November 26, 2007
Free Jewish-themed books for families
We here at Jewish Literary Review love free books. We also love to let our readers know how they can get them.
Here’s the scoop this time: if you’ve got children between the ages of one and six, you can get free books and music through a great new program for Jewish families.
The PJ Library sends Jewish-themed books and music each month to families with children in the aforementioned age range. The program is sponsored nationally by the West Springfield, Mass.-based Harold Grinspoon Foundation. On a local level, the foundation partners with a federation or similar philanthropic entity to help administer the program for that particular community. The PJ Library Web site provides a list of participating communities.
According to this JTA story, PJ Library sends books to 12,500 children in 52 communities.
Here's a sampling of books and music from the program:
Much, Much Better by Chaim Kosofksy
The Keeping Quilt by Patricia Polacco
It’s Hanukkah! by Santiago Cohen
Oy Baby! 2 by The Schneiderman Sisters and friends (CD)
It's Tu B'Shevat by Eddit Stoltz Zolkower
Before You Were Born by Howard Schwartz
What I Like About Passover by Varda Livney
Let's Visit Israel by Judye Groner
God Must Really Love Colors by Rondi DeBoer
The Blessing of a Skinned Knee by Wendy Mogel
Sunrise, Sunset by Sheldon Harnick
Happy Birthday, World by Latifa Berry Kropf
For more information and to sign up, visit the PJ Library Web site.