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Publication
Holiday House (2014), Hardcover, 32 pages
Description
Tells the story of the enslavement of the Children of Israel by the pharaoh, the coming of Moses, the ten plagues that struck Egypt, and the delivery of the Children of Israel from slavery.
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
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User reviews
LibraryThing member HeatherBallard
I enjoyed this book. Even though it’s a children’s book, I really learned a lot. The book was short and to the point but it still provided a lot of information about Passover. I really enjoyed the illustrations. They were very bright and detailed. Even if you just looked at the pictures, they
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were so detailed that you can understand most of what the story is about. The message of this book is to inform readers about the history of Passover, and to explain why it’s celebrated. Show Less
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
The biblical story of Passover is related in this engaging picture-book from author David A. Adler and illustrator Jill Weber. Beginning with Jacob and his family, and how they settled in Egypt, the narrative describes how the Israelites, or Hebrews, were enslaved. The story of Moses in the
I was familiar with David Adler when I picked up this book, having grown up with his Cam Jansen mystery series for beginning chapter-book readers; and I was also familiar with Jill Weber, who illustrated one of this year's (2019) new Passover picture-books, Pippa's Passover Plate. As a result, I was quite interested to read The Story of Passover. All in all, I found it an engaging tale, and although all of the individual incidents were familiar to me, from my Sunday School Bible readings as a girl, I don't think I'd ever read a story in which they were all strung together as one narrative. I'm not sure why that is (and perhaps my memory is faulty), but although I recall my children's Bible stories collection having each of these incidents, they were all separate stories. However that may be, this is an excellent picture-book to introduce children to the entire Passover story, as contained in the Bible. The narrative is exciting, and the artwork colorful. Recommended to anyone looking for books to use in explaining what Passover is all about to young children.
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bullrushes, and of Moses and the burning bush, are covered, as are the ten plagues that God visited upon the Egyptians, to convince Pharaoh to let the Israelites go. Amongst them was the killing of firstborn sons, in which God passed over and spared the Israelites. The story concludes with the miracle of the parting of the Red Sea, and the final page of the book described the Passover Seder, and the symbolic dishes served at it...I was familiar with David Adler when I picked up this book, having grown up with his Cam Jansen mystery series for beginning chapter-book readers; and I was also familiar with Jill Weber, who illustrated one of this year's (2019) new Passover picture-books, Pippa's Passover Plate. As a result, I was quite interested to read The Story of Passover. All in all, I found it an engaging tale, and although all of the individual incidents were familiar to me, from my Sunday School Bible readings as a girl, I don't think I'd ever read a story in which they were all strung together as one narrative. I'm not sure why that is (and perhaps my memory is faulty), but although I recall my children's Bible stories collection having each of these incidents, they were all separate stories. However that may be, this is an excellent picture-book to introduce children to the entire Passover story, as contained in the Bible. The narrative is exciting, and the artwork colorful. Recommended to anyone looking for books to use in explaining what Passover is all about to young children.
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LibraryThing member HandelmanLibraryTINR
The Story of Passover recounts the major events of the story in dramatic but accessible language, from Jacob settling in Egypt to the miraculous parting of the Red Sea.
ISBN
0823429024 / 9780823429028
Other editions
The Story of Passover by David A. Adler (Hardcover)