The Best Four Questions
Marcy is finally old enough to ask The Four Questions at her family’s Passover seder. She’s sure when it’s her time to shine, her questions will be the best ever. Though her four (funny) questions are not the ones in Haggadah, her family gently humors her with the answers before she and her brother go on to read the real Four Questions. The book includes The Four Questions in English and back matter includes the answers.
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Author: Rachelle Burk
Rachelle Burk is the author of more than twenty fiction and nonfiction books for children ages 1–14, including picture books, chapter books, board books, and an award-winning middle grade novel. She writes on both secular and Jewish themes with various publishers and has also written for children’s magazines such as Highlights and Scholastic Science World. Rachelle has presented at hundreds of elementary, middle, and pre-K schools around the country with her dynamic (and often hilarious) Author Visit Programs. Learn more at rachelleburk.com.
Illustrator: Mélanie Florian
Mélanie Florian graduated from Emile Cohl Art School in Lyon, France with a degree in illustration. She always loved drawing and, as a child, spent countless hours with pencils and pastels. Mélanie lives in France.
Reviews
Publishers Weekly
“Now that Marcy can read, the duty of asking the four questions at the seder passes to her. But the preternaturally inquisitive Marcy is under the impression that the responsibility involves asking any four questions. Which she does: ‘How many matzah balls are in Grandma’s chicken soup? Why does Uncle Benjy always fall asleep during the Seder? Are worms kosher for Passover? Is horseradish made from horses?’ Florian’s warm-hued, bighearted cartooning portrays a loving, close-knit family, and Burk depicts the family’s reaction to Marcy as affirming and good-humored. They applaud Marcy’s curiosity, provide satisfying answers (although Uncle Benjy insists he’s only resting his eyes), and the seder moves merrily along. It’s clearly not the first seder for Marcy’s family, so it’s unlikely that she wouldn’t know that the four questions don’t involve extemporization. But Passover is a celebration of freedom, and that includes the liberty to take a small detour into shared silliness.” —Publishers Weekly
Kirkus Reviews
“A cheerful explanation of one aspect of the Jewish celebration of freedom.”