the Great Old One

” writes Michelle Obama

The school week might not have gone as planned

monochrome ink-and-wash scenes add further drama to already-dramatic events

Relayed in his own unsparing voice

Welcoming Elijah: A Passover Tale with a Tail Mary Downing Hahn the Great Old OneWinner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award and the National Jewish Book Award, Welcoming Elijah by celebrated author Lesla 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 the dinner table to embrace the many traditions of their Passover Seder around the dinner table. Outside, a cat wonders, hungry and alone. When it's time for the symbolic Passover