Six new titles in the top selling My First series that continue our focus on early language development. Introduce babies and toddlers to the most important holiday in the Jewish year with this delightful addition to the My First books. Helping your child count the candles on the menorah and pointing out the Hebrew letters on a dreidel will aid in building early learning skills while the scenes of children acting out the Passover story give insight into the holiday's traditions.
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From the Haggadah to the plague of locusts to matzo ball soup, Passover is filled with many intriguing traditions, stories, and foods. Very young children will love learning about this most important Jewish holiday with DK's extra-sturdy little board book. Crisp photos and preschool age-appropriate language tell the story of Passover, and describe Seder preparations, a song (with musical notation), and some of the colors of Passover (blue yarmulke, green parsley, red wine, silver candlestick). Scenes of costumed children acting out the story of Passover will help readers grasp the historical significance and rituals of the holiday. Along with its companion title, My First Hannukah Board Book, this handy guide will be a real favorite for kids who are beginning to ask "Why is this night different from all others?" (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter
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Like other entries in the publisher's My First series, DK's My First Passover Board Book uses photographs and mostly self-contained spreads to introduce core ideas and concepts. Costumed children, for example, mime the roles of Moses, Pharaoh and the fleeing Jews, and a box of matzoh meal illustrates the notion of "special Kosher for Passover food." Explanations may seem a bit dumbed-down, as in the identification of the sixth plague as "nasty illness" (depicted with a head shot of a boy with red spots drawn on his face).
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: My First Passover Board Book (My First series) (Board book)
If you only can buy one Passover book for your two through six year old, this should be it. The book has more pages than most board books and is a very good value for the money. It tells the story of Passover (many children's books do not) as well as talking about customs and traditions most Jewish children will see. One of the best thing about this series is that it uses faces of real children (ages 5 to 6 approximately) to depict the characters in the book,therefore, making it very eye-appealing to readers. There is something in the book for very young children as well as early readers.
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Lovely, sturdy Passover book for the youngest set!,
This review is from: My First Passover Board Book (My First series) (Board book)
This was one of two books I bought my 1-year-old this year, for her second Pesach and my only disappointment is that I've since discovered it comes in a boxed set with a book on Shabbat and one on Chanukah (I think); it's definitely worth spending a bit more and getting all three!
This is a catch-all book that includes a little bit on the story of the exodus, Passover customs and the seder itself. There are lots of photos of real kids re-enacting the Moses story - much older than the book's typical reader, but still, it's nice to see children's faces. There's also a page of music notation with a girl singing "Mah Nishtana" - our baby loves to flip to that page and hand the book to one of us to sing for her! If I had to complain about something it would be the final page, featuring Passover colours, which seems a little forced to me - like somebody was trying to figure out what to stick in there. The colours and pictures chosen simply aren't all that interesting ...brown nuts, for example, or a yellow feather (the book doesn't explain how the feather comes into the story). Still, it doesn't detract from the book as a whole, and I'd still love to get the other two in this series. Kudos to DK publishing for helping to fill the vacuum of quality Jewish holiday books. Maybe it'll get some of the Jewish publishers figuring out what they can do to liven up their offerings. This would also make a lovely Passover gift to families with young children (1-4).
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