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Singer, Isaac Bashevis
2 Reviews
(2)
K-3
Illustrated by
Suzanne Raphael Berkson.
In this short story (from The Power of Light: Eight Stories for Hanukkah, rev. 2/81) repackaged as a picture book, a mysterious Yiddish-speaking parakeet flies to a Jewish family's window on Hanukkah and promptly earns the name Dreidel. This feels like a story a reminiscent zayde might share. Lots of golden light in the cheerful, loose-lined illustrations creates a sense of Hanukkah's warmth.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2015
(2)
4-6
Translated by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
Illustrated by
Maurice Sendak.
This Newbery Honor Book is a welcome reissue. The seven stories have the poetic power of folktales and provide insight into the world of early-twentieth-century middle-European rural Jewish life.
Reviewer: The Horn Book, Inc.
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
December, 1966
2 reviews
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