Hachai Books

Did your child ever lose a precious toy, or did they happen to find someone else's special item?

They will surely love this full-color picture book on the Mitzvah of Returning a Lost object.

This exciting story begins with a young girl named Estie who loses her gold ring while baking thirty-one cakes for a bake sale. Oh no! Could the ring have fallen into the batter? She can't possibly cut open all those cakes to look… Instead, Estie sells each cake with a letter, asking anyone who finds her ring to return it. Days pass, but there is no word of her ring. What could have happened to the cake with the ring inside? A humorous chain of events reveals how that special cake was lost and found more than once before reaching its rightful owner. Ever hopeful, Estie decides to wait and trust that someone will actually do the mitzvah and come through for her in the end. Author Loren Hodes and illustrator Harvey Klineman come through for children and their parents in this funny, colorful storybook!

Lots of children have trouble falling asleep. Sometimes, they lie awake in bed, listening to noises around them and thinking their own thoughts.

In Bedtime, a little boy named Dovid finds himself in just such a situation. Although he got ready for bed, said Shema, and had Mommy tuck him in, sleep just won’t come!

Could it be the splish splash of running water, the hum of the mixer or the sound of Mommy talking on the phone that is keeping Dovid awake? Will it help to have a drink of water, his toy car, or one more bedtime song? Finally, Mommy understands that her little boy is simply feeling lonely. . .and Dovid realizes Who is always with him!

The soft and dreamy pastel illustrations make Bedtime a comforting book to read before turning out the lights.

The whole world was quiet when the Torah was given at Mt. Sinai. Children love animal sounds, and this wonderful book with delightful soft watercolors allows a child to relive that special quiet through this verse in reverse:
The geese did not honk -The ducks did not quack
The sheep did not baa -The goats did not maa
The chickens did not cluck-The roosters did not crow

Children are often expected to be “seen and not heard,” or to wait quietly until the adults finish their conversation. Children have to be quiet during school instruction and visits to the doctor and when their siblings are doing homework. And now look who is quiet -the big wide world! Our noisy lifestyle surrounds us with too much sound; headphones and cellphones interfere with that "still soft voice" inside us, the quiet moment when we develop our creativity and sensitivity. This children’s story allows us to capture those special moments.