Review of Hanukkah Hippity-Hop

by Shoshana Flax
Nov 22, 2024 | Filed in Book Reviews

Hanukkah Hippity-Hop
by Barbara Kimmel; illus. by Ana Zurita
Preschool    Kar-Ben    12 pp.
10/24    9798765604564    $9.99

“MARCH like a Maccabee—stomping your feet! / SHAKE like the jelly in a doughnut treat.” This board book dances through the details of Hanukkah, urging young listeners to spin like a dreidel and jump like a latke in a pan. Bold illustrations feature a diverse group of kids (and one mischievous cat) hippity-hopping their holiday hearts out amid Hanukkah treats, decorations, and spinning dreidels. A jaunty introduction to Hanukkah activities for the toddler set.

From the ">November/December 2024 issue of The Horn Book Magazine.

Shoshana Flax

Shoshana Flax, associate editor of The Horn Book, Inc., is a former bookseller and holds an MFA in writing for children from Simmons University. She has served on the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award and Sydney Taylor Book Award committees, and is serving on the 2025 Walter Dean Myers Award committee.

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