Review: Jewish Songs From Around the World

Jewish Songs from Around the World

illustrated by Lucille Ahrweiller

Kalaniot Books, 2025

Category: Board Books

Reviewer: Elizabeth Suneby

 

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This book has it all: songs to listen to in Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino, written transliterated lyrics to follow along with, joyous, colorful illustrations, and a bit of history. Little ones will love pressing the button to hear the songs and will be mesmerized by the detailed drawings. Grownups will likely be happy to hear familiar songs and learn about new ones, and they will appreciate the context provided for each song. The book helps keep traditional traditional Jewish music alive! (I wish there were one song that was sung in English. Maybe a series is in order!)

This book definitely feels authentically Jewish and will likely appeal to Jewish people predominately. It offers some diversity with songs from Eastern Europe, Israel, and Spain. 

 

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Reviewer Elizabeth Suneby is an award-winning author with several Jewish-themed books, including the recently released board book published by PJ Library--SAY SHALOM ALL DAY LONG and another coming soon CHALAHBALOO (1.1.26) -- both available on Amazon. Her latest books were inspired by her trip to Israel with the 3rd cohort of the PJ Library Author Israel Adventure in 2023.