{"product_id":"keshet-iton-la-yeladim-hebrew-children-s-calendar-annual-1940s","title":"Keshet: Hebrew Children’s Calendar and Nation-Building Reader, Palestine, c. 1940s","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"8824\" data-end=\"9513\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"1977\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e קשת: עיתון לילדים (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-start=\"1997\" data-end=\"2022\"\u003eKeshet: Iton La-Yeladim\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, “Rainbow: A Newspaper for Children”)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2060\" data-end=\"2063\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2063\" data-end=\"2075\"\u003eCountry:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Palestine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2095\" data-end=\"2098\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2098\" data-end=\"2107\"\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e c. 1940s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2140\" data-end=\"2143\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2143\" data-end=\"2157\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e הוצאת מסדה, תל אביב (Massada Publishing, Tel Aviv)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2208\" data-end=\"2211\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2211\" data-end=\"2224\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hebrew\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2231\" data-end=\"2234\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2245\"\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hardcover children’s annual with cloth spine\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2290\" data-end=\"2293\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2293\" data-end=\"2303\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 143\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2350\" data-end=\"2353\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2353\" data-end=\"2371\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Black-and-white illustrations throughout, with multiple mounted color plates\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2448\" data-end=\"2451\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2451\" data-end=\"2463\"\u003eEditors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e י. אפשטין and י. מלמד (Y. Epstein and Y. Melamed)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2513\" data-end=\"2516\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2516\" data-end=\"2533\"\u003eIllustrators:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e נ. גוטמן and א. גרינקורן, likely Nahum Gutman and A. Grinkorn or Greenkorn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2608\" data-end=\"2611\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2611\" data-end=\"2623\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Hebrew children’s literature, Jewish holidays, Hebrew calendar, Zionist education, labor, agriculture, songs, stories, games, and classroom activities\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"2774\" data-end=\"2777\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2777\" data-end=\"2791\"\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Good vintage condition, with age wear to boards, spine, page edges, and interior pages. Color plates appear bright in the supplied images. Final completeness and plate count to be confirmed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9515\" data-end=\"10207\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9515\" data-end=\"10207\"\u003eAn illustrated Hebrew children’s annual published by Massada in Tel Aviv, organized around the Hebrew calendar year. The volume combines poems, songs, short stories, riddles, dialogues, holiday lessons, and educational activities with vivid color plates for the months and festivals, including Tishrei, Kislev, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Tammuz, and Av. Its imagery links Jewish ritual life with nature, agricultural labor, Hebrew language formation, and early Zionist civic education. Ilustrated in part by Nahum Gutman, a foundational figure in Israeli children’s book illustration, the book is a scarce example of Hebrew children’s publishing from \u003cspan\u003ethe late 1940s to early 1950s, spanning the end of British Mandate Palestine and the early State of Israel.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"9515\" data-end=\"10207\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShipping from New York City\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KHAJISTAN™","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48264301609174,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/9883\/2285\/files\/Untitled_design-24.png?v=1778953496","url":"https:\/\/khajistan.com\/products\/keshet-iton-la-yeladim-hebrew-children-s-calendar-annual-1940s","provider":"KHAJISTAN™","version":"1.0","type":"link"}