Hillel Builds a House, Shoshana Lepon
Hillel Builds a House, Shoshana Lepon
List: $6.99 | Sale: $4.90
Club: $3.49

Hillel Builds a House

Author: Shoshana Lepon

Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 08/01/2020


Synopsis

All year, Hillel builds treehouses and forts. His structures—in the backyard, under the stairs and even in the living room—can get in the way when the family is busy with holiday preparations. As the Jewish holidays come and go throughout the year, Hillel can't seem to find the right one for his building projects. That is, until fall comes, and with it the holiday of Sukkot, the Jewish harvest holiday, which is all about building a temporary structure, called a sukkah. Hillel puts all his practice building to work as he helps his father use boards, branches and decorations to create the family sukkah.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill

This review is meant for parents, teachers, and other people that work with children to read. Hillel loves building houses of all kinds in lots of different kinds of places inside and outside of his house. When different Biblical holidays approach, he thinks up an idea to build a house for each of th......more

3.5 stars. Hillel Builds a House is a cute introduction to Jewish holidays through the eyes of a young boy who just wants to build houses--a passion that serves him especially well at Sukkot. The storytelling style and illustrations are quite cute, and it gives a nice little narrative structure of th......more