Rosh Hashanah with Uncle Max

by Varda Livney, Varda Livney (Illustrator)

Overview

Uncle Max is coming to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the birthday of the world, with the people he loves. They watch the sun go down, eat their holiday meal, dip challah and apples into honey for a sweet year, and listen to the sound of the shofar.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728429069
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2021
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	1,048,195
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 6.75(h) x (d)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Varda Livney grew up in the United States and now lives with her family on Kibbutz Gezer, between the baseball field and the dairy barn. She can hear the crack of the bat and smell the cows while she draws. She has illustrated 10 children’s books, including one she also authored.

Varda Livney grew up in the United States and now lives with her family on Kibbutz Gezer, between the baseball field and the dairy barn. She can hear the crack of the bat and smell the cows while she draws. She has illustrated 10 children’s books, including one she also authored.

Editorial Reviews

"Uncle Max has clearly done his job, infusing his family’s Rosh Hashanah holiday with joy and delight." — Ellen Drucker-Albert, Co-editor, Children’s and Teen Literature, AJL News and Reviews; Manager, Adult & Information Services, Cold Spring Harbor Library & Environmental Center, Cold Spring Harbor, NY

From the Publisher

09/01/2021

PreS-Gr 1—On Rosh Hashanah, Uncle Max comes to visit, and together, a Jewish family lights the holiday candles, blesses the wine and grape juice, dips challah and apples in honey, eats other traditional foods, attends synagogue to hear the shofar, and enjoys a special cake to celebrate the birthday of the world. This adorable board book is loaded with accessible, age-appropriate information that never bogs down the text. Hebrew words and phrases (in transliteration) are defined. As in Livney's What I Like About Passover, the colorful, expressive, cartoon illustrations depict a racially diverse, contemporary family: Uncle Max is white, while the children are Black and other family members have varied skin tones. Along with Chris Barash's Is It Rosh Hashanah Yet?, Tracy Newman's Rosh Hashanah Is Coming!, and Linda Heller's Today Is the Birthday of the World, this is a wonderful way to introduce the youngest readers to the holiday. VERDICT A strong choice for board book collections and holiday displays.—Rachel Kamin, North Suburban Synagogue Beth El, Highland Park, IL

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