Rising: A Shabbat Baking Story
Celebrate Jewish traditions with children aged 3–7 and make your own challah from the author's recipe
$21.60
- Paperback
40 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2026
Summary
A joyful picture book story celebrating a Jewish mother’s tradition of making challah with her child – and includes the author’s favourite recipe.
Perfect for children who love to bake, this poetic, meditative narration paired with illustrations full of light and warmth captures the experience of a Jewish family as they make challah – a lesson in patience, slowing down, faith and family.
A child and a mother measure, mix, knead, shape and tuck their dough unde…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781529523287 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1529523281 |
| Author: | Sidura Ludwig, Sophia Vincent Guy |
| Publisher: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Walker Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2026 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 4mm x 228mm x 266mm |
| Audience Age: | 3-7 |
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Critics Review
Yes, this book is about making challah and the rituals surrounding it, but it’s also about family, love and the beauty of taking time to rest. Sophia Vincent Guy’s mixed media illustrations in pastel shades are perfectly in-keeping with the gentle lyrical nature of Sidura Ludwig’s narrative. The author includes a recipe for challah and a glossary of Hebrew terms after the story.
A book that should definitely find a place in primary school collections.
Sidura Ludwig
Sidura Ludwig is an award-winning writer for children and adults. Her short story collection You Are Not What We Expected won the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature and was shortlisted for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Her novel Holding My Breath was a finalist for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. Rising is her debut picture book. She lives in Ontario, Canada, with her family, where she makes challah every week.
Sophia Vincent Guy holds a Master of Architecture from McGill University in Montreal. She started her own company, SVG Illustration & Design, in 2015, and her work includes children’s illustration, editorial art, and surface and graphic design. She has illustrated picture books including A Big Stink: A Tale of Ardor and Odor by Edward H. Kafka-Gelbrecht and In Every Generation: A PJ Library Family Haggadah. After growing up in Canada, Sophia now works from her garden studio in a small city outside Tel Aviv, Israel.
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