Overview
This book introduces the concept of Rosh Chodesh, the new Jewish month, reckoned according to the new moon. Young children explore the changing shape of the moon during the course of the month, comparing it to the shapes of familiar objects and performing corresponding motions.
New Moon, Hiding Moon
A Playful Action Rhyme
Written by Amy Vatner, illustrated by Patti Argoff
ISBN: 978-1-945560-84-2 / LCCN: 202498011
Board book / Ages 0-3
List Price $7.95
Author Information
About the Author:
Amy Vatner is a children’s book author, juvenile justice attorney, and Assistant Clinical Professor at the Yale Child Study Center. Her board book Hello Sometimes has 40,000 copies in print and Kirkus Reviews called it “reassuring and relatable.” Her next picture book The Milkman Miracle: How Nathan Straus Used Science to Save Millions is forthcoming with POW! Kids Books.
Illustrator Information
About the Artist:
Patti Argoff was Born in Brooklyn New York, and raised in central New Jersey, Patti Argoff received her BFA in Visual Communication from The School of Visual Arts in 1981. Awards for her work have included the How magazine award for self-promotion, the Syracuse Press Club,
and The New York State Press Association.
