Passover Is Coming!

by Tracy Newman, Viviana Garofoli (Illustrator)

Overview

Passover is coming!

Readers join a cute family and their dog as they prepare for and celebrate the spring holiday of Passover, cleaning the house, making matzah ball soup, assembling the seder plate, saying the Four Questions, and looking for the afikomen at the end of the seder.

This 12-page board book features '3D-feeling' art by Viviana Garofoli, who illustrates all the books in this Jewish holiday series including Shabbat is Coming!, Hanukkah is Coming! and Rosh Hashanah is Coming!. Introduce young children to Jewish life with these Very First Board Books.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467752428
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	1,054,623
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Lexile:	AD330L (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Tracy Newman has written numerous books for children, including Itzhak: A Boy who Loved the Violin, which won a Schneider Family Honor. Her writing inspiration comes from her adventures raising her children. She lives in Connecticut.

Viviana Garofoli was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she lives with her husband and two daughters. A graduate of Escuela National de Bellas Artes Pridiliano Pueyrredon with a degree in fine arts, she has illustrated more than 70 children's books, including Peek-A-Boo Passover and the board book series A Jewish Holiday is Coming!

Editorial Reviews

11/30/2015
In Newman and Garofoli’s third board book highlighting a Jewish celebration, following Shabbat Is Coming! and Hanukkah Is Coming!, the book’s title becomes a refrain as a family prepares for Passover seder. “We wet hands and scoop,/ Making matzah ball soup,/ Passover is coming,” writes Newman as a boy and an older relative, presumably his grandfather, work together. As in the previous books, Garofoli does a fine job of capturing the family’s closeness as they clean, discuss the Four Questions, hunt for the afikomen, eat together, and more. Well-crafted rhymes and cozy illustrations make this a solid choice for pre-Passover reading. Ages 1–4. (Feb.)

Publishers Weekly

"This playfully illustrated board book introduces some of the customs and rituals of the centerpiece of the Passover holiday: the Seder." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2016-03-02
This playfully illustrated board book introduces some of the customs and rituals of the centerpiece of the Passover holiday: the Seder. Passover will soon be here, and a three-generation family (and their dog) prepare for the traditional holiday. With dustpan and broom they clean every room. Grandfather and grandchild wet their hands and scoop up the meal that will make the matzo balls for the soup. Grandmother and grandchild prepare the Seder plate. Parsley, egg, bitter herbs, bone, greens, and charoset are all there. As the Seder begins, the children recite the traditional four questions they have learned. They dip, drink, and eat, and lean back in their seats. Now it is time to find the afikomen. The book ends back at the table: "Our seder is great, / We all celebrate!" Following the same format used in Shabbat is Coming! (2014) and Hanukkah is Coming! (2015), Newman's rhyming couplets are followed on each page with the titular "Passover is coming!" Unfortunately though, that only works for the first half of the book; for the second half, "Passover is here!" would have been more appropriate. Also, there is a disconnect between text and illustration on the four-questions page, as the text has the children learning, but the illustration has them at the Seder reciting the questions. A sweet introduction in spite of its incongruities. (Board book. 1-4)

Kirkus Reviews