A sweet meeting on Mimouna night
"In this beautiful picture book about the Jewish holiday Mimouna, Miriam can't wait to make the traditional holiday pancakes, moufleta. Miriam's neighbour Jasmine, who is Muslim, shares a sack of flour to make the delicious treat, and the new friends celebrate the holiday together. "--
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Hebrew |
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Toronto ; Berkeley :
Groundwood Books : House of Anansi Press,
2020.
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| Summary: | "In this beautiful picture book about the Jewish holiday Mimouna, Miriam can't wait to make the traditional holiday pancakes, moufleta. Miriam's neighbour Jasmine, who is Muslim, shares a sack of flour to make the delicious treat, and the new friends celebrate the holiday together. "-- |
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| Item Description: | First published in Hebrew in 2019 as A Sack of Luck: A Mimouna Night Tale by Kinneret, Zmora, Dvir -- Publishing House Ltd. |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm Issued also in electronic formats. |
| ISBN: | 9781773063973 1773063979 |
| Author Notes: | Allison Ofanansky was born in the US and moved to Israel in 1996, where she lives in the village of Kaditah with her husband, Shmuel, and daughter, Aravah. She has previously written the Nature in Israel and How It's Made series, and The Patchwork Torah, illustrated by Elsa Oriol, which won the National Jewish Book Award. She works as an editor/translator and volunteers with various organizations working on behalf of community, ecology, social justice and women's issues. Rotem Teplow lives and works in Israel. She graduated from Shenkar College of Design in 2016. Her recent books include The Eternal Soldier, written by Allison Crotzer Kimmel, and Two Bears: An Epic Journey of Hope, written by Patricia Hegarty. She also does illustration work for newspapers and magazines. |
