Chil­dren’s

Matzah & Mir­a­cles: A Passover Musi­cal and Chap­ter Book

Jan­u­ary Aksel­rad & Jen­nifer Jo Young; Peter Palag­o­nia, illus.
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By – May 29, 2013
Ariel and Ben­jamin Lern­er are not look­ing for­ward to the bor­ing hol­i­day of Passover. Then their Bubbe steps in with a cre­ative time-trav­el­ing expe­ri­ence, which helps them achieve a whole new per­spec­tive on the hol­i­day. The chil­dren trav­el back to the time of Moses and Miri­am and accom­pa­ny the Jew­ish peo­ple as they escape from Pharaoh’s slav­ery and begin their jour­ney to free­dom. Matzah & Mir­a­cles is divid­ed into four parts. The first part fea­tures the nine chap­ters of the time-trav­el­ing Passover sto­ry. The sec­ond part includes three inter­ac­tive skits that can be per­formed at the Passover Seder or in a class­room, por­tray­ing the dif­fi­cult choic­es and expe­ri­ences in the Hag­gadah includ­ing Sav­ing Baby Moses, ” Moses Con­fronts Pharaoh,” and Miri­am and Moses at the Red Sea.” The third sec­tion includes Passover-themed paper pup­pets to cut out and role-play­ing games for the Passover Seder. The final part includes song lyrics from the includ­ed CD. Matzah & Mir­a­cles is a valu­able inter­ac­tive resource, which aims to amuse and edu­cate. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 4 to 10

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