It's Sukkah Time!

Latifa Berry Kropf. Kar-Ben Publishing, $12.95 (24pp) ISBN 978-1-58013-084-4

A preschool class prepares for the festival of Sukkot (which this year begins on October 10) in It's Sukkah Time! by Latifa Berry Kropf, photos by Tod Cohen. Aided by their teacher, the children build and decorate a sukkah, then feast within. Included are blessings as well as directions for making a toy-size sukkah from supermarket containers.

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