A lit­tle boy tells the sto­ry of Passover, explains his family’s prepa­ra­tions for the hol­i­day, and describes their Seder. Bright, cheer­ful pic­tures dec­o­rate the sto­ry, with a large flap reveal­ing extra details on almost every page. There is more text than in most nov­el­ty books of this sort, and young chil­dren may be con­fused by some of the vocab­u­lary, such as ​“dev­as­tat­ing” and ​“her­itage.” The advan­tage of the exten­sive text is that it allows the mean­ing of Passover to be explored, as when Grand­pa tells the fam­i­ly that ​“ask­ing ques­tions, espe­cial­ly dur­ing the Seder, is a sign of free­dom. If we are free to ask ques­tions, then we are free to find our own answers.” This lib­er­al inter­pre­ta­tion fol­lows estab­lished belief and the cus­tom­ary order of the seder. For ages 5 – 7.