{"product_id":"rising-9781536225495","title":"Rising","description":"\u003cb\u003eA quiet, joyful story celebrating a Jewish mother's tradition of making challah with her child merges a lyrical text with stunning illustrations--and includes the author's favorite recipe. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelt into the nooks and crannies of this book's unhurried pages, offering a place to rest and a pregnant pause for counting your many blessings--current and imminent! Here, a child and a mother measure, mix, knead, shape, and tuck their dough under a towel like a sleeping baby. Then, as they do every week, they wait while their dough rises, soon to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones. Author Sidura Ludwig's poetic narration captures the experience of a Jewish family as they make challah--a lesson in patience, slowing down, faith, and family. Illustrator Sophia Vincent Guy brings light and warmth to the scene, from a sun-bleached, gossamer curtain to the rising steam from the bread, all rendered in delicate, decorative patterns. Whatever their background, readers will be happy to find the author's go-to recipe for challah at the end, along with a glossary and an author's note describing the personal meaning of her family's weekly ritual.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSidura Ludwig\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning writer for children and adults. Her short story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not What We Expected\u003c\/i\u003e won the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature and was short-listed for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. Her novel \u003ci\u003eHolding My Breath\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award. She holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Master of Journalism from Carleton University. \u003ci\u003eRising \u003c\/i\u003eis her debut picture book. Sidura Ludwig lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with her family, where she makes challah every week. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophia Vincent Guy\u003c\/b\u003e holds a Master of Architecture from McGill University in Montreal. She started her own company, SVG Illustration \u0026amp; Design, in 2015, and her work includes children's illustration, editorial art, and surface and graphic design. She is the illustrator of several picture books, including \u003ci\u003eA Big Stink: A Tale of Ardor and Odor\u003c\/i\u003e by Edward H. Kafka-Gelbrecht and \u003ci\u003eIn Every Generation\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eA PJ Library Family Haggadah\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into several languages. After growing up in Canada, Sophia Vincent Guy now works from her garden studio in a small city outside Tel Aviv, Israel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Candlewick Press (MA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50583468704018,"sku":"9781536225495","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8f5e034-cd76-4798-be24-cd9fe8af6603.jpg?v=1732029013","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rising-9781536225495","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}