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A Different Kind of Passover
by Linda Leopold-Strauss
Illustrator: Jeremy Tugeau
Ages: 6+
Published: 2017
Publisher: Kar-Ben/Lerner
ISBN: 978-1-5124-0102-8
Keywords: Diversity, Read-Aloud, Old age, Family, Holidays
Grandfather is too ill to lead the family seder. The family is distraught until Jessie finds a solution that preserves tradition, albeit in a new way. Color illustrations.