It's Hanukkah Time!

by Latifa Berry Kropf, Tod Cohen (Photographer)

Overview

This photo essay shows preschoolers celebrating with their grandparents at a Hanukkah party. Vibrant full-color photos show students lighting the menorah, playing dreidel and telling the story of Judah Maccabee. This book is ideal for helping educators initiate Hanukkah celebrations in their own classrooms and kids will love seeing children their own age in the pictures. A perfect companion to It’s Challah Time! and It’s Sukkah Time!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761383062
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2011
Series:	It's Holiday Time Series
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 8.60(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	2 - 5 Years

About the Author

Latifa Berry Kropf teaches preschool, remedial reading, and Israeli dancing. She is the author of It’s Challah Time!, It’s Sukkah Time!, It’s Seder Time!, and It’s Hanukkah Time! She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Editorial Reviews

A preschool classroom gets ready for an intergenerational celebration in the paper-over-board It's Hanukkah Time! by Latifa Berry Kropf, with photos by Tod Cohen. The kids mail invitations, create gifts and decorations, and even help stir the sufganiyot (donut) batter in preparation for the holiday. Cohen photographs the events leading up to the arrival of their grandparents and the ensuing games and songs. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

PreS-A class of preschoolers prepares for a Hanukkah party by sending invitations to their grandparents, making decorations and gifts, and mixing the batter for sufganiyot (donuts). When their guests arrive, everyone dances, sings, lights Hanukkah candles, and eats the treats. The text is short and simple, and the kids and grandparents are clearly having fun (even if the photos look staged). A recipe for the donuts is included, as well as the English and Hebrew texts for the Hanukkah candle blessings.-E. M. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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