When Abby moves with her family to Israel, where it does not rain all summer, she misses her grandmother and remembers the fun they used to have splashing in puddles together.

"Engineer Arielle drives her train through Jerusalem on Israel Independence Day, greeting friends and waiting to celebrate with her brother Ezra, who is the lead pilot in the Israeli Air Force's special air show"--Provided by publisher.

A zombie who has stopped being frightening travels the world but finally finds that the Dead Sea is the perfect place to relax. Includes facts about the Dead Sea and Israel.

In a little village in Israel, various sounds have kept Mrs. Strauss awake but when the first rain of the season comes, it quiets everything else. Kukurikuuu! squawks the rooster. Meowwwww! yowls the cat. ZZZZZZzzzzzzz buzzes the mosquito... It is the end of a hot, dry summer, and Mrs. Strauss just can't fall asleep. "SHEKET! QUIET!" But when at last she falls asleep, something wakes her up again...something her little village in Israel has...