Liza Wiemer’s monthly recommendation: Travel back to ancient Egypt

Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle

Liza Wiemer’s monthly recommendation: Travel back to ancient Egypt

“Afikomen,” story by Tziporah Cohen, Illustrated by Yaara Eshet, published by Groundwood Books.  In this stunning wordless picture book, “readers” will follow three children who travel back in time from their Passover seder to ancient Egypt. It follows what happened to baby Moses and how he was saved from the Nile River. There is a touching author’s note, reflecting on how we must see ourselves as if we were once slaves in Egypt, not just our an…