Purim is a joyous celebration and fun holiday. It's a celebration
with origins in the Book of Esther. The story tells how brave
Esther saved her people from the machinations of Haman, an arrogant
and egotistical advisor to the king of Persia.
There is good information at the following sites:
Judaism 101 (http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm)
Purim (http://www.aish.com/h/pur/f/48970006.html)Here is our list of Practice Readers for First and Second Grade level readers with Purim as the focus.
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(Rookie Read-About Holidays)
by Carmen Bredeson
This book uses photos to introduce children to the Jewish holiday of Purim, which commemorates Queen Esther of Persia and how she saved the Jews.
Word Count: 301
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 1.9 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 7471
--sample pages available
by Kelly Terwilliger
Johansen Newman (Illustrator)
4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
In
this cute book is very popular with Amazon.com reviewers which have
given it very high ratings. In the story farmer Max goes off to a
'Purimspiel', which gives the animals the idea to do their own play.
What they don't know is that fox is going to try to make trouble.
Word Count: 1,052
Page Count: 32
Accelerated Reader: 2.5 / points: 0.5
AR quiz: 149751
-- available as ebook
compiled by Pam
updated March 2014