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Pearl's Passover
A Family Celebration through Stories, Recipes, Crafts, and Songs
By Zalben, Jane Breskin
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-68981-487-7
- Publisher
- Simon
REVIEWS
School Library Journal
Reviewed on February 1, 2002
K-Gr 3 A large family, neighbors, and a rabbi (all portrayed in loving domestic detail as sheep) play a role in the stories, recipes, crafts, and songs featured here. Zalben individualizes her characters through humorous touches that make the rather large cast easy to distinguish. The colored-pencil and watercolor illu...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on March 1, 2002
The key ingredient in this Passover celebration is family, as Pearl and her brother Avi welcome cousins, aunt and uncle, and grandparents to help prepare for the holiday. The story conveys the children's excitement and incorporates many traditions as the family rids the house of chametz (risen or fermented grains) and prepares the special Passover dishes. Pearl and Avi pass the time until the first Seder with lots of cooking and crafts—and some friendly competition w...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
