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National Jewish Book Award, Children's LiteratureThe animals on Noah’s Ark watch a pair of termites - the "littlest pair“- come aboard with absolute dismay.None of them want the wood-eating ants to stay, afraid that they will munch their Ark to pieces. But Noah insists, and as the rains begin, panic ensues for quite a different reason: the animals start to slip and slide all over the place! The little termites save the day, and Noah reminds the animals that no matter how different we are, we must all learn to get along, and each of us has something to contribute to others.

Before David fought Goliath or became the King of Israel, he was a young shepherd. Hungry and poor, David practices with his sling to protect his flock from wild animals.When he uses a spider's web as a target, he meets and befriends Akavish the spider. David's kindness to the small creature rewards him in an unexpected way.This simply written but moving tale of young King David takes a well-known midrash and shows us that one should not only be thankful for all of creation but also that by using one’s own wits and very special talents anything becomes possible.It’s a lesson the future King of Israel never forgets.

A five year old boy experiences the rescue of Ethiopian Jews in Operation Solomon as if it is a dream.Believing he is amongst the last Jews in the world, a young Jewish boy in Ethiopia has a dream of flying on Eagle's wings to a new home and discovers he is not alone.In this story of dreams, choices, and what it means to belong, Yosef and his family choose to fly to Israel and make a new home ending nearly 3,000 years of exile for their people.An author's note provides background about the Jews of Ethiopia and the 1991 rescue mission, called Operation Solomon where the efforts of the Israeli government and the Israeli Ambassador to Ethiopia, Asher Naim, flew nearly 14,000 Ethiopian Jews to Israel in the space of 36 hours.