The Yankee at the seder / by Elka Weber ; illustrations by Adam Gustavson.
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TextPublication details: Berkeley : Tricycle Press, c2009.Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill., photos ; 28 cmISBN: - 1582462569 (hardcover)
- 9781582462561 (hardcover)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's Picturebook | Children’s Holiday | Weber, Elka | Jewish Holiday | Available | 33111005603598 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The war is over, and everyone is saying the South lost. Ten-year-old Jacob would give anything to show those Yankees that not all Confederates are ready to surrender.
He gets his chance when he sees a real, live Yankee soldier walking down his street, on leave for Passover. But before Jacob can think of a way to be brave, the Yankee asks him for a piece of his matzoh.
This true story about a Jewish Yankee soldier joining a Southern family's Passover meal shows how common values can overcome even the most divisive differences. Gathered around the seder table, the group discusses what it means to be free--a subject as relevant today as it was during the War between the States and during the Exodus.
As a Confederate family prepares for Passover the day after the Civil War has ended, a Yankee arrives on their Virginia doorstep and is invited to share their meal, to the dismay of ten-year-old Jacob. Includes historical notes about Corporal Myer Levy, on whom the story is based, and his prominent Philadelphia family.