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Before You Were Born
By Schwartz, Howard & Swarner, Kristina
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-1-59643-028-0
- Publisher
- Brookfield, Conn. : Roaring Brook Press, 2005.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on April 1, 2005
Gr 1-3 A child asks for a story about "before I was born." What follows is a tale from Jewish legend, based on stories of Lailah, the guardian of the human soul. It is this angel, readers learn, who watches over the Treasury of Souls in heaven. Once a soul is chosen, she brings it down to earth and plants it as a seed in the mother's womb. There she proceeds to tell the soul the secrets of the world: the languages of the animals and of the wind plus the history of that soul, it's past and future. When the time come...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
