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A multicultural addition to the Passover picture book canon, this sweet story explores the meaning of freedom for the Jewish people–and their pets! Also available in Spanish: La gran sorpresa de Pésaj.This Passover, Jordanita’s family is leaving their Miami apartment and flying to Argentina to spend the holiday with cousins. Their cousins’ house is the best, since it not only has a giant yard—they also two dogs, a cat, two turtles, and two parrots called Tic and Toc! But when Jordanita hears the Passover story this year, she can’t help but notice that Tic and Toc are in a cage. If the point of Passover is to celebrate freedom, shouldn’t that apply to all creatures? Celebrated Jewish Argentine author Ana María Shua explores the nature of freedom and the love of family in this warm-hearted tale, perfectly paired with the gentle humor of Spanish illustrator Angeles Ruiz’s lively illustrations.

A brand-new kind of interactive picture book invites you to make the sounds you see—and inspires endless fun.This wordless picture book is meant to be read aLOUD! Can you bang and boom, caw and crash, buzz and blub, pitter-patter and pffffft? Will you whoosh, yawn, moo or roar? It’s easy! 1. Open the book. 2. Make the sound that you see. 3. Giggle, turn the page, repeat. With bold colors, zany illustrations, and no words at all, Buzz! Boom! Bang! inspires a whole new kind of reading experience.

What's in his suitcase? Mr. Benjamin is a philosopher with extraordinary ideas. But when his country begins punishing people for being different, he must escape. Over hills and valleys he trudges with a heavy suitcase. What could he be carrying? A compelling story, beautifully illustrated by Pei-Yu Chang, about the importance of personal freedom and the distances we go to protect them--based on a true story of Walter Benjamin.