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32 pp.
| Kar-Ben
| May, 2015
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LibraryISBN 978-0-4677-1957-5$17.95
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EbookISBN 978-1-4677-6206-9
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Photographs by
Jeff Finkelstein.
A young girl and her observant Jewish family welcome the girl's new baby brother with a bris. Flip the book over, and the same girl and her family welcome a new baby sister with a brit bat. There's an unevenness in tone: the boy's text is slightly more positive and conveys a greater excitement. The warm photographs provide a good sense of both ceremonies.