Book 1
Let’s Go Play
Mommy asked David to watch his baby sister, and his friends are calling him to come play outside. What will he do?
A good king and a bad king, battling over a “little city”: our heart. A series of books and puppets that teaches children to stop, think, and choose good.
King Solomon, the wisest of all people, told of a little city and a great king who came to fight against it. Our Sages and the books of Chassidus explain: the little city is a person, and inside are two kings, the good inclination and the evil inclination, each wanting to rule.
In the Two Kings series the parable becomes a story: a child faces a real choice, the Bad King whispers, the Good King answers, and the child discovers that the decision is in his own hands.
The Good King
The Bad KingThere was a little city with few people in it, and a great king came against it and surrounded it…Ecclesiastes 9:14
Just as two kings wage war over one city, each wishing to capture it and rule over it… so the two souls… wage war against each other over the body and all its limbs.Tanya, Chapter 9
Read the sentence and choose: the Good King or the Bad King? (A great game to play with children.)
By Rabbi Fishel Jacobs. In each book a different child faces a real-life choice, and the two kings “argue” inside his heart.
Mommy asked David to watch his baby sister, and his friends are calling him to come play outside. What will he do?
Debbie needs the computer for a school project, but right now it’s David’s turn. The two kings argue, and David decides.
Order the paperback – $11.99At bedtime, Grandpa tells David a story about a walled city and two kings. Only at the end does David discover who the story is really about.
The Two Kings books are sold at the Kehot bookstore in the 770 building, Kfar Chabad, Israel.
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With the puppets, the teacher doesn’t need to scold. She simply asks, “Who are you listening to right now?” and the child understands on his own. The puppets fit every moment of the day and every holiday of the year.
Everything you need to bring the Two Kings into your classroom: color wall posters, situation cards for role-play, a board game, badges, charts and certificates, all in US Letter size.
All the pages are free to download, right below. Print them, copy them, and share them with other teachers!
See all the pagesAll the Two Kings pages are open to download, print and share, at school, in preschool and at home. Click Preview to see each page before downloading. Every page is US Letter size (8.5 × 11 in). Pages marked color look best printed in color and laminated.
10 pages: crown, stick puppets, Who said it?, board game, crown chart, certificate, writing page and a teacher’s guide
Printed and coil-bound by Lulu, shipped to you.
16 pages: wall posters, situation cards, badges, stickers, a weekly plan and a letter to parents
The series grew out of a stage play performed for more than fifteen years in schools, summer camps and community centers. In every show, a child from the audience faced a dilemma, and two actors, the Good King and the Bad King, “battled” inside his heart. Many of the children who saw it told us years later how much it affected them.
Rabbi Fishel Jacobs – puppets, books, and story visits to preschools