Review: Challah Day!
Challah Day!
by Charlotte Offsay, illustrated by Jason Kirschner
Holiday House, 2023
Category: Picture Books
Reviewer: Linda Marshall
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In this warm, rollicky kitchen adventure, a family (including the dog and rambunctious baby) prepares to welcome Shabbat by making home-made challah for Friday night dinner. In bouncing, rhyming language that begs to be read aloud again and again and again, the steps of challah-making are described. Hilarious illustrations by Jason Kirschner depict the joy of family baking and add to the humor. The rhymes bounce, the story is told, the table is spread. The reader is in for a treat.
Challah Day is a warm, humorous, and accurate representation of an Ashkenazic Jewish family as they make the traditional challah bread in preparation for Shabbat. The story's emphasis on creating a Jewish home shines at the end of the story when older guests (presumably grandparents) arrive to join in welcoming Shabbat. Back matter includes an easy-to-follow (and fun to read) recipe and information about challah and bread and their role in the Ashkenazic Jewish tradition. A "must" for every library that would like to include easily-accessible information about the most holy of Jewish days - Shabbat.
In this warm, rollicky kitchen adventure, a family (including the dog and rambunctious baby) prepares to welcome Shabbat by making home-made challah for Friday night dinner. In bouncing, rhyming language that begs to be read aloud again and again and again, the steps of challah-making are described. Hilarious illustrations by Jason Kirschner depict the joy of family baking and add to the humor. The rhymes bounce, the story is told, the table is spread. The reader is in for a treat.
Challah Day is a warm, humorous, and accurate representation of an Ashkenazic Jewish family as they make the traditional challah bread in preparation for Shabbat. The story's emphasis on creating a Jewish home shines at the end of the story when older guests (presumably grandparents) arrive to join in welcoming Shabbat. Back matter includes an easy-to-follow (and fun to read) recipe and information about challah and bread and their role in the Ashkenazic Jewish tradition. A "must" for every library that would like to include easily-accessible information about the most holy of Jewish days - Shabbat.
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