Jewish Book Reviews for children and teens on Between Carpools

June 21, 2017

Searching for New Reads This Summer? We’ve Got a Few

School’s out…and nothing keeps kids busy during downtime like a good book. We’ve got some suggestions for kids…(and more for teens and adults coming too!)

We’re excited to bring you a new feature in time for summer. Y. Berman is a high school senior who will be writing book reviews in two categories—books for young readers and teen/adult fiction. Some are old and some are new, but all will be books that our reviewer enjoyed. As a bonus, Between Carpools staff will be adding a review of a picture book for our youngest fans. And, as usual, we invite you to comment with some of your favorites and we’ll see if they make the cut for the Between Carpools recommended reading list!

Here are some of our must-reads for adults. Click here and here.

Y. Kormornick, Adir Press

Bullied

When my sister handed me this book and told me to read it, I was quite skeptical. A book called “Bullied”? Really? It had to be another typical mushy novel. And then I read it. And it was another mushy novel. But…it was good. The characters were realistic. Topics are presented—in a sensitive manner—which would be carefully avoided in most of today’s Jewish fiction and the point of view was completely unique. Apparently, some books really can’t be judged by their covers.

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Miriam Zakon, Targum Press

Baker’s Dozen (series of 17 books)

These books are timeless. I enjoyed them when I was 6 and I will still read them on occasion today. What’s the secret behind this great series? The completely true-to-life description of the almost-normal lives of a family with 12 children (including quintuplets!) and the total hilarity of some of the scenes combine to make an engaging read for children of all ages. Bonus point: 17 books will keep your kids occupied for several weeks.

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Chani Altein, Hachai

Rina’s Rainy Day

A well written and charmingly illustrated (by Jerry Blackman) story of a little girl who learns that everything truly is for the best. The rhyming verse is on point and fun to read – with just the right amount of words to satisfy both the reader and the listener.

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Y. Berman

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Tagged with: book reviews, books, summer

5 responses to “Searching for New Reads This Summer? We’ve Got a Few”

rachel

June 21, 2017

These books are suitable for which ages?

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Sharone Raizel

June 21, 2017

Baker’s dozen are great but most are out of print

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suri

June 22, 2017

They reprinted them as 3-in-one hardcover books. Not sure if the entire series though

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1. adina
  
  June 25, 2017
  
  The 3 in 1 books are out of print as well. Really looking for the first one… Not willing to pend more than $40 though
  
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Methew Hydon

October 24, 2022

There are a few new books I’m planning to read this summer, but they’re all old favourites that I’ve been meaning to get around to for a while. My first choice is The Princess Bride by William Goldman. The second book is The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. I’ve been reading it for years now but never got around to finishing it until recently when I bought a copy on Amazon Prime. I am taking help from https://edubirdie.com/examples/into-the-wild/ to compile a long list of fascinating books. The third book is called “Diet For A New America”, which was written by John Robbins in 1992. He was an advocate for healthy eating in America before it was cool! I am eager to learn a lot.

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