Posts Tagged ‘Passover’
Book Review | Five Little Gefiltes
by Dave Horowitz
Score: 4
Illustrated by Dave Horowitz
© 2007, G.P. Putnam’s Sons.
I will admit, the first time I read this book I wondered what I was supposed to think? Should I be offended? Was this just the height of chutzpah to think that people would actually want to own a book about gefilte fish? I personally dislike gefilte fish. [...]
Book Review | Let My People Go!
by Tilda Balsley
Score: 3
Illustrated by Ilene Richard
© 2008, Kar-Ben Publishing.
At my house, the plagues are the high point of our Seder. Water turns to blood, frogs fly, and hailstones soar – you get the picture. This book would be great to use during that section of the Haggadah especially with younger children and their families. It is highly [...]
Book Review | The Yankee at the Seder
by Elka Weber
Score: 5
Illustrated by Adam Gustavson.
© 2009, Tricycle Press.
A 2009 Sydney Taylor Honor Book. This story gave me chills. It is revealing, powerful, tense and emotional. Set in Virginia right after the Civil War has been lost by the South, a family of Southern Jews is preparing for Passover, when a young Yankee officer shows up to [...]
