Who Brought the Hamantaschen?

by Marcia S. Gresko, Steve Mack (Illustrator)

Overview

In this concept board book that also teaches colors, cute kids celebrate the holiday of Purim. Lily, in her red Queen Esther costume, brings red apples to the Purim party. Leo, dressed as a yellow hamantaschen, brings yellow bananas, and Eli, in his King Ahashverosh costume, brings purple plums. But who brought the hamantaschen to the Purim party?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765620670
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/07/2025
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 6.75(h) x 0.00(d)
Age Range:	6 - 7 Years

About the Author

Marcia Gresko has written more than a dozen books for children and young adults. For eighteen years she worked as an educational toy developer. She has also taught students in grade levels from preschool to high school. She lives in Southern California and Virginia.

Steve Mack has been drawing for as long as he can remember. His first lessons in art were taught to him by watching his grandfather do paint-by-numbers at the summer cottage. Later, he took every drawing class he could find at the local community center and spent every hour of math class sharpening his drawing skills. After graduating from college as a Visual Communications know-it-all, he instead turned from graphic design back to his roots as an illustrator. Steve started freelancing in the year 2000 and has had a steady climb upwards since that time. Steve now lives and illustrates on a small farm with his wife and two young children.

Editorial Reviews

2024-09-28
It’s time for the Purim party—wear your costume, and bring something delicious to eat!

Each page of this board book presents a child dressed in a single-hued costume and carrying a food item to match. The getups vary, with some children dressing as participants from the Purim tale and some in different imaginative or amusing creations. Lily is Queen Esther, dressed in red and displaying a bowl of apples. Nora is an orange butterfly, offering papayas. Ava is a frog with green grapes. And then there’s Leo, holding several yellow bananas and wearing a hamantaschen costume. So who does bring the hamantaschen? After all the items have been presented, the title question is asked and answered. Here comes a pair of loving grandparents—one wears a Purim party hat and waves a grager, or noisemaker—both displaying a large plate of the perfectly triangular jelly-filled treats. Everyone gathers around the festive balloon-decorated table to enjoy all the colorful foods. Making use of flat, simple shapes, the book brims with visual appeal as each vivid, clearly named color is introduced to young readers, but only readers familiar with Purim—or who have a knowledgeable grown-up nearby to explain—will be able to understand the Purim connections. Characters vary in terms of skin tone and hair color.

A charming introduction to colors, set against the backdrop of a happy, child-centered holiday.(Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews