pickI am learning a lot about Passover from picture books. I'm fascinated by the tradition of tasting memories to commemorate a shared experience that happened thousands of years ago. A connection to pre-history maintained on a global scale through unmentionable persecution and diaspora.
pickMy library needs more diverse picture books. This is a fun and beautiful sharing of a Passover when a stray kitty finds a home. The book includes information about Passover for people unfamiliar with the traditions. #everybodybooks #weneeddiversebooks
Who doesn't love #bookmail? Now, where on the TBR does it go? I tend to put new books on top. Seems I shelve books and look at them 2,3, or 6 months later thinking, "Oh, why haven't I read that yet?" Then it hits me: I like the shiny new object.????
This picture-book tells the story of a terrible drought year, when the potato crop was decimated, and a small Jewish shtetl was running out of food, right around Hanukkah time. Tante Golda, known for her delicious latkes, is generous to a wandering beggar, despite her own poverty, and is rewarded in turn. I enjoyed the expressive artwork here and appreciated the story of the latke miracle, which parallels the miracle of the Hanukkah story itself.
Author/illustrator Marilyn Hirsh takes the folkloric story of the wanderer who creates a delicious dish from seemingly nothing - tale type 1548 in the Aarne–Thompson–Uther folktale classification system, it is most commonly known through such tales as Stone Soup - and gives it an Eastern European Jewish shtetl setting in this picture-book for Hanukkah. I enjoyed both the narrative and the vintage artwork here.
Day 26: Family Time
Our Chanumas dinner was, of course, built around the latkes. Everything was delicious!
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Mary, the 83 year old woman whom I volunteered with at the bookshop this morning insisted I MUST read this book. I literally have NO IDEA what it‘s about and now I own it. Will use it for #pop22 #ABookYouKnowNothingAbout 😉
Look at this little thing, isn‘t it cute? I first saw this book at Barnes & Noble and fell in love with the art. I enjoy the old Jewish tales. This one is about a man who has quite the time when all he wants to do is just celebrate Hanukkah in peace! Next time you light a menorah, you‘ll certainly think of him.
Happy Holidays and Merry Everything! 🎄🍄🕯✡️🕎
Day 21: Holiday Crafts
Now that we share holidays w/our DIL's family, we tend to get Thanksgiving, but defer Xmas to her family. This year that means that we're celebrating Chanumas (Chanukah + Christmas) on 12/23.
I hope to knit up these cute/tiny dreidels to tuck into stockings. We'll see if there's time after baking and cleaning. Keep your fingers crossed for me!
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