Lots of Latkes: A Hanukkah Story

by Sandy Lanton, Vicki Jo Redenbaugh (Illustrator)

Overview

When mice eat the sugar, the apples have rotted, and the fish aren't biting, what can Rivka Leah's friends bring to her Hanukkah celebration?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781512491029
Publisher:	Lerner Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/2003
Series:	Kar-Ben Hanukkah Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	8 MB
Age Range:	7 - 8 Years

About the Author

Sandy Lanton is the author of many books including Lots of Latkes and The Littlest Levine. When she isn’t writing or visiting schools, Sandy enjoys line dancing, crocheting, playing bridge & reading!

Editorial Reviews

Lanton's (Daddy's Chair) bland paper-over-board tale asks children to identify with its elderly characters, one of whom (Rivka Leah) invites four others to a Hanukkah party and asks each to bring something to go along with the latkes she'll be serving. Moshe, who has a cow, plans to make sour cream; Chana, who tends an orchard, signs up for the apple sauce; and so on. Moshe's cow kicks over the cream; Chana's apples all prove rotten; and so on once again, until all four friends, not wanting to show up empty-handed, present Rivka Leah with their own batches of latkes. Redenbaugh's (Button, Bucket, Sky) illustrations are inconsistent in their characterizations, and nearly as flat as the plotting. Ages 3-8. (Sept.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

K-Gr 3-Long ago in a faraway village, an old woman invites her friends to a Hanukkah dinner. Each guest plans to bring something to share-sour cream, applesauce, fish, and jelly doughnuts-but a series of mishaps results in each of them contributing latkes instead. The friends have a good time anyway, celebrating the holiday with a dreidel, songs, dancing -and lots of latkes. Cartoon illustrations in soft colors are appropriate for the lighthearted story. Use this as a read-aloud in library, family, and Jewish school settings.-V. W. Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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