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The Schlemiel Kids Save the Moon by Audrey Barbakoff, illustrations by Rotem Teplow; Oakland, California: The Collective Book Studio; © 2024, ISBN 9781685-556037; 30 pages, $17.95. SAN DIEGO – Stories of the “wise people of Chelm” abound in Jewish literature. Chelmites always jump to the wrong conclusions and their attempts to solve perceived problems often compete in silliness. Author Barbakoff posits that the children of the Chelmites were actually much smarter than the adults, able to see through their foolishness. So, in this imaginatively illustrated tale in which the people of Chelm are …

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