{"product_id":"sweet-tamales-for-purim-by-barbara-bietz-age-5-7-years-kindergarten-2","title":"Sweet Tamales for Purim By Barbara Bietz Age 5 - 7 years Kindergarten - 2","description":"\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif rgb font-size:=\"\" background-color:=\"\"\u003eMany Jewish families helped settle, diverse communities in the desolate, desert terrain of the Wild West. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eAlthough \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size:\u003eSweet Tamales for Purim \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eis a work of fiction, it is inspired by a true event. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eIn 1886, the Hebrew Ladies Benevolent Society of Tucson planned a Purim Ball for the entire community. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eBarbara tells the story from the perspective of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003ea young girl, who along with her new friend, Luis plan to create a Purim festival for their town. \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eTheir plans for the celebration were well underway until the family goat, Kitzel, ate all of the traditional holiday pastries, Hamantashen. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003eFortunately, they find another way to celebrate Purim and the family is able to share their cultural traditions with their new neighbors.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003eWhen Barbara Bietz isn't reading, she is probably typing away at her desk, surrounded by her two naughty (but nice) dogs.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003eBarbara is often inspired by her favorite books and sometimes enjoys playing guitar, but, she says, not very well.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003eBarbara's chapter book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eLike a Maccabee\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e, nabbed the 2006 Midwest Independent Publishers Association Merit Award. She is also the creator of the website \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/jewishbooksforkids.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 102, 192);\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-line: underline;\"\u003eJewish Books for Kids\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e and a former chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, which honors exceptional works about the Jewish experience. Her favorite part about being an author? Visiting schools, meeting young readers, and eating lunch in the cafeteria—especially when it's grilled cheese day! Barbara lives with her family in Oak Park, California.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003eIn collaboration with John Kanzler, Barbara's award-winning picture book, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eThe Sundown Kid\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003e, tells the story of a Jewish family's struggle to preserve their traditions in a small, desert town in the old west. Barbara's latest collaboration with John, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb font-style: italic\u003eSweet Tamales for Purim, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif background-color: rgb\u003eis told from the perspective of Rebecca, a young girl, who along with her new friend, Luis plan to create a Purim festival for their old west town before the family goat, Kitzel, undermines their plans and the fun begins.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: \" palatino linotype antiqua serif font-size: background-color: rgb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"IsraelBookShop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42254127956133,"sku":"","price":8.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/8860\/9445\/products\/978-1947301610.jpg?v=1722400018","url":"https:\/\/www.israelbookshop.com\/products\/sweet-tamales-for-purim-by-barbara-bietz-age-5-7-years-kindergarten-2","provider":"IsraelBookShop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}