Sound the Shofar: A Story for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur

It's Rosh Hashanah, and the loving family of Hanukkah Lights, Hanukkah Nights and Hooray! It's Passover gets ready once again for another holiday. After a special dinner, the family goes to synagogue to hear Uncle Jake sound the shofar and bring in the New Year. Ten days later, it's Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. With simple text and glowing illustrations, this story captures the rituals and importance of the ten special days called the Days of Awe or the High Holy Days that Jewish people all around the world celebrate.

Leslie Kimmelman (she/her) is the author of more than fifty children's books, including The Eight Knights of Hanukkah, Eight Nights of Lights, The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah, and Write On, Irving Berlin!, which are all Sydney Taylor Notable Books, and the Sydney Taylor Honor Book Everybody Says Shalom. She lives in the New York City area, where she has hosted many lively seders, complete with mismatched chairs. Visit her at lesliekimmelman.com.