The Matzah That Papa Brought Home

The Matzah That Papa Brought Home is a 1995 fictional children's picture book by Fran Manushkin and illustrated by Ned Bittinger. It was originally published 1995, by Scholastic.[1] It has been awarded Notable Children's Books by the American Library Association and Notable Book for Younger Readers from the Sydney Taylor Book Award.[2][3]

The Matzah That Papa Brought Home
AuthorFran Manushkin
IllustratorNed Bittinger
Published1995
PublisherScholastic Incorporated
Awards

The story is written like a cumulative rhyme which tells the story of a family's celebration of the Passover Seder.[2][4]

Reception

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A starred review in Publishers Weekly compliments the book's "cumulative text" and "easy and unforced" rhymes and describes Bittinger's character studies as "gems".[5] The School Library Journal described the text as "great fun" and the illustrations as "stellar". A review from Booklist calls Bittinger's illustrations "double-page-spread oil paintings that glow as brightly as the candles on the seder table",[1] while The Horn Book Magazine called the atmosphere of the book "festive and ritualistic".[6]

In 1995 the Sydney Taylor Book Award awarded the book with their Notable Young Readers award.[3] The American Library Association gave it the Notable Children's Books award in 1996.[2] It was also an American Bookseller Pick of the Lists.[7]

It sold more than 50,000 copies.[7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Matzah That Papa Brought Home, by Fran Manushkin | Booklist Online" – via www.booklistonline.com.
  2. ^ a b c "The Matzah That Papa Brought Home | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  3. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20230306182249/https://jewishlibraries.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2023stbaallawardwinnersever.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2023-10-25. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ "LC Catalog - No Connections Available". catalog.loc.gov. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  5. ^ "The Matzah That Papa Brought Home by Fran Manushkin". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
  6. ^ Manushkin, Fran (1995). The Matzah That Papa Brought Home. Scholastic Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-590-47146-6.
  7. ^ a b Manushkin, Fran (1995). The Matzah that Papa Brought Home. Scholastic Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-590-47146-6.