Alligator Seder

by Jessica Hickman, Elissambura (Illustrator)

Overview

They look for bits of chametz. They're good investigators.

They're really just like you and me— except they're ALLIGATORS.



A whimsical alligator family celebrates Passover.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781541560413
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2020
Pages:	12
Sales rank:	1,202,277
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 6.30(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	AD530L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 5 Years

About the Author

Jessica Hickman is a South Florida native, proud mama, and children's book author. She lives in Austin, Texas, with her family, where she enjoys live music, farmer's markets, and exploring the outdoors. Alligator Seder is her debut children's book.

Elissambura is an illustrator of many children's books. She works in a variety of techniques, including digital and mixed media. Her favorite subject is animals. She lives in Argentina.

Editorial Reviews

"Here is a rhyming Passover board book with a funny story that features Jewish alligators in Florida.
The seder rituals are highlighted as a large family of alligators celebrates Passover in the swampy Everglades. They apparently live in a regular house, wear kippot or pearl necklaces and look under their fine furniture for chametz before the seder begins. They also enjoy gefilte fish, of course. Kids will get a kick out of the rhymes and the silliness." — Lisa Silverman, Library Director, Burton Sperber Jewish Community Library, Los Angeles, CA

From the Publisher

2020-01-12
Alligator family and friends gather for a Passover Seder.

In the Florida Everglades, three alligators, likely a mother and a father-and-son duo who both wear kippot, prepare for the holiday meal by laying out a Seder plate, hunting for chametz, and putting the gefilte fish on the table. A trio of “gator guests” arrive, two adult gators with a toddler in tow, bearing wine. The celebration continues with the lighting of the candles, the blessing of the wine, the four questions, the telling of the Passover story, eating matzah, and the hunt for the afikomen. “Gator” conveniently makes a pleasant sonic echo with “Seder,” helping to propel the quatrains along: “It’s time for The Four Questions, / asked by Baby Gator. / Then comes the Passover story, / as at every family seder.” The gators are a happy bunch with expressive eyes and perpetual if toothy grins in Elissambura’s jewel-toned images dominated by blues and greens. Just enough Seder traditions are presented for a toddler audience, but few details of the Passover story are described. Compositions are busy and frequently presented in separate verso and recto layouts; combined with the lack of contrast, these design choices skew the audience somewhat older.

A cheerful introduction to the holiday for youngsters, both reptile and human. (Board book. 3-4)

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