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samagader35's review against another edition
5.0
By using the text to text reading method, students will be able to make a connection between the text and another story that they have previously read. By applying that connection to Gathering Sparks, students/children can apply the relationship and special memories developed as the grandfather tells his grandchild about tikkun olam (a Jewish story about being a good person and doing good in the world, which is how stars are formed) with the special relationship and happy memories the young boy in Stones for Grandfather had with his Grandfather. Comparing these two stories will truly teach students/children the importance of good relationships with family, and to appreciate them while they are still with us.
beccak's review
4.0
The only problem I have with this book, is that it (like a similar book I've seen, Light by Jane Breskin Zalben) uses the translation of mitzvah as "doing a good deed." Even if you don't want to use the word "commandment," you could use the words "each time you do the right thing." I think it's important that children learn that life is full of choices, and making the right ones is how we bring holiness into the world.
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