This family Haggadah combines the best parts of a Passover seder with the tale of a little matzah raft. The raft sails at sunset with two kids and a crew of shoes. Tracks on the seder trail lead to holiday candles, ten frightful plagues and a lot of questions. The Haggadah highlights why Jews retell the Passover story year after year.
Levinās playful illustrations capture the seder rituals and relate them to our world today. The language is welcoming with prayers and songs in English and Hebrew. Haggadah Regatta invites readers and non-readers alike to participate in the seder. The crew learns that actions really matterā¦ especially if you happen to be a kid named TwoZooZEEM.Ā
Haggadah Regatta is a delightful Passover book for children in the days leading up to the holiday, during the seder, and at bedtime under the Matzah Ball Moon.
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Carol Bloom Levin writes adventure tales that celebrate Jewish life. Her first picture book, A Rosh Hashanah Walk, came out when her children were small. Decades later, a foot-stomping Passover seder inspired the kidās Haggadah. Shoes are part of Carolās history. Growing up in New Jersey, she played STOMP! in her daddyās shoe store.
After receiving a BFA from Boston University, Carol exhibited her work in galleries, taught drug prevention to students in grades 2-6, and produced The Synagogue Journal: 1856-2006, a comprehensive history of the first Jewish congregation in Brooklyn, New York. The author-illustrator is a member of the Society of Childrenās Writers & Illustrators. Carol lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan and loves to travel with the matzah raft. Website: www.carollevin.us
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āā¦ it hits that sweet spot, managing to create a meaningful ritual text while also remainingĀ fun and attractive for the youngest participants attending the family sederā¦ I can imagine many young families using this Haggadah both as a read-aloud introduction to Passover and as their actual family Haggadah during the sederā¦ā āJessica DeYoung Kander, Washtenaw Jewish News
āHaggadah Regatta is a playful and delightfully illustrated Haggadah thatās perfect for youngĀ children and their familiesā¦ The language of the Haggadah is inviting for non-Jews and Jews alikeā¦ creative transliterations of Hebrew prayers and songs mean that anyone can participateā¦ā āRabbi Ora Nitkin-Kaner
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āThis is the perfect way to keep everyone occupied around the Seder table. Not too many words and beautiful illustrations that give just enough scope for discussion but not distractionā¦ [I am] so glad I bought multiple copies!ā āAnne Sebba
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āLike the best musicā¦ I find the rhythms and delight of this book keep coming to my mind weeks after I read it. I love its spirit, certainly its comprehensiveness, but mostly how it engages children and parents in the joyful repetition of sounds and actions. It punctuates the seder -- with a STOMP, with songs, and with a physical play on wordsā¦ it will animate our Passover ritual for years to come.ā āLee Gruzen