My Shofar: A Rosh Hashanah Board Book

Ages 0 to 2, Grades Grade P

A young elephant wants to blow the shofar in this book about trying and trying again. This board book for Rosh Hashanah or anytime is the fourth in the series about Jewish objects, following My Mezuzah, My Dreidel, and My Matzah.A young elephant wants to blow the shofar in this book about trying and trying again. This board book for Rosh Hashanah or anytime is the fourth in the series about Jewish objects, following My Mezuzah, My Dreidel, and My Matzah.

On Rosh Hashanah, the shofar's loud sound can surprise us and help us pay attention. It makes us think about how we can do better in the coming year.Is it LOUD or is it QUIET? A young elephant wants to blow the shofar, the traditional horn played during the Jewish New Year of Rosh Hashanah, but it comes out too quiet. Elephant must try again and again. This board book by prolific children's author Ann D. Koffsky is the fourth in the series about Jewish objects and basic concepts, following My Mezuzah, My Dreidel, and My Matzah.

About the Author

Ann Diament Koffsky has written and/or illustrated more than fifty books for children, including the Kayla and Kugel series, The Peddler and the President, Judah Maccabee Goes to the Doctor, Creation Colors, What's In Tuli's Box? and Under-the-Sea Seder, as well as My Mezuzah, My Dreidel, and My Matzah. She lives in West Hempstead, New York.