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Jerusalem Sky: Stars, Crosses and Crescents
by (Illustrator: Mark Podwal)
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Doubleday Books for Young Readers (2005-08-23)
ISBN: 038574689X
EAN: 9780385746892
Dewy Decimal #: 811.54
Hardcover: 32 pages
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: 2005-08-23
SKU: 070621008
Condition: Used: Very Good
Comments: This copy is in excellent condition. Full line of numbers 1-10. Nice, clean, tight text and spine. No highlights, underlining, markings, tears, creases. Clean dust jacket. Hard cover clean with light shelf/edge wear. Great reading for young readers at an affordable price. (G6)
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
Jerusalem–ancient home to Jews, Christians, and Muslims–is blanketed by a sky like no other. According to legend, the Jerusalem sky held off the rains for seven years while King Solomon built his temple. In the Jerusalem sky, the Bible tells us, a rising star announced the birth of Jesus. Through that same wondrous sky, Islamic belief holds, Muhammad climbed to heaven. In our own times, the Jerusalem sky fills with the sounds of worshippers praying for peace in the synagogues, churches, and mosques below. And each year new voices rise up to the Jerusalem sky, where so many miracles have been witnessed.
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Customer Reviews
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Good Book for Inter-Faith Families
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-01-03
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
A clear and educational explanation of three religions traditions present not only in Jerusalem but in many other cities of our world. A good book for inter-faith families.
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The Dream That Is Jerusalem Fashioned into a Poem for Children
Rating  (5)
Date: 2005-10-06
12 out of 12 customers found this reveiw helpful
Illustrated with a stunning blend of acrylic, gouache, and colored pencil, JERUSALEM SKY presents the meaning Jerusalem holds for Judaism (stars), Christianity (crosses), and Islam (crescents) in the form of a children's poem. From the focus of the sky, the stories of the Temple of Solomon and the Western Wall, Golgotha Hill and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock are revealed. The reader is bathed in dreamlike descriptions of these holy sites, which although carefully drawn are never directly named.
The text is simple yet beautiful, and the pictures possess a vivid primitiveness that invokes a sense of otherworldliness. The three religions are portrayed in such a balanced and loving manner that it creates the illusion they coexist within the walls of Jerusalem in an incredible peace. This is a perfect book to introduce children to the majesty of Jerusalem without any of the animosity that usually mars it.
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