Rising

A poetic and illustrated story celebrates a Jewish mothers tradition of making challah with her child, offering a place to rest and count blessings. Sidura Ludwigs narration captures the experience of a Jewish family, while Sophia Vincent Guy's illustrations bring light and warmth to the scene. The authors favorite recipe for challah is included, along with a glossary and an authors note describing the personal meaning of her familys weekly ritual.

Format: Hardback
Length: 40 pages
Publication date: 01 August 2024
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd

A quiet, joyful story celebrating a Jewish mother's tradition of making challah with her child merges a lyrical text with stunning illustrations – and includes the author's favorite recipe. Melt into the nooks and crannies of this book's unhurried pages, offering a place to rest and spend time counting your many blessings – current and imminent. Here, a child and a mother measure, mix, knead, shape, and tuck their dough under a towel like a sleeping baby. Then, as they do every week, they wait while their dough rises, soon to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones. Sidura Ludwig's poetic narration captures the experience of a Jewish family as they make challah – a lesson in patience, slowing down, faith, and family. Illustrator Sophia Vincent Guy brings light and warmth to the scene, from a sun-bleached, gossamer curtain to the rising steam from the bread, all rendered in delicate, decorative patterns. Whatever their background, readers will be happy to find the author's go-to recipe for challah at the end, along with a glossary and an author's note describing the personal meaning of her family's weekly ritual.

Weight: 446g
Dimension: 236 x 278 x 11 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529522624