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Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher
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Laurel Snyder (Goodreads Author),
David Goldin
While waiting for the bus, a man tells Baxter the pig about the joys of Shabbat dinner. But before Baxter can find out how he, too, can join in the fun, the man has boarded the bus. Soon after, Baxter learns that he certainly cannot be a part of Shabbat dinner because he's not Kosher. So begins one pig's misguided quest to become Kosher. Will Baxter succeed or will his dre...more
Library Binding, 32 pages
Published
August 24th 2010
by Tricycle Press
(first published 2010)
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I got this as a First Reads a few months ago, but recently moved and just now unearthed it. It is a really cute children's book with an entertaining yet educational story. The pictures are gorgeous and I enjoy flipping through it. While centered around explaining shabbat, the story would likely be engaging to many different children and is an excellent idea for a book for children that pushes us to be open minded and continue learning.
Excellent Jewish children's book. One could offer a meta-analysis of the book as a de-othering of the ultimate "other" in Jewish tradition, the pig, whose goal throughout the book is to be kosher enough to make it to the Shabbat dinner table. Baxter eats kosher dill pickles, challah bread, and more, but he ultimately meets a rabbi in the street and learns that he can be a guest at the Shabbat table, not the main course, and therefore does not need to work so hard, futilely, to be kos...more
Baxter is a very curious pig. When he encounters a Jewish man at the bus stop, the man tells him all about the wondrous event of Shabbat. The man describes Shabbat in a way that intrigues Baxter. "The candles gleam and glow and dance while our sweetest voices lift in song."
The next day, another man tells Baxter that he cannot be a part of Shabbat dinner because, as a pig, Baxter is not kosher. Well, poor Baxter takes it upon himself to do everything he can to try and be koshe...more
The next day, another man tells Baxter that he cannot be a part of Shabbat dinner because, as a pig, Baxter is not kosher. Well, poor Baxter takes it upon himself to do everything he can to try and be koshe...more
A fun picture book, with a great sense of humor. Is there anything less kosher than a pig? Baxter is nonetheless determined to become kosher and thus qualified to take his place at Sabbath dinner.
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A humorous tale of a pig who hears about Shabbat dinner from a man waiting for the bus. The singing and lighting of candles intrigues him. However, for some reason, the nice man tells him that he is not kosher, and therefore cannot be part of Shabbat dinner. So, Baxter the pig eats tons of kosher pickles and 5 loaves of raisin challah bread and tries to become a cow. Nothing works. Until a rabbi finally tells him that although he is a pig, and therefore will never be kosher to eat, he is more th...more
Baxter, a curious sort of pig, wants to be kosher so he can be a part of Shabbat dinner. He wants to see the candles gleam and glow and dance and lift his sweetest voice in song. After eating kosher pickles, challah bread and behaving like a cow, Rabbi Rosen explains that if Baxter is kosher, that means he can be eaten for dinner, but everyone is welcome at Shabbat dinner.
kosher - shabbat -
kosher - shabbat -
I'm not really the target audience for this book, I don't imagine, but I still enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for any book that combines drawn illustrations with magazine cutouts, but I thought the text was funnier than the art (although the pickle endpapers are fun). I think it'd be neat to study this book with Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, which uses a similar style of art.
As someone with limited knowledge of the Jewish faith, I still found this book HILARIOUS! Baxter is just so dedicated, so earnest to be Kosher so he can go to Shabbat dinner. The story is fun and the illustrations take it to the next level.
"It's a mitzvah to invite a stranger to dinner and you, my friend, are strange indeed." HA! He is, and is totally adorable to boot. Cute and fun and totally gave me a craving for raisin challah.
When Baxter the pig hears about the joys of Shabbat dinner he tries to become kosher so that he can participate. www.hcpl.net
with a title like this, i HAD to read it. it's cute, but not a good read-aloud - too wordy. glad i read it, though.
A nice story that introduces readers to Shabbat dinner and the meaning of the word kosher. Glossary included!
What a hilarious celebration of Shabbat! Really enjoyed this read.
Funny pig who wants to be kosher until he learns what it means.
Little Baxter just wants to be cool, and the coolest animals on the farm all all Kosher. Mr. Cow, the Goat Bros. and even the entire Sheep Herd all are part of this exclusive club... and it sounds awesome! But mean Mr. Farmer says Baxter can never be Kosher... pigs just aren't allowed. Baxter thinks that's a load of, well, bull, and soon he and Sammy Bee (who isn't Kosher, even though everyone in the Kosher Klub seems to love saving his puke) are off on an adventure that will teach them the true...more
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And the sequel's just as good... Publish it!
LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!!
A basic, but by no means boring, introduction to the Jewish dietary laws. With a pig as the protagonist. Compelling illustrations and an adorable pig. A winning combination.
Baxter learns about the Shabbat meal and wants to see the dancing candles, and experience it for himself. He is told he must be kosher and sets out to become Kosher. The steps he takes are hysterical. In the end, he learns that though a pig may never be kosher, that doesn't mean he can't participate. The book was a fun read, with a great message at the end and loved the mixed media illustrations.
This little pig went Oy Oy Oy Oy all the way home...
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Laurel Snyder is the author of four children's novels, "Bigger than a Bread Box," "Penny Dreadful," "Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains OR The Search for a Suitable Princess" and "Any Which Wall" (Random House) as well as three picture books, "Nosh, Schlep, Schluff," "Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher," and "Inside the Slidy Di...more
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