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Talia and the Passover HUG-gadah

Talia and the Passover HUG-gadah
by Linda Elovitz Marshall (Author) and Francesca Assirelli (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop

Booktalk: WOW! A whole holiday about HUGS! As Talia places books called Haggadahs on the Passover table, she can’t wait for the hugging to begin. While waiting, Talia learns about the Jewish people’s escape from slavery in Egypt, the Ten Plagues, the Four Questions, and the Passover meal. But where are all the hugs? After all, it’s called the “HUG-gadah,” isn’t it?

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The author, Linda Elovitz Marshall, is one of my former students.
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Baby Born

Baby Born
by Anastasia Suen (Author) and Chih-Wei Chang (Illustrator)
@ Amazon | Bookshop | Lee and Low Books | Overdrive | WorldCat

Booktalk: Follow new babies through each season and each new step of development from birth to first birthday!

This book first came out as a lift-the-flap book. Then it was published as a board book.

For the 20th anniversary (in 2019) it came out as a paperback picture book. . . with MORE pages in the back with questions to encourage conversations between young readers (soon-to-be siblings) and caregivers.

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It’s #ThrowbackThursday!
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