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In new Passover children’s books include a mystery, Obama’s White House seder and a graphic novel from writer Dara Horn

March 4, 2025March 4, 2025Jesse Orine

An endless Passover seder takes center stage in “One Little Goat: A Passover Catastrophe,” by writer Dara Horn and illustrator Theo Ellsworth, award-winners who teamed up for a humor-filled, time-travel graphic novel for young people. The tale of an epic seder — it drags on for six months — joins a new crop of children’s […]

Teen novel about women vampires wins a top prize for Jewish children’s books

January 27, 2025January 28, 2025Jesse Orine

By day, sisters Molly and Clara appear to be modern-day New Yorkers, living in an indie cinema that was once home to a Yiddish theater. At night, they transform into estries — owl-like women vampires who prey on men. Molly and Clara — whose alter egos are based on figures from Jewish lore — are […]