![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f0d7a830-02d8-4f90-b21e-8f8c848c42fe/4b967381-5286-4896-a751-414100bf375b_rw_1920.jpg?h=22a1c0bc6d39e41a79a59a47109eda70)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f0d7a830-02d8-4f90-b21e-8f8c848c42fe/39d562d9-3adb-438d-963d-a823569fca60_rw_3840.jpg?h=32cbb481cc8c2d67078b425c2691bbcc)
*Included in "Best Jewish Children's Books of 2020" - Tablet*
ASTEROID GOLDBERG - Passover in Outer Space
Feb. 2020 • Intergalactic Afikoman
An out-of-this-world Passover fantasy!
When Asteroid Goldberg and her parents get stuck in outer space for Passover, Asteroid plans a Passover seder for herself and her family that is truly out-of-this-world! With Jupiter’s moons for matzoh balls and the Big Dipper for a ladle, you’ve never seen a Passover seder like this one. A celebration of Jewish creativity and mighty Jewish girls!
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f0d7a830-02d8-4f90-b21e-8f8c848c42fe/bc8139d3-80d0-412e-aa59-53c5b74563f8_rw_1200.png?h=d4be9eeb1c5e120feba1ba922074c0ea)
Order from your favorite booksellers:
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f0d7a830-02d8-4f90-b21e-8f8c848c42fe/79c1974b-2b21-4ad7-a5ff-61a0b2298912_rw_1200.png?h=ba1faa4522457a6ff1abe89c77c539b6)
"Asteroid Goldberg and her family won’t be able to land their spaceship in time for Passover, and the grown-ups are clueless about what to do next. Not Asteroid: she shoots all the chametz into space and then steers the ship around the Milky Way: to Jupiter, where the moons turn out to be lighter-than-air matzo balls (luckily, the Big Dipper is really a ladle) and then to Saturn, where the rings have the satisfying crunch of matzo. Relatives gather from various planetary outposts; they drink “from a space-kiddush cup/ while zero gravity leaning,” writes Sayres, and look for the afikoman (hidden in the head of the family’s robot dog). Rainey’s redheaded protagonist and good-natured cartooning have an animation-style energy and eagerness; readers may notice that the drawings’ softly mottled textures are reminiscent of matzo itself. The lesson is clear: Passover is wherever you hang—or float—your hat."
~ Publishers Weekly
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/f0d7a830-02d8-4f90-b21e-8f8c848c42fe/515ed403-1cf6-42e9-941d-68f02bf45a46_rw_1200.png?h=43b26c4ba80c3eb5b58319fe30688e79)