Asteroid Goldberg is a rhyming picture book about a young girl’s celebration of Passover in outer space. The main character, Asteroid, finds herself unexpectedly celebrating Passover in her family’s space ship. The quick thinking girl sets off on an adventure to find creative alternatives to the usual Passover fare. She uses the big dipper as a ladle to scoop up Jupiter’s moons, which Asteroid envisions as matzo balls. Saturn’s rings become matzo. While Jupiter’s red spot fills in for horseradish. The rest of the story is a good humored explanation of how a seder might look in a zero gravity situation.
Some of the book's humor children will get and some only parents will enjoy. For example, the Jupiter moon matzo balls float right out of the soup bowls, which Sayers describes as floaters that might have gone too far. That line gave me a chuckle, but I don’t think my children (ages seven and three) have ever contemplated a sinking matzo ball as I am properly raising them with only floaters. Nevertheless, there was plenty of kid humor and my seven year old especially enjoyed shouting the cosmic twist on “Next year in Jerusalem!” at the end of the book.
The illustrations are bright and lively. Space loving children will enjoy all the details included, such as constellations and satellites. While parents will appreciate the attempt at diversity, with the depiction of a multi-racial extended family. It should also be noted that all adult women are shown with a either a tichel or hat, and that all males are wearing a kippah (Mr. Goldberg is sporting a delightful world map yarmulke).
There are a lot of Passover picture books, but this one definitely rises to the top. It is light and fun, telling a story that most Jewish children have heard many times in a totally new and engaging way. I can see this becoming a Passover staple in Jewish schools and households with children aged roughly 3 to 8. It is also a fun opportunity to discuss the first person to celebrate Passover in space: NASA astronaut Garrett Reisman.
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