by Sarah Aroeste (Author) Ayesha L Rubio (Illustrator)
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Buen Shabat, Shabbat Shalom by Sarah Aroeste, illustrated by Ayesha L. Rubio, is apparently the first children's book ever published in both English and Ladino. Sephardic representation! Rhyming couplets show a family celebrating Shabbat: 'Time for blessings, las berahas./For wine and challah, we say grasias!' The art's bold and cute, with a Pixar vibe, and I love the tiny Sephardic décor touches, like the framed hamsas on the wall. Both the writer and illustrator are Sephardic: Aroeste's family roots are in Thessaloniki; Rubio grew up in Spain. — Marjorie Ingall, Tablet Magazine