Chil­dren’s

The Sto­ry of Passover

Fran­cis Bar­ry Sil­berg; Stephanie McFetridge Britt, illus.

  • Review
By – March 27, 2017

This stur­dy board book presents the sto­ry of Passover in clear, sim­ple nar­ra­tive form accom­pa­nied by gen­tly col­ored illus­tra­tions. From Moses’ appeal to Pharaoh for free­dom for his peo­ple through the ter­rors of the ten plagues until the ulti­mate exo­dus from Egypt into the wilder­ness, the sto­ry is told in sim­ple lan­guage and the accom­pa­ny­ing illus­tra­tions have a warm, amus­ing feel.

Michal Hoschan­der Malen is the edi­tor of Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s young adult and children’s book reviews. A for­mer librar­i­an, she has lec­tured on top­ics relat­ing to lit­er­a­cy, run book clubs, and loves to read aloud to her grandchildren.

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