The Key to My Heart

“So, let’s go look for the keys in all those places, said Yonatan. Come on then, said Dad, and off they went”.

What do fathers do when they’re not home? What kinds of adventures do mothers have when they’re at work? Yonatan and his father are locked out, and together, they go searching for the key. The search ends when they find the lost key, as well as one another. Yonatan’s glimpse into his father’s life creates a special intimacy between them, thanks to the opportunity to enter his father’s world.

Nira Harel [born in 1936] is a writer and editor. She wrote over 60 books for children and young adults, has won multiple awards for her work, and founded the “Daf Daf” website encouraging reading and acquaintance with children’s literature.

“A good book is one you think about the following day. One that makes readers feel something they had not felt before it”
[Nira Harel, interviewed in Globes, March 2006]

Yossi Abulafia [born in 1946] is an illustrator, caricaturist, animator, and children’s book writer. He has won many awards for his works. His illustrations are full of details, yet light and amusing, reflecting a great love of people and nature.