Pessach is Coming!

Let's Find That Book! will be taking a Passover break and will return on
April 18th with books to commemorate  Holocaust Day.

Clip art by Liz Elby

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A classic Pesach children's book is by לוין קיפנס / Levin Kipnis who wrote the book אגוז של זהב / The Golden Walnut. It was right before Passover and Gadi and Noa were sad.  They don't have new clothes for the holiday or walnuts to play with.  All of a sudden an old man appears and gives them a walnut.  They play with it and then the walnut falls and they run after it.  Read the book to find out what happens next and who the old man really is.  Ages 4-6.

When my children were small, they all loved this Haggadah. אגדה של הגדה, הגדה של פסח  The Animated Haggadah  - The Passover Haggadah by רוני אורן / Roni Oren. Roni Oren has illustrated this Hagaddah with the amazing clay/plasticine figures that he created. The book has the full Haggadah text.  Here's a short clip of the animated movie that the book is based on.  Ages 5-10.

Passover is always celebrated at Springtime.  Passover vacation is a perfect time to go out and learn about Israeli wildflowers.  Whether you've just made aliyah or have been living in Israel for many years  - this is the book for you and your children/grandchildren.  מגדיר פרחי הבר בישראל לילדים ונוער / A Children's Handbook of Israeli Wildflowers by יונה זילברמן / Yona Zilberman is easy to use.   Look up a flower in the book by its color.  Every page has interesting information about each flower. There is a glossary in the back of the book and instructions on how to dry flowers.  This is a book for the whole family to enjoy.






Tip no. 19

Playing with nuts on Passover is quite an old tradition. After you read אגוז של זהב to your children/ grandchildren, give them each a whole walnut to play with. Make up a game or play a game you remember from your childhood.  Afterward, you can open up the nut and show the children the walnut meat inside.  I did this for many years with my first and second graders.  They had never seen a whole walnut before. Here's an interesting article with some game ideas to get you started.  I still have fond memories of playing some of these games as a child.