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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherScholastic, Incorporated
ISBN-100439811112
ISBN-139780439811118
eBay Product ID (ePID)48704792
Product Key Features
Book TitleMiriam's Cup : a Passover Story
Number of Pages40 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicHolidays & Celebrations / Passover, General
IllustratorYes, Dacey, Bob
GenreJuvenile Fiction
AuthorFran Manushkin
Book SeriesScholastic Bookshelf Ser.
FormatMass Market
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight3.8 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width10 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromPreschool
Grade ToThird Grade
Dewey Decimal222/.1092
Synopsis"In a feminist variation on the many stories told about Passover, Miriam, Moses's older sister, is the heroine. . . . Bright watercolor paintings lend drama to the story. The text is framed on a background resembling papyrus."--"Library Journal.", Let the Scholastic Bookshelf books be your guide through the whole range of your child's reading experience: laugh with them, learn with them, read with them Category: Holiday It's Passover at the Pinsky home. Before the seder, Mama tells a very important story to Elijah and Miriam-- how the Jewish people were led out of Egypt by Moses. But this year, Mama includes another part to the story: the part about Miriam, Moses's sister. It was Miriam who watched over her baby brother in the bulrushes, who led the women in song when crossing the Red Sea, and who kept the Israelites alive in the desert with water from her miraculous well. This beautifully illustrated, deeply spiritual book celebrates a beloved prophet and reminds us of the magic of holidays and remembrance., It's Passover and Mama is telling the story of how Moses led the Jewish people out of Egypt, but she also includes the part about Moses' sister Miriam who kept the Israelites alive in the desert with her miraculous well. A beautifully illustrated spiritual book that reminds of the magic of holidays and remembrance., It's Passover at the Pinsky home. Before the seder, Mama tells a very important story to Elijah and Miriam-- how the Jewish people were led out of Egypt by Moses. But this year, Mama includes another part to the story: the part about Miriam, Moses's sister. It was Miriam who watched over her baby brother in the bulrushes, who led the women in song when crossing the Red Sea, and who kept the Israelites alive in the desert with water from her miraculous well. This beautifully illustrated, deeply spiritual book celebrates a beloved prophet and reminds us of the magic of holidays and remembrance.