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Author: Megan Hoyt ,
Christine Battuz
Publisher: Behrman House Inc.,U.S.
Imprint: Behrman House Inc.,U.S.
ISBN: 9781681156231
ISBN 10: 1681156237
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 03 October 2023
Recommended Age: From 4 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Available To Order
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Reviews
"""It's almost time for Rosh Hashanah, and Tzipporah is finally old enough to help! She excitedly puts on her coat and boots and races outside to help her family dig up the root vegetables they planted on their farm. Hoyt (Bartali's Bicycle) thoroughly, but concisely, tells the story of family and friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah, including their time at the synagogue and the blowing of the shofar. The illustrations' color, bucolic scenery irrefutably support the text and the happiness Tzipporah feels about celebrating the autumn holiday and being old enough to help make the dish of tzimmes. Her playful brown poppy is in almost all the illustrations, as are many chickens, cats, cows, and other farm animals. The illustrations also show the diversity of Tzipporah's community. The text is a bit confusing at the beginning of the story; when Tzipporah races outside to help her family dig up vegetables, the text says she ""races down the rows,"" but the illustrations show her racing down the stairs. VERDICT A wonderful addition to any collection of multicultural children's literature."" -- School Library Journal ""It is almost Rosh Hashanah, and the harvest is ready. Tzipporah and her family pick rutabagas, yams, turnips, potatoes, and carrots. Then, she and her friends choose the most beautiful of the vegetables and scrub them for the Rosh Hashanah meal. Tzipporah is unsure whether these raw vegetables will make an enticing meal for the holiday, but she drizzles butter on them and adds brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and fruit. A delicious tzimmes is the result. After the synagogue service and the blowing of the shofar, the family gathers for their feast, and the tzimmes is beautiful and sweet — just like Rosh Hashanah itself. A tzimmes recipe is appended, along with an author’s note that gives more information about Rosh Hashanah and makes a special point of encouraging children to help prepare the family meal. The beautiful illustrations depict a farm that is bursting with autumn color and complete with a multicultural group of smiling family and friends. This is a lovely book to read aloud at the start of a fresh new year."" --The Jewish Book Council"
"""It's almost time for Rosh Hashanah, and Tzipporah is finally old enough to help! She excitedly puts on her coat and boots and races outside to help her family dig up the root vegetables they planted on their farm. Hoyt (Bartali's Bicycle) thoroughly, but concisely, tells the story of family and friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah, including their time at the synagogue and the blowing of the shofar. The illustrations' color, bucolic scenery irrefutably support the text and the happiness Tzipporah feels about celebrating the autumn holiday and being old enough to help make the dish of tzimmes. Her playful brown puppy is in almost all the illustrations, as are many chickens, cats, cows, and other farm animals. The illustrations also show the diversity of Tzipporah's community. The text is a bit confusing at the beginning of the story; when Tzipporah races outside to help her family dig up vegetables, the text says she ""races down the rows,"" but the illustrations show her racing down the stairs. VERDICT A wonderful addition to any collection of multicultural children's literature."" -- School Library Journal ""It is almost Rosh Hashanah, and the harvest is ready. Tzipporah and her family pick rutabagas, yams, turnips, potatoes, and carrots. Then, she and her friends choose the most beautiful of the vegetables and scrub them for the Rosh Hashanah meal. Tzipporah is unsure whether these raw vegetables will make an enticing meal for the holiday, but she drizzles butter on them and adds brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, and fruit. A delicious tzimmes is the result. After the synagogue service and the blowing of the shofar, the family gathers for their feast, and the tzimmes is beautiful and sweet — just like Rosh Hashanah itself. A tzimmes recipe is appended, along with an author’s note that gives more information about Rosh Hashanah and makes a special point of encouraging children to help prepare the family meal. The beautiful illustrations depict a farm that is bursting with autumn color and complete with a multicultural group of smiling family and friends. This is a lovely book to read aloud at the start of a fresh new year."" --The Jewish Book Council ""It's the first year that Tzipporah is old enough to help with the early fall harvest on her family's farm. Three days before the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah, she rides on the tractor driven by her father, and they turn the soil. Tzipporah learns that the tractor has uncovered various root vegetables. Two days before Rosh Hashanah, our little main character helps gather the rutabagas, yams, turnips, potatoes, and carrots. She and her friends scrub off all the dirt. The day before Rosh Hashanah, Tzipporah and her folks ready the tzimmes, using an old family recipe. And on Rosh Hashanah they enjoy the tzimmes with friends and family after synagogue. A recipe and an author's note round out this sweet farm-to-table Rosh Hashanah story. The illustrations, which are bright and engaging, depict a light-skinned family with a darker-skinned friend. The tzimmes and brisket menu suggests an Ashkenazic family. The family drives to synagogue on the holiday, hence representing branches of Judaism whose members do so as well. The book is a good contender for the Sydney Taylor award. This authentic Jewish story is unique in connecting tradition with family farming. Reading this book prior to Rosh Hashanah will give an opportunity to talk about where food comes from as well as ways to prepare for the holiday. Jewish and non-Jewish readers will learn about root vegetable farming, tzimmes, and basics about Rosh Hashanah."" --The Sydney Taylor Schmooze"
"""It's almost time for Rosh Hashanah, and Tzipporah is finally old enough to help! She excitedly puts on her coat and boots and races outside to help her family dig up the root vegetables they planted on their farm. Hoyt (Bartali's Bicycle) thoroughly, but concisely, tells the story of family and friends celebrating Rosh Hashanah, including their time at the synagogue and the blowing of the shofar. The illustrations' color, bucolic scenery irrefutably support the text and the happiness Tzipporah feels about celebrating the autumn holiday and being old enough to help make the dish of tzimmes. Her playful brown poppy is in almost all the illustrations, as are many chickens, cats, cows, and other farm animals. The illustrations also show the diversity of Tzipporah's community. The text is a bit confusing at the beginning of the story; when Tzipporah races outside to help her family dig up vegetables, the text says she ""races down the rows,"" but the illustrations show her racing down the stairs. VERDICT A wonderful addition to any collection of multicultural children's literature."" --Jennifer Sontag, School Library Journal"
Author Information
Megan Hoyt is the winner of the 2017 SCBWI Work in Progress Award and serves as Membership Coordinator for the SCBWI Carolinas region. Megan's debut picture book, Bartali's Bicycle (February 2021) has garnered many accolades, including being selected as a National Jewish Book Award finalist and placed on the Master List for the Texas Bluebonnet Award. Megan has three more non-fiction picture books forthcoming, also with HarperCollins: The Greatest Song of All: How Violinist Isaac Stern United the World to Save Carnegie Hall, A Grand Idea: How William J. Wilgus Created The Grand Central Terminal, and Kati’s Tiny Messengers: Dr. Kati Kariko and the Fight Against Covid-19. When she is not writing, she loves to swim, walk beside the Catawba river, and read. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina. Christine Battuz received her master of fine arts degree from the Academy of Fine Arts of Perugia, Italy. She has illustrated more than sixty children’s books, including Jackie and Jesse and Joni and Jae, by Christine Barash. She teaches art to adults and children. She was born in France and now lives in Quebec, Canada.
