On Purim (copy 2)

by Cathy Goldberg Fishman

Other authorsMelanie W. Hall (Illustrator)
Hardcover, 2000

Status

Available

Call number

jFIC GOL

Genres

Collections

Children's, Children's - Purim

Publication

Atheneum (2000), Edition: First Edition, 40 pages

Description

Uses the story of a family's preparations for the Jewish holiday of Purim to explain the traditions connected with this celebration.

User reviews

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One of the best books on holidays created by Fishman and Hall, this combines evocative illustrations with a narrative that is sensitive to the paradoxes of a holiday in which God's name in never mentioned.

Subjects

Purim
Purim Juvenile literature

Awards

Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)

Language

English

Original language

English

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