Rising: A Shabbat Baking Story - Celebrate Jewish Traditions With Children Aged 37 Make Your Own

A joyful picture book story celebrating a Jewish mother's tradition of making challah with her child - and includes the author's favourite recipe.

Perfect for children who love to bake, this poetic, meditative narration paired with illustrations full of light and warmth captures the experience of a Jewish family as they make challah - a lesson in patience, slowing down, faith and family.

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.

Includes the author's own challah recipe, a glossary of terms and an author's note describing the personal meaning of her family's weekly ritual.

About the author

Sidura Ludwig is an award-winning writer for children and adults. Her debut picture book Rising (Candlewick Press/Walker UK) won the 2024 Canadian Jewish Literary Award. Her adult short story collection You Are Not What We Expected (House of Anansi Press) won the Vine Award for Canadian Jewish Literature and was short-listed for the Danuta Gleed Literary Award. She is also the author of the middle-grade novel Swan: The Girl Who Grew (Nimbus Publishing). Sidura holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Master of Journalism from Carleton University. She lives in Thornhill, Ontario, with her family, where she makes challah every week.

Product details

• Authors: Sidura Ludwig, Ludwig Sidura
• Assisted by: Sophia Vincent Guy (Illustration)
• Publisher: Walker Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 3 to 7
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.01.2026
• EAN: 9781529523287
• ISBN: 978-1-5295-2328-7
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Picture books; JUVENILE FICTION / Cooking & Food, JUVENILE FICTION / Family / Multigenerational, JUVENILE FICTION / Social Themes / Religion & Faith, JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Jewish, Picture storybooks