Moving Box Sukkah

by Leah Berkowitz

Sharon Vargo (Illustrator)

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STARRED REVIEW! "A sweet, accessible, child-centric story." --School Library Journal

A boy and his mom find a creative way to make a new apartment in a new city feel a bit more like home as they prepare to celebrate the fall holiday of Sukkot.

Everything is different and nothing feels like home for a boy who has moved to a new city with his mom. As they unpack together, he can’t find his special blue blanket, he misses his old yard, and he worries that they won’t be able to celebrate holidays as they once did. Calm and sensitive guidance from his mom, who describes how the Israelites had to move and adapt to new surroundings throughout the ages, also includes some hilarious ideas from the rabbis of long ago as they tried to imagine where it might be possible to build a sukkah—the temporary hut where ancient Israelites sheltered during their pilgrimages. The boy begins to see that different isn’t necessarily worse, and a new place can begin to feel more like home, especially when family is together.

  • ISBN13 9781681156279
  • Publish Date 3 October 2023
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Behrman House Inc.,U.S.
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 32
  • Language English