Children's Books About Passover
March 27, 2007
The Jewish holiday of Passover begins at sundown on Monday, April 2nd. If I lived in New York, I would corral Junior and skedaddle over to the Jewish Museum to make "playful Passover puppets" on April 5th. On the 8th, a professional puppeteer performs a story about a family's Passover preparations.
All of which has me thinking about children's books about the holiday. I went straight to the Association of Jewish Libraries for some recommendations. I found excellent annotated bibliographies (in PDF files) of "New and Recent Resources About Passover," as well as an update.
Now I'm well set with a list for the next trip to the library, where I'll also find the April issue of Cricket. Bruce Black, who blogs at Wordswimmer, has a Passover story in the magazine for 9 to 14 year olds. Congratulations, Bruce!
Thanks for the list! We have several of these, but I put a few others on our library list.
Posted by: Genevieve | March 27, 2007 at 02:19 PM
Susan,
And don't forget to check out the April issue of Cricket magazine... which has a Passover story that you might enjoy (by someone who you might know)!
Posted by: Bruce | March 27, 2007 at 02:49 PM
Bruce, is it you!
Posted by: Susan | March 27, 2007 at 02:51 PM
Well, I wanted to surprise you... but, since you guessed, yes, it's me. Enjoy the story!
Posted by: Bruce | March 27, 2007 at 03:07 PM
Neat, Bruce!
Genevieve, you're welcome. I'm glad, too, to finally find some lists of Passover books!
Posted by: Susan | March 27, 2007 at 04:14 PM
I also have a bibliography of Passover books, at www.windowsill.net/jbooksps.html
Posted by: Wendy Betts | March 27, 2007 at 04:43 PM
Thanks, Wendy!
Posted by: Susan | March 27, 2007 at 04:45 PM
My daughter received a signed copy of The Matzah Man last year and we love it! I read it to my 5th/6th grade Sunday School class last week at the synagogue and they loved it too!
My all time favorite is the Mouse in the Matzah Factory.
Posted by: Kelly | March 27, 2007 at 05:17 PM
More good suggestions. That's great, Kelly. I love the onion matzoh crackers with butter. And matzoh ball soup.
Posted by: Susan | March 27, 2007 at 05:24 PM
Thanks for this list--I have to go check now and see what my library doesn't have!
Posted by: elswhere | March 28, 2007 at 11:23 AM
This is a great list, Susan. Thanks so much for putting it together. And now I have to go find a copy of Cricket magazine.
Posted by: Anne | March 28, 2007 at 01:53 PM
Thanks for the list!
I wanted to add a new favorite of mine: Five Little Gefiltes http://www.amazon.com/Five-Little-Gefiltes-Dave-Horowitz/dp/0399246088/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/002-1825593-1024017?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1177267497&sr=8-1
It had me cracking up in the bookstore, and the kids I've shared it with love it.
Posted by: Julia | April 22, 2007 at 02:46 PM
That sounds like a lot of fun. Thank you!
Posted by: Susan | April 22, 2007 at 05:59 PM