Yossi and the Monkeys, Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod
Yossi and the Monkeys, Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod
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Yossi and the Monkeys
A Shavuot Story

Author: Jennifer Tzivia MacLeod

Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2018

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Yossi has no money to buy the food and flowers his family needs for Shavuot. He tries selling the kippahs his wife sewed, but he has no luck—until a mischievous monkey shows up. The monkey's antics attract customers and win Yossi's heart . . . but did Yossi's new friend come to stay?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill on March 14, 2017

This review is meant for parents, teachers, and other people that work with children to read. Yossi doesn't have enough money for ingredients to make blintzes and braided challahs or to buy his wife flowers for Shavuot. After his wife suggests that they try to sell something to earn money he comes u......more

Goodreads review by K.L. on June 02, 2017

Yossi needed money for Shavout. His family always ate braided challahs and blintzes with cheese. He went to market to sell Kipphas his wife made. A monkey stole his Kippahs and juggled with them. People saw the monkey and wanted to buy the Kipphas. Yossi named the monkey Zelig and they became friend......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on June 09, 2024

Nothing groundbreaking, but fun enough to entertain its target audience. Doesn't really have much to do with Shavuot specifically. The art style is kind of interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on September 19, 2024

With the holiday of Shavuot coming soon, Yossi needs money to by flowers for his wife and ingredients for challah and cheese blintzes for the celebration. His wife suggests that he go to the market to sell her hand made kippahs.(A kippah, or yarmulke, is a small cap worn by Jews as a sign of respect......more