Company's Coming: A Passover Lift-The-Flap Book. Written & Illustrated by Joan Holub and Renee Andriani

Holub, Joan, and Renee Andriani. Company's Coming: A Passover Lift-The-Flap Book. New York: Puffins Books, 2002. Print. 14 pages
Age Group:	1 to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	An interactive Lift-the-Flap book that teaches young readers about the celebration of Passover. The significant words are in both English and Hebrew with a glossary and a recipe for Haroset at the back of the book. The English wording is written in rhyme.
Personal Reaction:	This is a wonderful bi-lingual picture book that can be utilized by anyone who wants to know about cultural celebrations.
Keywords/Tags:	Celebration, Passover, Spring Holiday, Families
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills by observing the illustrations. ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Provide a language enrichment environment ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes