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all. (Simon & Schuster (Little Simon), $4.99 paperback, 16 pages.) After a whole page of 50 prismatic stickers to entice them, three- to seven-year-olds will meet an excited little girl who can hardly wait for Chanukah. Then the family arrives with Cousin Randall, who is not her most favorite person. Most of all, she is sad because everyone gets to light candles each night but her. The legendary story is included at the end with pictures and definitions of traditional symbols. Illustrator Keiko Motoyama provides colorful illustrations.
Lota of Latkea by Sandy Lan-ton. (Kar-Ben Publishing, $14.95 hardcover, $6.96 paperback, 32 pages.) Rivka Leah is an older woman who lives in Rvissia or a shtetl elsewhere. She invites her friends, Mosh the milkman, Chana who tends the fruit orchard, Avrom the fisherman and Manya the baker to come for Chanukah with their chanuki-yah and something for the celebration. Each of the friends faces a crisis but all come, tell the Chanukah story and have a fine celebration. Rivka Leah's latke recipe is included. Vicki Jo Re-denbaugh, who lives on a farm in Wisconsin, creates sofl>toned color illustrations to enhance the book Children three to ei^t will find a humorous tale vnth some important lessons on the meaning of friendship.
Eight Lights for Eight Nights by Debbie Herman and Ann Koffslg^. (Barron's, $8.95 paperback, 48 pages.) This is a story and Chanukah activity book for six- to nine-year-olds. ITie legendary story is told with interesting, shaded boxed facts. The real story of the rededication of the seven-branched menorah is told, complete with two-paged color illustration. Ihe nine-branched chanukiyah is incorrectly labelled a menorah and not explained until the activity section. A variety of chanukiyot can be made along with instructions on how to li^t them; dreidels can be made and played; there is gelt and games; latkes and a platter; wrapping paper and more creative projects to enhance children's celebration of the holiday.
It's a Miracle! by Stephanie Spinner. (Atheneum, $16.95 hardcover, 48 pages.) "This book is called a definitive Chanukah book and is a storybook written by a former children's book editor and illustrated by Jill McEl-muny, a non-Jewish illustrator. The hero of this book is Owen Block, the six-and-a-half-year-old, official candle lifter for his family. Each ni^t, he listens to a story from Grandma Karen about a different member of the family doing something special then, when they all come for a
Chanukah dinner, he comes to appreciate his own background, "liie legend of Chanukah is included at the end along with blessings and a glossary. This book is not just a celebration of the holiday but a special learning experience for this young boy about family roots and their importance and one that should motivate youngsters, four to eight, to ask questions about their own families and holiday customs and traditions.
Hanukkah by Cathy Goldberg Fishman. (Kar-Ben Publishing, $5.95 paperback 48 pages.) Fishman has written a variety of Jewish holiday books for children and Mary O'Keefo Yoimg has illustrated children's books with her watercolor paintings. This book, for seven- to 10-year-olds, recalls the stoiy of the Jews in Judea, 2,000 years ago. The stoiy then retiuns to today, with a family lighting their chanukiyah and following the other traditions of the holiday. The book concludes with instructions for the drcidel game and a glossary.
Althou^ the publisher claims this is "historically accurate," there are discrepancies and one must be cautious, depending on the age of the child, to distmguish in this work between what is "his- • torical" and what is legend, and this work is definitely a mixture of both. The author might have done a better service to include a guidelines for youngsters to connect to their own heritage rather than the drcidel game, which did not come from the Maocabean period in the first place and somewhat belittles the importance of the nice story.
The Energizing Hanukkah Story for Children by Chaim Mazo. (Pitspopany Press, $7.95 paperback.) Although this book is an updated version of an earlier work, it is not new from this season. The book begins with 10 questions to think about during Chanukah and goes on to explain a variety of Chanukah elements: The decree of Antiochus, something rarely told to children and whidi adds reality to the meaning of the Chanukah story; the Maccabees; the legend of the oil; the rabbinical decree of the miracle (not from the original story); customs of Chanukah today as well as games. Interspersed between each serious explanation are the "Can You Find?" fun pages, where the average time to find what is requested in the illustrations is 27 minutes. Children of four to ei^t should ciyoy the activities and gain new insights into the meaning of the holiday.
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