The Story of Passover - Hardcover

Adler, David A.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823429024 ISBN 13: 9780823429028

Publisher: Holiday House, 2014

Synopsis

On Passover, Jewish people all over the world celebrate their freedom from slavery and their beginnings as a great nation. 

This simple introduction to the Passover story pairs an engaging retelling with bold illustrations, perfect for young readers.

One of the most significant holidays in Jewish tradition, Passover commemorates Moses leading his people out of slavery in Egypt.  The Story of Passover recounts the major events of the story in dramatic but accessible language, from Jacob settling in Egypt to the miraculous parting of the Red Sea. 

The text and images have been vetted for accuracy by a rabbinical authority, and the book includes an author's note about the modern Passover celebration, the seder, and how the different parts of the meal symbolize elements of the story.

About this title

About the Author:

David A. Adler has won many awards, including a Sydney Taylor Book Award, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award Honor,the New York Knickerbocker Award, a Golden Kite Honor, and an Orbis Pictus Award Honor. You can visit his website at www.davidaadler.com.

Jill Weber is a children's book illustrator and a book designer. Her paintings for Eric A. Kimmel's retelling of Even Higher were praised by Kirkus Reviews for their "guileless charm," and the book received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award. She lives in New Hampshire.

From Booklist:

Veteran writer about all things Jewish (among many other subjects), Adler tells a simplified version of the Exodus story. He begins with Jacob and the children of Israel, who began to overpopulate Egypt, leading the pharaoh to enslave them and eventually to kill newborn Hebrew boys. Baby Moses is saved and raised by the pharaoh’s daughter, but when he kills an Egyptian for beating a slave, he is forced to flee. The rest of the story covers how Moses, directed by God, frees the Hebrews. There’s no getting around the fact that the well-known story, with its plagues and deaths, is quite gruesome in places. The text recounts details rather than dwells on them, but this might upset younger members of the intended audience who are not already familiar with the Bible story. Weber’s acrylic paintings, which recall hieroglyphic images, have a young feel, but they don’t shy away from the drama. A good choice for children who are attending Passover seders and want to know more. An author’s note explains what happens at a seder. Preschool-Grade 1. --Ilene Cooper

About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0823429024
• ISBN 13: 9780823429028
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Weber Jill