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I'm Sorry, Grover: A Rosh Hashanah Tale
Brosh can’t find his blue cap, and suspects that one of his friends has taken it. When Grover returns the lost item, Brosh is glad that the High Holidays offer him a chance to say, “I’m sorry.”
24 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2013
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December 17, 2018
This was a Rosh Hashanah gift, obvi. Not one of Bug’s very favorite books, but it is up there.
It has Shalom Sesame characters as well as characters you probably know from Sesame Street: Grover and Cookie Monster.
Not a complicated story or message. Some of the pages have too many words for 18-month-old attention span.
It has Shalom Sesame characters as well as characters you probably know from Sesame Street: Grover and Cookie Monster.
Not a complicated story or message. Some of the pages have too many words for 18-month-old attention span.
August 20, 2024
Pretty cute, but reads a little choppy. Not sure if it is the dialogue between the monsters (each with their own "dialect") or if it is the story itself (I think thinking your friend took your hat is pretty innocent as far as doing something worth apologizing for goes...), but something here reads a little stilted.
3 stars
3 stars
December 10, 2020
We love all the shalom sesame books!
October 31, 2024
Let’s all try to be better friends to one another.
August 8, 2025
I've never read shalom sesame street but I am glad I did today. Brosh loses his favorite blue cap and jumps to conclusions during rush hashanah season. Will he feel convicted to apologize?
August 8, 2013
I'm Sorry, Grover: A Rosh Hashanah Tale is from the first Israeli co-production of Sesame Street, called Rechov Sumsum. Some of the familiar characters from America's Sesame Street are also seen on Shalom Sesame (the central location for the set of Rechov Sumsum). Grover and Cookie Monster appear in this story as well as Broch, Avigail (a cross between America's Elmo and Abby Cadabby) and Moishe Oofnik (compared to American's Oscar the Grouch).
The story opens with Grover welcoming the reader a Shanah Tovah - "Happy New Year". He explains that he is in Israel and is going to be telling us a story about his friend Brosh. Cookie Monster finds a sad Brosh in a coffee shop. He soon learns Brosh is sad because he has lost his woolly cap. Cookie Monster goes with Brosh in order to help him retrace his steps. He attempts to locate Grover, thinking he took the cap. He then confront Avigail and Moishe Oofnik, neither have his cap. When the cap is finally discovered Brosh must find each of the friends he thought had taken his cap and apologize.
Throughout the book various items used during Rosh Hashanah are mentioned, such as the shofar (a horn blown in long and short staccato blasts), round challah (circular bread to symbolize the cycle of the year), pomegranates (to symbolize being fruitful in the new year), apples and honey (for a sweet new year). The text of the book is in English. However, there is a Hebrew text in a number of places in the illustrations. Since the book takes place during the High Holidays (the ten day period leading up to Rosh Hashanah) Brosh is given the opportunity to apologize to his friends and begin the new year with a clean slate.
This is one of four books in the Shalom Sesame eBooks available from Kar-Ben Publishing. Other books in the series include : The Count's Hanukkah Countdown, Grover and Big Bird's Passover Celebration, and It's a Mitzvah, Grover!. I would recommend this book for a library serving children in an area with a large Jewish population. I believe it would be a great book to help young children understand Rosh Hashanah and how to ask for forgiveness.
*To comply with new guidelines introduced by the Federal Trade Commission, Kar-Ben Publishing, has provided a complimentary electronic copy of this book for review purposes through NetGalley.com.
The story opens with Grover welcoming the reader a Shanah Tovah - "Happy New Year". He explains that he is in Israel and is going to be telling us a story about his friend Brosh. Cookie Monster finds a sad Brosh in a coffee shop. He soon learns Brosh is sad because he has lost his woolly cap. Cookie Monster goes with Brosh in order to help him retrace his steps. He attempts to locate Grover, thinking he took the cap. He then confront Avigail and Moishe Oofnik, neither have his cap. When the cap is finally discovered Brosh must find each of the friends he thought had taken his cap and apologize.
Throughout the book various items used during Rosh Hashanah are mentioned, such as the shofar (a horn blown in long and short staccato blasts), round challah (circular bread to symbolize the cycle of the year), pomegranates (to symbolize being fruitful in the new year), apples and honey (for a sweet new year). The text of the book is in English. However, there is a Hebrew text in a number of places in the illustrations. Since the book takes place during the High Holidays (the ten day period leading up to Rosh Hashanah) Brosh is given the opportunity to apologize to his friends and begin the new year with a clean slate.
This is one of four books in the Shalom Sesame eBooks available from Kar-Ben Publishing. Other books in the series include : The Count's Hanukkah Countdown, Grover and Big Bird's Passover Celebration, and It's a Mitzvah, Grover!. I would recommend this book for a library serving children in an area with a large Jewish population. I believe it would be a great book to help young children understand Rosh Hashanah and how to ask for forgiveness.
*To comply with new guidelines introduced by the Federal Trade Commission, Kar-Ben Publishing, has provided a complimentary electronic copy of this book for review purposes through NetGalley.com.
May 8, 2014
Hott Synopsis:
Rosh Hashanah is tonight and Brosh can’t start the year right without his favorite blue cap.
But will he ruin his new year by accusing his friends of stealing?
Hott Review:
What I liked: I loved this book, I grabbed it, not realizing what it was, because I saw Grover on the front & he’s my absolute favorite. But this book is wonderful! It’s a great way for children, and adults, to learn about others customs
What I didn’t like: My copy didn’t include the wonderful pictures. :(
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Author: Tilda Balsley, Ellen Fischer, Tom Leigh (Ill)
Source: Kar-Ben Publishing (Open Road Media) via Netgalley
Grade: A
Ages: 2+
Setting: Isreal
Series: Sesame Street
Rosh Hashanah is tonight and Brosh can’t start the year right without his favorite blue cap.
But will he ruin his new year by accusing his friends of stealing?
Hott Review:
What I liked: I loved this book, I grabbed it, not realizing what it was, because I saw Grover on the front & he’s my absolute favorite. But this book is wonderful! It’s a great way for children, and adults, to learn about others customs
What I didn’t like: My copy didn’t include the wonderful pictures. :(
More…
Author: Tilda Balsley, Ellen Fischer, Tom Leigh (Ill)
Source: Kar-Ben Publishing (Open Road Media) via Netgalley
Grade: A
Ages: 2+
Setting: Isreal
Series: Sesame Street
August 2, 2015
*thankyou to NetGalley and the publishers for this copy!
"oh boy, oh boy, oh boy" another great little story from Cookie & lovable furry old Grover. love these sesame street guys, and they'll certainly ensure the kids love the book too!
this one's all about being a good friend, and if you do something to upset a friend you can make them feel better again by apologising for what you did.
some info about Rosh Hashanah included in the back of the book too.
"oh boy, oh boy, oh boy" another great little story from Cookie & lovable furry old Grover. love these sesame street guys, and they'll certainly ensure the kids love the book too!
this one's all about being a good friend, and if you do something to upset a friend you can make them feel better again by apologising for what you did.
some info about Rosh Hashanah included in the back of the book too.
August 27, 2013
With the Sesame gang there is nothing that cannot be fixed! With the same great, lovable, and wonderful characters this story is a new way to introduce Rosh Hashanah and saying "I'm Sorry"...wonderful!! 5 stars!
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