Remember Savta Simcha?

Silver Member Joined: Aug 24 2009 Posts: 653

I loved the Savta Simcha books as a kid and would love to share them with my own offspring. Does anyone know if they are still available and/or where I can get them? And are there 5 of them or more that I don't remember? The titles I recall are Savta Simcha and the: Shabbos Bag, Cinnamon Tree, Roundabout Journey to Jerusalem, Seven Splendid Gifts, and Strange Stone something-or-other, are these all?

Gold Member Joined: Sep 22 2009 Posts: 1745

you an get them om amazone:

http://www.google.co.il/search.....vta+simcha

Posted: Mon, Dec 28 2009, 7:31 pm Post subject: re: Remember Savta Simcha?

My favorite as a kid....

Silver Member Joined: May 31 2005 Posts: 731 Location: NY

I think Eichlers still sells them

Silver Member Joined: Apr 27 2009 Posts: 737

I loved them too! I was so excited when I saw them in Eichlers, I bought 3 of them for my dd. She loves them as well.

Posted: Tue, Dec 29 2009, 3:56 am Post subject: re: Remember Savta Simcha?

I seem to remember that aish had audio recordings of the author herself reading the books? Several of them! I found it maybe a year ago. I'm pretty sure that's where it was. It was free!

Senior Member Joined: Nov 10 2009 Posts: 219

Excellent books!! It was such a great feeling for me when my daughter read them this year. She's eight years old ka"h. She actually read MY hard-cover copies that I owned from when I was a kid. She loved them....... Now she's zooming through the Harry Potter series.

Silver Member Joined: Aug 24 2009 Posts: 653

yes, they are fantastic, aren't they? I have one left over from my own childhood and I read it to 5yr old dd...she was totally spellbound. made me read 73 pages all in one sitting, lol!
alpidarkomama, I searched for those recordings but couldn't find them anywhere Sad

. would've been so cool.

Executive Member Joined: Dec 15 2006 Posts: 389

I loved these as a kid and when I saw them in a book store upstate this summer,
I bought them for my son who loves them! memories...

Posted: Tue, Dec 29 2009, 1:33 pm Post subject:

The best! They are still around. Feldheim carries them, and they should be available in a good Jewish bookstore.
Yaffa Ganz is really the best frum kids' author I have read!

Silver Member Joined: Aug 24 2009 Posts: 653

ITA sped!

Active Poster Joined: Nov 20 2011 Posts: 72

I want to get one for my daughter.
which do you reccomend?

Platinum Member Joined: Sep 11 2004 Posts: 19241

Our Jewish library has them. My kids LOVE the stories.
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Silver Member Joined: Jul 24 2009 Posts: 754

I loved them as a kid too. Does anyone have a favorite, I think I will buy one for my kids for chanukah. Which is the best? Are they continuations of eachother or you can read them in any order?

Posted: Thu, Dec 01 2011, 11:58 am Post subject: re: Remember Savta Simcha?

� would start with the first one. The first 2 are great, the others good, but its more fun to read them order so you know where everyone is coming from.

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Posted: Thu, Dec 01 2011, 12:06 pm Post subject: re: Remember Savta Simcha?

I have such fond memories of my second grade teacher reading them to us. My mom bought some whole (not ground) nutmeg for me to take to school because of her nutmeg tree,

Gold Member Joined: Feb 15 2011 Posts: 1107 Location: UK

OOC can anyone solve for me where Ezra and Tehila come from? As a kid I must have missed the book where it explains who they were. I was always wondering if they were related or orphans?

Posted: Thu, Dec 01 2011, 12:40 pm Post subject: re: Remember Savta Simcha?

Always reminded me of Mary Poppins. My kids love them too!
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