Not for All the Hamantaschen in Town

by Laura Aron Milhander, Inna Chernyak (Illustrator)

Overview

The three little pigs, Rishon, Sheni, and Shlishi, are getting ready for the Purim carnival! They can't wait to play games, eat hamantaschen, and march in the Purim parade. They all need crowns for their Purim costumes. Rishon makes his paper crown very quickly. Sheni spends a little more time on his poster board crown. Slishi works hardest and longest on his wonderful papier mache crown. But will their fun at the carnival be spoiled by the big bad wolf? After all, wolves love hamantaschen too!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467759304
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/01/2016
Series:	Purim Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.80(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.10(d)
Lexile:	AD590L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Laura Aron Milhander has worked in a variety of classroom environments for over thirty years. She lives in Southern California with her husband, Rabbi Chaplain Kenneth Milhander, their four children, and a chinchilla.

Inna Chernyak is an illustrator of magazines and children's books. Her passion for art brought her to Kharkov State Academy of Design and Arts from which she graduated with a degree in graphic design. She lives in Ukraine.

Editorial Reviews

2015-11-17
The three little pigs of fairy-tale fame attend a Purim carnival and once again outwit the big bad wolf. Rishon, Sheni, and Shlishi ("First," "Second," and "Third" in Hebrew) live together in a brick house. Following the fairy-tale pattern, each spends more time and thought than the pig before in making a King Ahasuerus crown. Rishon uses purple paper, Sheni uses poster board, gold foil, and glue, and Shlishi's is a sturdy papier-mâché. Meanwhile, the big bad wolf smells hamantaschen and decides to go to the carnival to buy some. But wait—without a costume, the sinister-looking wolf with his curled mustache, bushy eyebrows, and fancy laced shoes will be feared and unwelcome. So he decides to steal the crowns, with this familiar-sounding exchange. "Little pig, little pig, give me your crown!" / "Not for all the hamantaschen in town!" / "Then I'll huff and I'll puff, and I'll blow your crown off!" The two lightweight crowns blow away, but when the wolf goes to grab Shlishi's relatively sturdy one, a child dressed as the good Mordechai offers the wolf the evil Haman hat; a bullying lesson ensues. Chernyak's bright, mixed-media, folk-art-inflected illustrations present an all-animal cast. Unfortunately, at its root this parody makes little sense. If the wolf was willing to steal a crown, readers will wonder why he didn't just go ahead and steal the hamantaschen? Irksome and even a bit dimwitted. (recipe, author's note, glossary) (Picture book. 3-5)

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