March 2020 - Anastasia Suen

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March 31, 2020March 30, 2020

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail
by Lesléa Newman (Author) and Susan Gal (Illustrator)

Booktalk: Inside, a boy and his family sit around the dinner table to embrace the many traditions of their Passover Seder around the dinner table. Outside, a cat wanders, hungry and alone. When it’s time for the symbolic Passover custom of opening the family’s front door for the prophet Elijah, both the boy and the cat are in for a remarkable surprise.

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Inside, there was light.
Outside, there was darkness.

March 30, 2020March 29, 2020

Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America

Equality’s Call: The Story of Voting Rights in America
by Deborah Diesen (Author) and Magdalena Mora (Illustrator)

Booktalk: The founders of the United States declared that consent of the governed was a key part of their plan for the new nation. But for many years, only white men of means were allowed to vote. Learn all about the history of voting rights in the United States — from our nation’s founding to the present day.

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