Welcoming Elijah
  • Published: 28 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781580898829
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $32.99

Welcoming Elijah

A Passover Tale with a Tail

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Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the National Jewish Book Award, Welcoming Elijah by celebrated author Lesléa Newman, unites a young boy and a stray kitten in a warm, lyrical story about Passover, family, and friendship.

Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the National Jewish Book Award, Welcoming Elijah by celebrated author Lesléa Newman, unites a young boy and a stray kitten in a warm, lyrical story about Passover, family, and friendship.

Inside, a boy and his family sit around the dinner table to embrace the many traditions of their Passover Seder around the dinner table. Outside, a cat wonders, hungry and alone. When it's time for the symbolic Passover custom of opening the family's front door for the prophet Elijah, both the boy and the cat are in for a remarkable surprise.
  • Published: 28 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781580898829
  • Imprint: Charlesbridge Children
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 32
  • RRP: $32.99
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About the author

Leslea Newman

LESLEA NEWMAN is the author of over fifty books, including Heather Has Two Mommies, the first children's book to portray lesbian families in a positive way. She lives in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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Praise for Welcoming Elijah

Praise for Heather Has Two Mommies (Newman)

  • "Now a modern classic, the children's book Heather Has Two Mommies is the perfect Mother's Day book, times two."--Los Angeles Times

    • Praise for Here Is the World: A Year of Jewish Holidays (Newman and Gal)
  • "A distinctive and welcome addition."--School Library Journal

    • Praise for October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shephard (Newman)
  • "[A] truly important book that deserves the widest readership, not only among independent readers but among students in a classroom setting, as well."--Booklist, starred review

    • Praise for Hannukah Delight (Newman)
  • "Newman hits all the key Hanukkah moments."--Publishers Weekly

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