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Light the Lights

Light The Lights! A Story About Celebrating Hanukkah And Christmas by Margaret Moorman When winter comes around, Emma knows it’s the season of lights.  First she celebrates Hanukkah with her family, polishing the menorah with her father, eating latkes and … Continue reading

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Eight Winter Nights: A Family Hanukkah Book

Eight Winter Nights: A Family Hanukkah Book by Laura Krauss Melmed This is a cute Hanukkah book told in rhyme.  Each page features several short verses telling about some aspect of the holiday and celebration.  The length and format means … Continue reading

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Is It Hanukkah Yet?

Is it Hanukkah, Yet? by Nancy Krulik My expectations for this were at rock bottom, because honestly, easy readers/Step in Reading books are usually just awful.  I can tell you that kids love being able to read things all by … Continue reading

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Penina Levine is a Potato Pancake

Penina Levine Is a Potato Pancake by Rebecca O’Connell Plenty of girls will find it easy to relate to Penina Levine, whether or not they are Jewish.  She’s a procrasinator and has left her Hanukkah gift-making until the very last … Continue reading

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The Very Best Hanukkah Gift

If you know author Joanne Rocklin from Strudel Stories please don’t get your hopes up too far. While Streudel Stories is a lovely set of short stories about different generations of a Jewish family, this is really just a “for … Continue reading

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Hanukkah Moon

Hanukkah Moon by Deborah de Costa This Hanukkah book is just lovely.  Isobel is worried about spending Hanukkah with her Aunt Luisa.  Things will be different there than at home.  But Isobel soon learns that her Aunt’s way of celebrating … Continue reading

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Mrs. Greenberg’s Messy Hanukkah

Mrs. Greenberg’s Messy Hanukkah by Linda Glaser This is the sequel to The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes which I reviewed last year.  It’s a good follow up, with a similar story line.  This time Rachel invites herself over to Mrs. Greenberg’s … Continue reading

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Quick Pick Picture Book – Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

When Hershel arrives in a village he learns that they are unable to celebrate Hanukkah because of some antisemitic goblins.  To rid the town of this scourge, Hershel will need to light the candles each night and on the eighth … Continue reading

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Quick Pick Picture Book – The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes

After two reviews of books that had the potential to offend, here’s a completely user-friendly Hanukkah story.  The only shortcoming is that Linda Glaser’s The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes errs on the side of too bland.  The kindness/neighborly love theme could … Continue reading

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Candelight for Rebecca

Well, they can’t all be winners.  It would have been nice if this were a good book, because anything American Girl is wildly popular, but I’d have to say Candelight for Rebecca was marginal at best.  There are conflicting messages … Continue reading

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