This children's book was written by Eve Tal of Kibbutz Hatzor; illustrations by Ora Swartz of Haifa
Boris is a new immigrant to Israel. The children in his kindergarten talk to him, but Boris turns away. He doesn't yet know Hebrew. The children try to play with him, but he plays only by himself. The children stop trying to be nice to Boris—until one boy's father gets called up for army duty. Feeling sad himself, this boy begins to see Boris in a new light, and all is different when soon a new boy from Ethiopia joins the class.