The See-You-Soon Spice Box - by Pamela Ehrenberg (Hardcover)

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Book Synopsis

Silas and Great-Grandma Faye always end their video calls with "See you soon!" Great-Grandma Faye says that Havdalah, which separates Shabbat from the rest of the week, is like saying "See you soon!" to Shabbat. She shows Silas a spice box made by his great-grandpa, who used to say, "Havdalah is the time between Shabbat and ordinary days, when we get to feel both kinds of magic at the same time." Great-Grandma Faye suggests she and Silas make Havdalah together over the internet until they can be together again. Silas makes his own spice box. When Great-Grandma Faye finally comes to visit, they say Havdalah with both spice boxes.

Review Quotes

"A gentle demonstration of how familial bonds--and traditions--can endure even over vast physical distances." --Kirkus Reviews

"Pamela Ehrenberg's por-tray-al of a mod-ern rela-tion-ship between a child and his great-grand-par-ent is refresh-ing, and Gab-by Grant's expres-sive, col-ored pen-and-ink illus-tra-tions charm-ing-ly depict a con-tem-po-rary sin-gle-par-ent Jew-ish fam-i-ly with a father and two boys." --Jewish Book Council