Celebrate Passover with picture books

Updated April 5, 2023
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An Invitation to Passover
Olitzky, Rabbi Kerry/ Cohen, Rabbi Deborah Bodin/ Kolker, Mariia (ILT)
Paper Book
When Hannah's extended family isn't able to join her for their traditional Passover seder, she invites her diverse group of friends to experience the holiday with her. From Ha-joon's Korean kimchi, to Monique's hymn lyrics, each friend brings a bit of their own culture to the celebration. And with...
Welcoming Elijah : a Passover tale with a tail
Newman, Lesle a
Paper Book
Winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the National Jewish Book Award, Welcoming Elijah by celebrated author Leslea Newman, unites a young boy and a stray kitten in a warm, lyrical story about Passover, family, and friendship. Inside, a boy and his family sit around...
Meet the Matzah : a passover story
Silberberg, Alan
Paper Book
From the creator of Meet the Latkes comes the zaniest retelling of the Passover story starring an earnest matzah and his bready friends! What makes this Passover different from all other Passovers? Meet Alfie Koman. He's a matzah who really likes to...
The Passover mouse
Wieder, Joy Nelkin
Paper Book
In this charming and witty Passover story about kindness, community, tradition, and forgiveness, a little mouse disrupts a town's preparations for the holiday when it steals a piece of leavened bread-orchometz-just as all the houses have been swept clean in time for the holiday. ...
Chelm for the holidays
Frankel, Valerie Estelle
Paper Book
Celebrating Jewish holidays has never been sillier than in Chelm, the Village of Fools! While the Chelmites try to solve problems--like outsmarting bees to get Rosh Hashanah honey, and keeping menorah candles lit without enough oil--their foolishness causes even more chaos. Enjoy these tall tales...
The Passover guest
Kusel, Susan
Paper Book
Sydney Taylor Award Winner A girl's kindness to a mysterious magician leads to a Passover miracle. Beautifully illustrated and deftly told, this story full of hope, tradition-- and just a touch of magic-- is a new Passover classic in the making. It...
The four questions
Schwartz, Lynne Sharon
Paper Book
Why is this night different from all other nights? Every year when families gather for the Passover holiday, the youngest child poses that question as part of the poetic Four Questions near the start of the Seder. The answers are no less than the story of a people bound in slavery,...
Raquela's seder
Stein, Joel Edward
Paper Book
Raquela yearns to celebrate a Passover seder, but Inquisition-era Spain is a time when Jews must hide their religion. Under the rising moon, her clever papa, the best fisherman in town, creates a unique celebration for his family. In his fishing boat on the sea, far from prying eyes, they...

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