This is such a sweet book about a brave dog with the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) whose job was search and rescue. The introductory chapter explained how the author, Motta Gur, got Azit, a female German Shepard.

The first story was of a rescue mission in which Azit was actually parachuted into the Judean desert to rescue paratroopers who had been kidnapped while hiking and were left bound by rope in a dark cave.

The second story was how Azit was sent to find three soldiers of which one was injured because they were unable to light a signal light because the enemy was near. In thanks for her success, Azit was sent a red beret (symbol of IDF paratroopers). Stories three and four followed and were equally as interesting.

This book was an amazing treat for me. I had the pleasure of using and improving my Hebrew while reading this very engaging book. Books such as these are printed by the Jewish Agency to help new learners of Hebrew. It has been so many years since I’ve read anything in Hebrew besides letters and prayer books. This was such a thrill for me because it was pretty much exactly on my knowledge level of Hebrew. It had the hardest words which I did not know translated below the main text. I found this book by pure chance in a Little Free Library in my grocery store. I hope someone leaves another one there in the future!

I loved reading this book aloud to practice my Hebrew. Doing this also helped me understand the meaning of what is written and practice my spoken Hebrew. I hope this will also help me remember new-to-me Hebrew words. I was surprised how much Hebrew I remember from my days of living in Israel. I’m thinking that this book might be the first one ever that I’ve read in Hebrew. I intend for it not to be my last.

Even though the stories were in easy Hebrew, they were interesting and suspenseful. I was telling Israeli friends of mine about this book, and they had already read it…but not in “easy” Hebrew, of course! ( )