Daddy, Can You Make Me Tall?

A Tablet Magazine Best Jewish Children's Book for 2023!
In this gentle story, two patient parents help an eager young boy join in the preparations for Shabbat by allowing him to do the parts he can and helping him just enough to begin to do the rest.


Shabbat is coming!I can't reach my shirt.
Daddy, can you make me tall?


I can't make you tall,
but I can bring you a stool
and hold your hand
as you climb up and up and up to the top step,
watching as you choose the perfect shirt
and whisper, "I did it."

About the author

Rona Novick, PhD is a clinical psychologist and the dean of the Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education at Yeshiva University. She’s the author of Mommy, Can You Stop the Rain? She lives
in West Hempstead, NY.

Summary

Shabbat is coming!I can't reach my shirt.
Daddy, can you make me tall?


I can't make you tall,
but I can bring you a stool
and hold your hand 
as you climb up and up and up to the top step,
watching as you choose the perfect shirt
and whisper, "I did it."


In this gentle story, two patient parents help an eager young boy join in the preparations for Shabbat by allowing him to do the parts he can and helping him just enough to begin to do the rest.

Product details

• Authors: Rona Novick
• Assisted by: Ana Sebastian (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 6
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 16.05.2023, delayed
• EAN: 9781681155975
• ISBN: 978-1-68115-597-5
• No. of pages: 24
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Daily Activities, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Religious holidays