Beam of Light

The Story of the First White House Menorah

Elisa Boxer, Sofia Moore

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Penguin Young Readers
12 November 2024

Children's & young adult: general non-fiction; History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA)

The first piece of Judaica in the White House's permanent holiday collection was introduced for Hanukkah in 2022. This lovely picture book tells the history and importance of its creation.

The first piece of Judaica in the White House's permanent holiday collection was introduced for Hanukkah in 2022. This lovely picture book tells the history and importance of its creation.

The official White House menorah is a symbol of strength and perseverance against seemingly insurmountable odds. It was created from a piece of reclaimed wood salvaged during a Truman-era renovation of the building. That beam of White House wood sat in storage for seventy years, through thirteen different presidents. It might have been destroyed, but instead it waited for its new purpose. And so, in 2022, it was transformed into a menorah that will shine its beams of light every year, celebrating the resilience and permanence of Jewish people in America and abroad.

By: Elisa Boxer
Illustrated by: Sofia Moore
Imprint: Penguin Young Readers
Country of Publication: United States [Currently unable to ship to USA: see Shipping Info]
Dimensions: Height: 286mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 437g
ISBN: 9780593698174
ISBN 10: 0593698177
Pages: 32
Publication Date: 12 November 2024
Recommended Age: From 4 to 8 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elisa Boxer is an Emmy-winning journalist whose writing has been featured in publications including The New York Times and Fast Company. She is the author of several acclaimed nonfiction picture books, including The Tree of Life and Hidden Hope. She lives in Maine with her family. Sofia Moore is a Jewish Ukrainian-American artist and illustrator based in Las Vegas, Nevada. She loves painting traditionally and layering textures both on paper and digitally.

Reviews for Beam of Light: The Story of the First White House Menorah

"""With earnest prose and reportorial, pencil- and watercolor-style images, Boxer and Moore cast that beam as this picture book’s narrating protagonist, imbuing it with a perspective that explicitly connects its own arc of resilience and renewal with the history of Jewish people during WWII. "" —Publishers Weekly"