This Is the Matzah

By Abby Levine and Paige Billin-Frye

Max and his family prepare to celebrate Passover. In cumulative verse, Max and his sister Ruth shop for matzah in the Passover aisle of the grocery store. The family gathers for the traditional Seder that celebrates this holiday of freedom.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
• Release date: Jan 1, 2005
• ISBN: 9780807578827

Abby Levine

Abby Levine is the author of numerous books for children including This is the Pumpkin and Gretchen Groundhog, It's Your Day! She was a children's book editor for many years. She lives in Illinois.

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Reviews for This Is the Matzah

[katieflu628 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This story includes a write up about Passover. This story also has a visual guide for the Seder plate included during Passover. This is a story of Max’s family celebration of Passover and the traditions that go along with it. This is a great tool to help teach non-fiction books, to depict the diagrams that are helpful in learning. The diagrams create wonderful easy to understand facts about the holiday.

[spartyliblover · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Max and his family are celebrating Passover with a Seder dinner and invite us to come along. This picture book does an excellent job of explain Passover and Seder to a young audience. Max is fun loving and seems to be excited about Passover through the pictures. The rhyming style of writing helps the book to flow and keep the readers focus by having repeating parts. There is a summary of Passover before the book begins that would be good for older children, but the book itself describes the summary in an easier to understand language. Overall this would be a great book for a public library for beginning readers and parents that want to introduce their children to different cultures.