Hanukkah!

by Roni Schotter, Marylin Hafner (Illustrator)

Overview

Flip, flap here.
Flip, flop there.
Potato pancakes in the air.
Latkes flying everywhere!


Say "Happy Hanukkah!" with this joyful story of one family's holiday celebration, from spinning dreidels to cooking yummy latkes to lighting the menorah together. With sweet, lyrical text and warm illustrations, this is the perfect way to celebrate the festival of lights. Includes a sticker sheet in the back!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316370288
Publisher:	Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication date:	10/07/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.80(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.20(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Roni Schotter is the author of many award-winning books for children, including "Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street," "The Boy Who Loved Words," and "Passover Magic." She lives in New York, and her website is www.ronischotter.com.


Marilyn Hafner illustrated many books for children, including "It's Halloween" and "It's Christmas" by Jack Prelutsky and "A Carnival of Animals" by Sid Fleishman. She was also known for her popular comic strip "Molly and Emmet" in Ladybug magazine.

Editorial Reviews

This glowing picture book focuses on one family's celebration of Hanukkah. It's the eighth and final night of the holiday and Mama, Papa and Grandma Rose are lighting the menorah, while the children--Nora, Dan, Ruthie, Sam and baby Moe--begin their own preparations for the family celebration. Nora and Dan make latkes, Ruthie makes decorations, Sam makes clay dreidels and tries to teach baby Moe how to say ``Hanukkah.'' The festive family meal is followed by songs, dances and gifts. Finally, as the evening ends and the candles burn low, Moe giggles ``Hanuk-kah!'' Schotter's somewhat bland text may confuse children with its odd blend of poetry and prose, but Hafner's watercolors of the cozy house filled with the warmth of love and family beautifully evoke this special celebration's pleasures. A one-page ``Story of Hanukkah'' and a glossary of Hanukkah words are included. Ages 4-8. (Sept.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

A board book adaptation of Roni Schotter's 1990 Hanukkah!, illus. by Marylin Hafner, gives youngest readers a chance to celebrate the last night of the holiday along with the five children of a particularly jolly family. Hafner's personable illustrations telegraph brio. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

A Jewish family celebrates a happy Hanukkah in the 1950s. Nora leads her four siblings off to make gifts and latkes, spin the dreydel, and they all play until supper. After dinner, the children open presents and enjoy an extended family hug. Hafner's cartoon-lined figures are softened to good effect with watercolor and colored pencil, and the nighttime setting of the story is warm with candlelight and family delight. A final note gives a short explanation of the holiday.

School Library Journal

"Cheerful and appealing."—New York Times Book Review

"An expecially warm and joyful Hanukkah book that captures the spirit of the holiday."—Booklist

"The story is warm with candlelight and family delight."—School Library Journal

"Joyous... a warm evocation, nicely complemented by Hafner's cheery, realistic illustrations."
—Kirkus

"This glowing picture book... is filled with the warmth of love and family and beautifully evokes this special celebration's pleasures."
—Publisher's Weekly

From the Publisher

"An expecially warm and joyful Hanukkah book that captures the spirit of the holiday."

Booklist

"Cheerful and appealing."

New York Times Book Review