Talia and the Haman-tushies

Name: Talia and the Haman-tushies
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Linda Elovitz Marshall
ISBN: 9781541516304

Author: Linda Elovitz Marshall

Series: Purim

Narrator: Book Buddy Digital Media

Unabridged: 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Lerner

Published: 01/01/2018

Categories: Children's Fiction, Religious Stories, Holiday Stories

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

It's almost Purim, and Talia's sure that Grandma said they're going to bake "haman-tushies." Eww! But as Talia helps Grandma with the recipe and learns the story of Purim—from the bravery of Queen Esther to the schemes of wicked Haman—she discovers a lot about these holiday cookies that she didn't know. The third in Marshall's play-on-words Talia stories including Talia and the Rude Vegetables and Talia and the Very YUM Kippur. The book includes a recipe for Hamantaschen at the end.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jill

This review is meant for parents, teachers, and other people that work with children to read. Talia is at her grandmother's house helping her to bake cookies for Purim. The cookies are called Hamantaschen but it sounds like Haman-tushies to Talia. As they make the cookies, Talia's grandmother tells......more

Goodreads review by Julie

In this amusing story, Talia's grandmother invites her to help make hamantaschen (which translates to Haman's pockets). These cookies are a special Purim treat. But Talia mishears her Bubbe and thinks that She has said Haman-tushies. Since tushie is Yiddish for one's bottom, Talia doesn't think they......more

Goodreads review by Anthony

Talia visits her grandmother in early spring, and while baking special cookies learns the story of Purim. Purim involves Queen Esther and how she saved her people from Haman's evil plot to destroy them. A recipe for the cookies are at the end of the story.......more