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Tag Archives: hanukkah
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Quick Pick Picture Book- The Latke Who Wouldn’t Stop Screaming
You would scream too, wouldn’t you, if you were dropped in sizzling oil to be fried? If everywhere you went others refused to understand you? If you felt as if you didn’t have a proper home? If someone was prepared … Continue reading
Quick Pick Picture Book – The Trees of the Dancing Goats
This is a fabulous story for the winter holidays. Patricia Polacco has written The Trees of the Dancing Goats about her own experiences growing up on her grandparent’s farm. One winter, while her family is making their preparations for Chanukkah, … Continue reading
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Tagged classroom read aloud, hanukkah, jewish, picture book
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