Joshua's Dream: A Journey to the Land of Israel

by Sheila F. Segal

Personalized through the history of one family, this revised and newly illustrated full-color primary reader introduces children to the pioneering spirit that created the modern State of Israel.

26 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1992

Reviews

[Ms. B · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 stars, rounded up and a 1985 Sydney Taylor Notable Picture Book Award winner. A story to celebrate the Jewish faith and the rebuilding of Israel. Joshua's Great Aunt Rivka was a Zionist in the early 1900s; she left the United States to start a farming village that would make Israel a better place for Jews to lives. Now Joshua also wants to go to Israel to help rebuild the desert to grow vegetation. Will his dream come true? Will he be able to follow in his relative's footsteps?
Learn more about the Sydney Taylor Book Award at this link. Check out another edition of the same book (and from 1985) with a different illustrator at the Internet Archive.

[Paige · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful illustrations. You may have to do some fast math on page 4, where it says "almost a hundred years ago," as quite a bit of time has passed since 1992 (when this book was published).

This is a good book to use when talking about Israel, introducing the idea of Zionism, and talking about Tu Bishvat.

[Neely]

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