A Turkish Rosh Hashanah

It’s Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and Rafael and his cousins are shopping in the busy Turkish market for the ingredients for their family’s Sephardic celebration. The cousins’ adventures require courage, teamwork, and help from some four-legged friends!

Etan Basseri was born and raised in Berkeley, California with a mix of Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jewish customs. He now lives in Seattle with his wife and children. A Turkish Rosh Hashanah is his second book. His critically acclaimed first book, A Persian Passover, was an Association of Jewish Libraries Holiday Highlights suggested title.

Zeynep Özatalay is a Turkish illustrator. She uses her art as a way of expressing her ideas and feelings. The natural world is her inspiration. Zeynep lives on an island in Istanbul with many cats, horses, and seagulls. Can you find some of these animals on the pages of this book?