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Wayland, April Halprin

New Year at the Pier: A Rosh Hashanah Story

32 pp. | Dial | June, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8037-3279-7 $16.99

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. Izzy loves Tashlich, a Rosh Hashanah ceremony during which people apologize to those they've wronged then throw bread into the water to symbolize cleansing. Izzy has four apologies to make and is pleased when others apologize to him. The story's educational aspects are handled with a light touch, a style reinforced by the loosely drawn pen-and-ink, watercolor, and gouache illustrations.

Reviewer: Amy Kellman