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The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah
By Kimmelman, Leslie
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-952-4
- Publisher
- Holiday
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Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on May 1, 2010
In conventional Little Red Hen stories, the protagonist works hard cultivating her crops in order to make bread. But bread is chometz (not kosher for Passover)—so who will help the hen make the matzah? Little Red thinks she'll get some assistance from Sheep, Horse, and Dog ("Such friends she had—always ready to lend a hand"). When the pals prove unreliable, though, the hen (somewhat grudgingly) takes up the reins ("'I should live so long,' she kvetched, 'to see this bunch of lazy no-go...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Who will help make the Passover matzah? When Sheep, Horse, and Dog prove unreliable, stereotypical Jewish mother Little Red Hen (somewhat...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
