Before You Were Born

Howard Schwartz explains that this lovely, beautifully illustrated story is from a midrash in MIdrash Tanhuma. All the secrets of the world are shared with a baby before birth, only to be forgotten when the angel Lailah puts her fingers to the baby's lips at birth and leaves an indentation above the lips.

With sophisticated, lyrical prose, noted storyteller Howard Schwartz retells the midrash of the angel Lailah.

Howard Schwartz tells about a parent's sheere love and devotion to it's child from conception on. It's spoken to the child with beautiful illustrations and words that draw you into the emotion of a parent's love.

great story of before you were born, the illustrations along with the text to describe being in the womb are done very well. stories that were to to you while in mothers belly a sweet tale

Hear an interview about Before You Were Born with author Howard Schwartz on The Book of Life podcast's November 2006 episode at www.jewishbooks.blogspot.com.