Benjy's Messy Room

By Barbara Diamond Goldin, Rita Tan (Illustrator)

A messy room, a looming deadline, and a playful twist on a Passover tradition.

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32 pages

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With Passover approaching, Benjy's room is a chaotic mess. Toys are everywhere, and the breadcrumb hunt is imminent. But when Benjy and his sister Shira turn cleaning into a playful game, time slips away. As sundown nears, will they finish in time? Discover how a chore becomes an adventure in this charming tale of sibling bonding and the pre-Passover ritual of bedikat hametz.

From the publisher

“Chametz hunt-ing meets sib-ling bond-ing in this cute and infor-ma-tive read.” –Jewish Book Council”The book provides a useful starting point for thinking about how to approach a problem that seems overwhelming.” –Association of Jewish LibrariesPassover starts tomorrow, and Benjy’s room is a mess. His race car set, his superheroes, and his firetruck are spread across his room, along with all his other toys. He knows he needs to clean them up, especially with Passover and the breadcrumb hunt starting tonight. But it’s much more fun to have a pretend hunt with his little sister, Shira. Benjy crumbles up pieces of paper to be the crumbs. He hides one under his race car, and under his firetruck, and all around his room. They get so caught up in the game, Benjy doesn’t notice it was almost sundown. Now he’ll never finish in time! That is until he realizes that cleaning might not have to be a chore.This story about making chores fun, and the bonds between siblings, introduces readers to bedikat hametz, a fun pre-Passover ritual in which families hunt for bread crumbs throughout the house on the night before Passover.

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