“Gifts of Love” is a heart-warming story about the friendship that develops between two children from diverse cultures. They share an optimistic view of the world, and while one struggles with illness, the other strives to help her friend in a very personal way. Parents may want to read…
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But, You Promised!
“Parents use promises for a variety of reasons—to bribe their child into doing what they want, to avoid a possible confrontation with their child, to spare their child from disappointment, to create hope in their child,” I wrote in an article for Glo online magazine in 2013. “But children are…
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Yosef’s Dream is “a beautiful mix of history, religion, culture, and the power of dreams.”
Review of Yosef’s Dream “My people had lived in Ethiopia for thousands of years, but were still seen as strangers, for we were Jewish.” Yosef and his family reside in Ethiopia, part of a historically isolated and repressed Jewish culture. The author fluidly juxtaposes the Ethiopian landscape and heritage alongside…
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Passover Greetings 2016
Three Green Frogs A Holiday Song by Sylvia Rouss Sing to the tune of “Three Blind Mice” Three green frogs, three green frogs. See how they jump. See how they jump. They all jumped after the Pharaoh one day. He said, “I’m not in the mood to play!” “Won’t you…
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Smart Phones Aren’t That Smart
On a recent visit with my daughter and grandchildren, my daughter asked them to greet me and my husband. The two children were busy on their iPads and weren’t even aware we were there. Suddenly, they came and embraced us with a hug and gave us a big kiss. The…
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Publisher’s Weekly Review of King David and Akavish
King David and Akavish the Spider Rouss takes a break from her Sammy Spider series to recount a midrash story of the future King David’s encounter with a spider. While tending sheep, the boy uses a spider’s web for target practice, destroying it with his sling. After the spider, named…
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