Why We Chose This Book: Sadie and the Big Mountain

Shavuot is coming, and Sadie’s class is celebrating by climbing ‘Mount Sinai’ behind their school. All the kids prepare eagerly for the big day – except Sadie, who doesn’t like hiking and worries that she won’t be able to walk all that way. With her teacher’s help, though, she conquers her fear and learns the beautiful lesson that ‘anyone can climb high enough to reach God’.

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