Editorial Review

“Zusman’s story of how a chatty bird becomes comically enmeshed in a family’s seder returns for its 35^th anniversary with new illustrations and shifts in tone that range from subtle to significant. The narrator is now named Lily instead of Leba, and she seems younger and more wide-eyed than her predecessor. Brooker’s artwork—a dense mélange of collage and watercolors—is decidedly more heimish than the impressionistic ink drawings of the original. But the story’s core remains the same: the parrot is adopted by Lily’s family, is named Hametz, and becomes a feathered sounding board as Lily practices the seder’s Four Questions in Hebrew. Zusman died in 1995, but her authorial voice lives on in these pages: it’s like hearing a story from a bubble who adores her family—foibles, follies, and all. Ages 3-8.” – Publisher’s Weekly