A Tale of Five Balloons

Miryam Rot

Ora Ayal

1974

Ruthy’s mommy brought a gift
What fun!
A balloon for everyone.
For Ruthy—a blue balloon.
For Ron—a yellow balloon.
For Sigalit—a purple balloon.
For Uri—a green balloon.
And for Alon—a red balloon.
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Creator Bio

Miryam Rot

1910–2005

Born in Slovakia, Miryam Rot was a children’s book writer and theorist who wrote about kibbutz life. She immigrated to Palestine in 1931. Rot received the Zeev Award and the UNICEF Smile Award. In 2002, she received the Bialik Prize for Literature.

Creator Bio

Ora Ayal

1946–2011

Ora Ayal was an author, illustrator, mathematician, educator, and translator. Born in Jerusalem, she studied at the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts and received a degree in mathematics from Hebrew University. She created games, stories, and activities for teaching children math. She also translated adult and children’s books from Italian into Hebrew. Ayal illustrated more than one hundred books and wrote and illustrated eight books for children. In 1994, she was awarded the Israel Museum Prize for Illustration.

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