For Parents and Grandparents of children 4-8 years of age:

Author, librarian and children's book seller Susan Kusel will speak to parents and grandparents about her book The Passover Guest, as well as how to choose good Jewish Children’s books that teach Jewish values.

The Passover Guest is a fresh retelling of a classic I. L. Peretz story, best known through Uri Shulevitz's 1973 adaptation The Magician. It's the spring of 1933 in Washington, D.C., and the Great Depression is hitting young Muriel's family hard. Muriel assumes her family is too poor to hold a Passover Seder this year, but an act of kindness and a mysterious magician change everything.

Support small business!  Order your copy of The Passover Guest from Words Book Store in Maplewood.

Susan Kusel is a synagogue librarian and children's book buyer for an independent bookstore. She has served as a member of the Caldecott Medal selection committee and the chair of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee. The Passover Guest is Kusel's first picture book. She lives in Arlington, VA.