Product details
- ISBN 9781529523287
- Weight: 230g
- Dimensions: 228 x 266mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2026
- Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 under a towel like a sleeping baby. Then, as they do every week, they wait while their dough rises, soon to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones.
Includes the author’s own challah recipe, a glossary of terms and an author’s note describing the personal meaning of her family’s weekly ritual.
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. Find her online at siduraludwig.com and on Instagram as @siduraludwigauthor.
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. Find her online at sophiavincentguy.com and on Instagram as @sophia_vincent_guy.
