Afikotective
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A family of bears is getting ready for the Passover seder, preparing all the items for the seder plate. When the time comes in the seder for hiding the afikomen, Grandma breaks the middle matzah into two pieces. She hides the bigger piece, the afikomen, that the kids will eagerly search for later in the seder. It's a good thing one little bear has turned his toy elephant into an Afiko-Sniffer! The invention sniffs out apples in a bowl, eggs in the fridge, and horseradish in the pantry, but can it help find the afikomen?
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After a bear family assembles the ingredients for a seder plate, the cub narrator of this celebratory title dons not a traditional yarmulke, but rather a Sherlock Holmes–esque deerstalker cap—all the better to solve the mystery of where Grandma has hidden the afikomen. To ensure success, the cub has invented an "Afiko-Sniffer" from a beloved elephant stuffy named Elfie, which is mounted on a wheeled platform pulled by a red string. Hoffman chronicles the duo's hunt around the house with cozy, collage-style artwork that features crayon and paper textures, and paper cutouts that lend a 3-D feel. But before a big, cursive "Yay" heralds the quest's success, Elfie sniffs out an array of otherseder meal ingredients, prompting a refrain of "Oh no!" and a brief explanation of the ingredient's role ("That's an egg—like the egg we put on our seder plate"). It's a friendly, and instructive, holiday affair. An author's note concludes. Ages 2–7.
