{"product_id":"next-year-in-the-white-house-barack-obamas-first-presidential-seder-hardcover","title":"Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama's First Presidential Seder - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Michelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eE. B. Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe true story of how a small Seder dinner on the campaign trail inspired Barack Obama to bring the tradition into the White House and host the first ever Presidential Passover celebration.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1800, President John Adams held the first formal Christmas dinner at\u003cbr\u003ethe newly built White House. In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes\u003cbr\u003eobserved Easter with a public \"Egg Roll.\" But it wasn't until 2009 that a US president officially celebrated Passover. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA year earlier, on the campaign trail, three staffers had to get creative in order to host a Seder dinner. They gathered in a hotel basement, joined by candidate Barack Obama. They made the most of their surroundings and modest dinner, shared the stories and rituals of the holiday, and found connections between their communities. They made a toast and a promise to a future, grander celebration: next year in the White House. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor the first time, this story is told for picture book readers by award-winning author Richard Michelson and lauded illustrator EB Lewis in this special partnership with PJ Library.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichard Michelson is a poet, children's book author, and art dealer whose children's books have been listed among the 10 Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, Publishers Weekly, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e; and among the 12 Best Books of the Decade by \u003ci\u003eAmazon.com\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award, the Harlem Book Fest Wheatley Award, and the National Jewish Book Award, as well as receiving two Skipping Stones Multicultural Book Awards, a National Parenting Publication Gold Medal and an International Reading Association Teacher's Choice Award. In 2009 Michelson received both a Sydney Taylor Gold and Silver Medal from the Association of Jewish Librarians, the only author so honored in AJL's 50 year history. Michelson received his 2nd Silver Medal in 2017 and his 2nd Gold Medal in 2018. Additionally, Michelson won the 2017 National Jewish Book Award.\u003cbr\u003eMichelson is the owner of R. Michelson Galleries, the host of Northampton Poetry Radio, and the current Poet Laureate of Northampton Massachusetts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eE.B. Lewis has illustrated over seventy books for children, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Illustrated Book Award, Kirkus Best Illustrated Book Award, and the Golden Kite Honor Award winner Jabari Asim's\u003ci\u003e Preaching to the Chickens \u003c\/i\u003eand the Caldecott Honor Award Winner, Jacqueline Woodson's \u003ci\u003eComing on Home Soon. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also a five-time Coretta Scott King winner. \u003cbr\u003ePresently, Lewis teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. He is also a member of The Society of Illustrators in New York City, and an artist member of Salamagundi Art Club of New York.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 40\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 12.2 x 9.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63431384760669,"sku":"9780593711583","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1025\/5558\/2813\/files\/qbLoQzBw-b9780593711583.webp?v=1771080890","url":"https:\/\/novellybooks.com\/products\/next-year-in-the-white-house-barack-obamas-first-presidential-seder-hardcover","provider":"Novelly Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}