Songs from the Garden of Eden: Jewish Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes

by Nathalie Soussana, Paul Mindy, Jean-Christophe Hoarau

An extraordinary repertoire featuring 28 Jewish nursery rhymes, lullabies, and songs originating from the Ashkenazic, Sephardic, and Yemenite communities are collected by Nathalie Sousanna and admirably illustrated by Béatrice Alemagna. The lyrics in Hebrew, Judeo-Spanish, Yiddish, and Arabic are first reproduced in the original alphabets, then transcribed into Roman characters and translated into English. Additional notes on the origin and cultural context of each song as well as on the Klezmer music are also included.

Genres: Poetry, Childrens

52 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Andréa]

Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.

[Mollie *scoutrmom*]

I got the CD from the public library, the text was on the CD as a downloadable PDF file.

I was looking for a particular nursery rhyme which this did not contain, but there was some other material I may be able to use.