Rosh Hashanah Square-Circle-Star!: A First Shapes Book (a Jewish Holiday Concept Book): Board Books to Celebrate the Jewish Holidays (Board Book)

Learning shapes is easy in this unique board book celebrating the holiday of Rosh Hashanah

From baking a circular challah to listening to the blast of a spiral shofar to folding triangular napkins for the dinner table, young readers will grasp the concept of shapes as they learn about the Jewish New Year!

With simple but clever rhyming text paired with stylish, appealing art, this is a perfect starter board book for children just beginning to learn core concepts―and it doubles as the ideal Rosh Hashanah gift.

The book also includes an age-appropriate explanation of Rosh Hashanah and the ways in which the holiday is celebrated.

Joy Nelkin Wieder is an author, artist, and educator. Her picture book The Passover Mouse, illustrated by Shahar Kober, was awarded the SCBWI PJ Library Jewish Stories Award and was chosen as a PJ Library Selection. Wieder’s historical novel The Secret Tunnel was selected for the PJ Our Way program. When she’s not writing or illustrating books for children, she might be painting landscapes or training service dogs. Wieder lives outside Boston with her husband and two cats. Learn more at jnwieder.com. Aura Lewis is an illustrator, author, and designer inspired by women’s history, fashion, social activism, and culture from around the world. Her books include The Illustrated Feminist, Spectacular Sisters, Dazzling Zelda, and We the People, which was a NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book and a California Reading Association Eureka! Nonfiction Children’s Book Honoree. Lewis holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and currently lives near Shanghai. Learn more at AuraLewis.com.