and A Boy (originally published in Hebrew as Yona v'naar by Am Oved Publishers, Tel Aviv), translated by Evan Fallenberg, Random House, New York, 2013 Two She-Bears Non-fiction 1985 Bible Now, a book containing interpretations of Hebrew Bible stories from his personal point of view, which first appeared in the newspaper Haaretz. Elements of Conjuration 1995 Mainly About Love 1998 My Jerusalem 2008 In the Beginning: Firsts in the Bible 2011 Beginnings: Reflections on the Bible's Intriguing Firsts (Nonfiction) 2011 My Russian Grandmother and Her American Vacuum Cleaner 2017 My Wild Garden Children's books 1982 Michael and the Monster of Jerusalem 1987 Zohar's Dimples 1988 My Father Always Embarrasses Me 1990 Nehama the Louse 1993 How the Neanderthal Inadvertently Invented Kebab 1994 A flood, a snake and two arks 2021 “A Snake, a Flood, a Hidden Baby” (Eng, Kalaniot Books, USA) 1995 The Tractor in the Sandbox 2000 Aunt Michal 2004 A lion at night 2004 Roni and Nomi and the Bear Yaacov A Louise Named Thelma A Lion in the Night 2007 Uncle Aaron and his rain References Meir Shalev in duet with jazz guitarist Dekel Bor External links "You were caught with your trousers down in a war of your own making", speech at Tel Aviv mass rally, May 2007 1948 births Living people Bernstein Prize recipients Brenner Prize recipients Hebrew-language writers Israeli children's writers Israeli Jews Israeli novelists Jewish writers Modern Hebrew writers People from Nahalal 20th-century novelists