Everybody's Book: The Story of the Sarajevo Haggadah -- Linda Leopold Strauss, Hardcover

This true story begins long ago in Spain, where a bride and groom are gifted a hand-painted haggadah. It is used at many Passover seders until the Spanish Inquisition when the family escapes. The haggadah survived for centuries in different countries. Scholars declared it a treasure. To protect it from the Nazis, a curator smuggled it out of a Sarajevo museum and hid it in a village mosque. On Passover of 1995, with bombs exploding overhead, the Bosnian president brought out the book from an underground vault to show the world that it was safe. The Sarajevo Haggadah has become a symbol of people of many faiths and cultures working together.

Author: Linda Leopold Strauss
Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
Published: 01/02/2024
Pages: 32
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.93lbs
Size: 11.26h x 9.66w x 0.13d
ISBN: 9781728486468
Audience: Ages 9-12

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 11/01/2023
School Library Journal 12/01/2023 pg. 68
Booklist 12/01/2023 pg. 120
Horn Book Magazine 01/01/2024 pg. 123
Foreword 12/27/2023