Book Reviews
Hanukkah in Little Havana by Julie Anna Blank; illus. by Carlos Vélez Aguilera Primary Kar-Ben 24 pp. g 10/22 978-1-7284-4284-6 $19.99 Paper ed. 978-1-7284-4285-3 $8.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7284-6918-8 $7.99 A Maryland family spends Hanukkah with their Nonna and Nonno (the Ladino names for grandparents) in Miami’s...
The Night Before The Nutcracker by John Robert Allman; illus. by Julianna Swaney Primary Doubleday 40 pp. g 9/22 978-0-593-18091-4 $18.99 Library ed. 978-0-593-18092-1 $21.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-18117-1 $10.99 Presented by American Ballet Theatre. A Clement C. Moore–inspired text and lively illustrations offer a tantalizing look at the...
Through the North Pole Snow by Polly Faber; illus. by Richard Jones Primary Candlewick 32 pp. g 11/22 978-1-5362-2852-6 $18.99 While searching for food in the snow, a white fox is rescued by a kindly bearded man. Though the man’s identity as Santa Claus isn’t revealed until...
Hanukkah Nights by Amalia Hoffman; illus. by the author Preschool Kar-Ben 24 pp. g 10/22 978-1-7284-2883-3 $8.99 e-book ed. 978-1-7284-6921-8 $7.99 “1 light. / Special night. / 2 lights. / Happy nights.” A soothingly simple text guides young listeners through the nights and lights of Hanukkah in this...
Twelve Dinging Doorbells by Tameka Fryer Brown; illus. by Ebony Glenn Primary Kokila/Penguin 32 pp. g 10/22 978-1-9848-1517-0 $17.99 e-book ed. 978-1-9848-1518-7 $10.99 “At the first dinging doorbell this holiday I see… / a sweet potato pie just for me!” In this delightful takeoff on “The Twelve Days...
Ava’s Homemade Hanukkah by Geraldine Woberg; illus. by Julia Seal Preschool, Primary Whitman 32 pp. g 9/22 978-0-8075-0495-6 $17.99 For Ava’s family, Hanukkah tradition involves everyone bringing their own unique menorah (one is non-kosher) and telling the story behind it. Great-Aunt Sylvia’s, “made long ago by...
The BIG Christmas Bake by Fiona Barker; illus. by Pippa Curnick Preschool, Primary Happy Yak/Quarto 32 pp. g 10/22 978-0-7112-6814-2 $18.99 In some traditions, a special cake with a dried bean hidden inside is made on Twelfth Night, January 5, to mark the end of Christmas. Barker cleverly incorporates “The...
Pookie’s Thanksgiving [Little Pookie] by Sandra Boynton; illus. by the author Preschool Boynton Bookworks/Simon 18 pp. g 9/22 978-1-6659-2263-0 $6.99 On Thanksgiving Day, Little Pookie (Spooky Pookie; Merry Christmas, Little Pookie) helps make apple and pumpkin pies and sets the table with his parents before Nemmy and Boppa...
Hanukkah, Here I Come! [Here I Come!] by D. J. Steinberg; illus. by Sara Palacios Primary Grosset 32 pp. g 10/22 Paper ed. 978-0-593-09426-6 $5.99 e-book ed. 978-0-593-38525-8 $5.99 This collection of poems covers Hanukkah history (“Macca-BAM! Macca-BOOM!”), eternal questions (“Applesauce vs. Sour Cream”; “Enough Food?”), and...
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