Welcoming Elijah : a Passover tale with a tail

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Label

Welcoming Elijah : a Passover tale with a tail

Title remainder

a Passover tale with a tail

Statement of responsibility

Lesléa Newman ; illustrated by Susan Gal

Creator

• Newman, Lesléa
• trueNewman, Leslea

Contributor

• trueGal, Susan

Author

• Newman, Lesléa

Illustrator

• trueGal, Susan

Subject

• trueRites and ceremonies
• trueSeder
• trueBoys
• trueBoys and cats
• trueCats
• Cats -- Fiction
• Elijah, (Biblical prophet) -- Fiction
• Elijah, (Biblical prophet) -- Juvenile fiction
• trueJewish holidays
• trueJewish people
• Jews
• trueJudaism
• trueJudaism -- Rites and ceremonies
• Kittens -- Juvenile fiction
• truePassover
• Passover -- Customs and practices -- Juvenile fiction
• Passover -- Fiction
• truePet adoption

Genre

• Juvenile fiction
• Fiction

Language

eng

Summary

Inside the house, a boy prepares for the Passover ritual of welcoming Elijah--meanwhile, outside the house, a kitten lingers in the cold

Storyline

• trueOwn voices

Tone

• trueSweet

Writing style

• trueAttention-grabbing
• trueLyrical

Character

• trueJewish
• trueReligiously diverse

Illustration

• trueDetailed

Award

• National Jewish Book Award, 2020.
• Sydney Taylor Book Award for Younger Readers, 2021.

Cataloging source

NJQ/DLC

Dewey number

[E]

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

LC call number

PZ7.N47988

LC item number

We 2020

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• -1
• 1

Target audience

primary