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The Little Red Hen and the Passover matzah

Oy gevalt! The Little Red Hen likes baking matzah, but she's not so crazy about doing everything herself. Would it be too much to ask her friends Dog, Horse, and Sheep to help plant and harvest some wheat for the delicious Passover treat? Couldn't they at least help schlep the wheat to the mill? A r...

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Main Author: Kimmelman, Leslie
Other Authors: Meisel, Paul (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Holiday House, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Passover > Juvenile fiction.
Animals > Juvenile fiction.
Picture books for children.
Folklore > Juvenile.
Fairy tales > Juvenile fiction.
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Summary:Oy gevalt! The Little Red Hen likes baking matzah, but she's not so crazy about doing everything herself. Would it be too much to ask her friends Dog, Horse, and Sheep to help plant and harvest some wheat for the delicious Passover treat? Couldn't they at least help schlep the wheat to the mill? A recipe for matzah, a glossary of Yiddish words, and a note on Passover traditions is included.
Physical Description:1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Audience:004-008
Lexile: 530.
ISBN:9780823419524 (hardcover)
0823419525 (hardcover)
Author Notes:Leslie Kimmelman is a former children's book and magazine editor, as well as the author of more than a dozen children's books, including The Runaway Latke and Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights. Publishers Weekly has prasied her writing as "energetic" and "highly accessible to very young children." Her current dog, Jodie is one of a long line of family dogs that have loved cool lakes, long, lazy summers, and--especially--ice cream. She lives in the New Yok City area.

Paul Meisel is the author and illustrator of See Me Run, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book, and See Me Dig, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, and is the illustrator of many books for young people, including The Schmutzy Family by Madelyn Rosenberg, a Sydney Taylor Honor Book. He lives in Connecticut.

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