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Jules, Jacqueline

Drop by Drop: A Story of Rabbi Akiva

32 pp. | Kar-Ben | August, 2017 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5124-2090-6 $17.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-5124-2091-3 $7.99
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Yevgenia Nayberg. Jules's fluid narrative and Nayberg's evocative textured paintings recount the fictionalized story of an illiterate shepherd encouraged midlife to begin studying by his devoted, loving wife. How his slow and steady progress ("I can learn--just like water cuts through stone--a little bit each day") allowed him to succeed in becoming a great learned man, scholar, and renowned rabbi is inspiring and well crafted.
Reviewer: Rita Soltan

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