's writing with emotional images of parents sharing moments with their children. It's perfect for any parent looking for a short book to read to their child as a bedtime story." - Adam Samuel, Journalist, Jewish Link NJ, Teaneck, NJ "Using lilting, rhyming verse, this delightful board book conveys what is in every parent's heart - the depth of love they have for their baby: 'In my blintz, you're the cheese./To my heart, you're the keys./ You're the joy of each Shabbat./ You're the soup in my pot./You're the hip in my hooray/…the sweet peace of every day…' and so on. Most pages depict a single parent and child enjoying some activity together, e.g. a picnic of blintzes and strawberries, a Shabbat dinner, dancing around the room. The parents and children depicted represent a multicultural, ethnic mix as well as a range of Jewish observance, which is lovely and rare to see in books for a Jewish audience. The illustrations are charming, using a muted color palette with simple expressions to represent joy, wonder, peace and more. This is a wonderful title for new parents. With Alef-Bet blocks, Israel books, Shabbat candlesticks, and other Jewish items represented in each home, this small little gem portrays an authentic and positive Jewish experience. The language and illustrations are perfect for babies and toddlers. The diversity of Jewish families including people of color and adopted children of color is well represented. Published by Kar-Ben Publishers, it is easily available to a large book-buying market. As board books go, this is an excellent, joyful book for a Jewish family. However, it is a board book, so while I can see it as notable, I do not see it as an Award contender." - Kathy Bloomfield, VP of the Association of Jewish Libraries, Sydney Taylor Shmooze "This book shows different children with a parent that explain to them that they are something really special by saying phrases like they are the _____ in my ____ throughout the book

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