Only Nine Chairs: A Tall Tale for Passover

Features

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Cover Type: Paperback with 32 pages
• Published by: Kar-Ben Publishing October 1982
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 093049413X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0930494131
• Book Dimensions: 11 x 7.6 x 0.2 inches
• Weighs: 3.5 ounces

Product Description
A seder for 19 with seating for 9
Will some have to stand while the others recline?

A rhyming tale for young and old presents a new solution to an old dilemma -- the overcrowded seder. A Passover classic.

Reader Reviews
This darling 37-page book offers even the smallest of children--babies and toddlers too--a funny Passover feast. The poem has barely more than 200 words, but hilariously recounts the arrival of guests--while counting their 19 noses, 38 thumbs, freckles and the hosts' insufficient chairs. It wanders through places they might find seats, including "in the attic,/ Or on bookshelves in pairs,"... "in the sink/ Soaking suds with the pans," camped out "in the carport" or in "empty trash cans." For the Kiddush (blessing the wine) the family will stand, so that's no problem, but the child narrator knows that sitting down for the meal will land "half on the floor." He thinks of stacking everyone in one chair, and reading "the Haggadah/ Sing songs filled with hope,/ With one book at the bottom/And a long periscope." I won't spoil any of the glorious special effects. Suffice it to say, readers will delight in the book's dipping of greens, funny hiding of matzah and hysterical asking of four questions. (Even Elijah brings a laugh.) Children also love the simple pen and ink drawings that bring this light-heartedness to life. Alyssa A. Lappen