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Do you love animals? What about the young readers in your life? Do they love animals, too?
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Animal Supermarket
Written by Giovanna Zoboli
Illustrated by Simona Mulazzani
Where do animals get their food? At the grocery store, of course! At the animal supermarket, polar bears happily prowl the seafood section, cats stock up on bottles of milk, and mice crowd around the cheese counter.
From the award-winning duo who created I Wish I Had . . . and The Big Book of Slumber (both Eerdmans) comes another imaginative story that will delight animal lovers of all ages.
“The overall emphasis on fresh fruits and veggies sends a salutary message to young consumers. A tongue-in-cheek reminder that good food doesn’t have to come in a box, jar or plastic bag.”
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Mikis and the Donkey
Written by Bibi Dumon Tak
Illustrated by Philip Hopman
Translated by Laura Watkinson
Winner of the 2015 Mildred L. Batchelder Award
One day, Mikis’s grandfather has a surprise for him: a new donkey waiting! Mikis falls in love
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Joseph Blenkinsopp is John A. O’Brien Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies at the University of Notre Dame and author of the new book David Remembered: Kingship and National Identity in Ancient Israel.
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My new book David Remembered is not a study of David as a historical figure, nor is it a biography of David in competition with recent biographies by Steven McKenzie, Jonathan Kirsch, and Robert Pinsky, to mention just a few. It’s about the figure of David as a powerful presence in the memory of Israelites from the time the Davidic dynasty came to an end in the sixth century B.C. to the revival of Davidic messianism during the lifetime of Jesus (said to be a descendant of David) and the suppression of the two Jewish revolts against Rome (66-73 and 132-135 A.D.).
I wanted to investigate, first, how the collective memory of David, one-time great ruler of a united Israel, contributed to creating a common identity for the Jewish nation; second, how David came to play a central role in end-time scenarios as a messianic (i.e. royal) figure; and third, what effect this collective memory of David had on political life in real time, especially in attempts to restore the Davidic dynasty and when life-and-death decisions had to be made. The most fateful o