8 Books about Passover for Children and Babies
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I feel like I should start this post with a disclaimer: I am not Jewish. I married into a Jewish family three years ago and since then it has been a learning experience about Jewish life and culture. One of the more important holidays (possibly the most important one?) in the Jewish calendar is Passover, which commemorates their freedom from enslavement in ancient Egypt. I put together this list for two reasons. One, because it seems like children’s books are all I read these days, and I thought it would be useful to have some good books about Passover for children and babies to read to my toddler daughter both now and when she gets older. And two, these books were an excellent reminder to a non-Jew about what Passover is, with some great and fun explanations of the various traditions associated with Passover.
[An additional note: on Book Riot, we value and actively promote diversity in books and publishing. This list features very few authors and illustrators of colour, unlike the majority of articles published on this website, because there’s a dearth of children’s books by Jewish people of colour.]
A board book that explains in simple terms what Passover is and the various rituals and objects associated with Passover. Great informative book that teaches the basics to little ones (and to adults who aren’t Jewish who married into a Jewish family).
This is a general book about Judaism and not specifically about Passover, but there are some Passover terms in the book (such as P is for Passover!) and this is a very cute and funny board book about Jewish culture.
A funny, cute, and informative book about the four questions, an element of the Passover meal where the youngest person at the table asks four questions about why this night is different from other nights. This year is Marcy’s turn to ask the four questions and she has some great questions — but they aren’t quite the ones traditionally asked. This book is my favourite of all of these Passover books.
A book about one of the foods eaten at Passover, matzah, which is unleavened bread (eaten because when the Jews were granted freedom they had to leave in such a rush that they couldn’t wait for the bread to rise). This book does explain the main concepts of Passover but the focus is on matzah and the different ways to eat it — and how one of the best ways of eating it is in the form of matzah brei, which is like French toast made with matzah. My second favourite of the ones on this list.
