Vendor
	Mohrbooks Literary Agency Sebastian Ritscher
Original language
English
Categories
Children’s picture books

AFIKOMAN, WHERE'D YOU GO?

Noa Kelner Rebecca Gardyn Levington

A Passover Hide-and-Seek Adventure

Help the children find the afikoman during their seder! It's a rambunctious Passover hide-and-seek story for Jewish fans of Where's Waldo and The Gingerbread Man.

This lively, funny picture book brings to life the Passover tradition of searching for the afikoman - literally. When the mischievous piece of matzoh runs and hides during the seder, all the kids in the family (and even the pet dog!) go hunting for it, through every room in the house. Readers can join the hunt and find the sneaky afikoman in each bright and busy scene while enjoying the playful rhyming text. And they're in for a surprise ending that's as delightful as this favorite part of Passover.

Rebecca Gardyn Levington is a Jewish children's book author, poet, and journalist. She has a master's degree in magazine journalism from NYU and a bachelor's degree in communication studies from UCLA. This is her third published picture book, and her poetry and articles have appeared in various anthologies, newspapers, and magazines. She lives in the suburbs of New Jersey with her husband and two boisterous boys.

Noa Kelner is a freelance illustrator living and working in Jerusalem. She graduated from the Department of Visual Communication at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and now works with Israeli newspapers, magazines, publishers, and design firms. She has illustrated several picture books and is the co-founder and Artistic Director of an art festival in Jerusalem that showcases hundreds of illustrators every year.

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Book Published 2024-02-13 by Rocky Pond Books
Book Published 2024-02-13 by Rocky Pond Books

Comments

At a large seder attended by people of varying abilities, ages, and skin tones, six kids and a dog are dispatched to look for the afikomen - deemed "a silly, sneaky guy" by the participant-narrator, and depicted by Kelner with simple but mischievous facial features and stick arms and legs. Pencil, ink, and digital art, lavish with domestic details, shows the seekers moving through the house and backyard, leaving no cushion unturned, no drawer unopened, and, in the dog's case, no roll of toilet paper unrolled... As the characters wonder repeatedly, "Afikomen? Afikomen? Afikomen? WHERE'D YOU GO?" readers can hunt, too: the elusive entity turns up in every picture, peering from a different hiding place, in this lively tale of seek-and-find.

Kelner's busy illustrations will keep kids happily engaged... This fun book could become a Passover classic. A first purchase.

An inspired twist lets everyone participate in a Passover tradition. This tale allows readers to experience the fun for themselves. This book has the makings of a storytime hit. Kelner rivals Where's Waldo? illustrator Martin Handford in her ability to find unusual hiding places on purposefully busy and imaginatively designed spreads. Joyful, interactive holiday fun.