{"product_id":"our-spectacular-sukkah-isbn-9781536235104","title":"Our Spectacular Sukkah","description":"\u003cb\u003eCommunity, connection, and a capricious turn of weather each play a role as a family sets out to create a homemade shelter in celebration of the Jewish Sukkot holiday.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor one excited family, it’s time to build a sukkah in their backyard—a glorious, sturdy sukkah just for them. They can’t wait to eat, play, and sing in it for seven days and watch the stars through it for seven nights. Everything is perfect until . . . \u003ci\u003ewhoosh! \u003c\/i\u003eA sudden, powerful burst of wind crashes through and ruins everything. But wait, could all those neighbors toting stray branches and other bits and pieces help to make this the family’s—and the neighborhood’s—most special Sukkot yet? With its themes of connection, helping, and sharing food, this sweet story from the creative team behind the award-winning \u003ci\u003eRising \u003c\/i\u003ehas appeal both to Jewish families who mark this harvest holiday every year and to families just learning about it for the first time. Back matter offers more information about Sukkot and instructions on making a miniature sukkah of your own.\u003cb\u003eSidura Ludwig\u003c\/b\u003e writes for both children and adults. Her debut picture book, \u003ci\u003eRising\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated by Sophia Vincent Guy, received a Sydney Taylor Honor; her short-story collection, \u003ci\u003eYou Are Not What We Expected\u003c\/i\u003e, won a Vine Award and was short-listed for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award; and 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’s degree in journalism from Carleton University, in Ottawa. Sidura Ludwig lives with her family in Thornhill, Ontario.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSophia Vincent Guy\u003c\/b\u003e works as an editorial illustrator, surface designer, and graphic designer. She is also the illustrator of several picture books, including \u003ci\u003eRising \u003c\/i\u003eby Sidura Ludwig; \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. She grew up in Canada; earned a master’s degree in architecture from McGill University in Montreal; and now works from her garden studio in a small city outside Tel Aviv, Israel.","brand":"Candlewick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233458991333,"sku":"NP9781536235104","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781536235104.jpg?v=1767734345","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/our-spectacular-sukkah-isbn-9781536235104","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}