(4) K-3 Illustrated by Bob McMahon. A prolonged case of the hiccups has Hannah worried about her solo at her school's Hanukkah program. She tries various cures suggested by a multicultural group of neighbors in her building. Nothing helps, and she performs in spite of her hiccups. On the final night of Hanukkah, while celebrating with neighbors, the hiccups stop. The story is slight but amusing; the muted-color illustrations show Hannah's family's holiday activities.

Reviewer: Miriam Steinberg-Egeth

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Bob McMahon. Katy can't wait for her annual mother-daughter Rosh Hashanah ritual of apple-picking and applesauce-making, but the new year brings a new baby cousin, whose early arrival alters the plans. Katy satisfyingly gets her applesauce (and readers get the recipe), though this is more a new-baby story than a Rosh Hashanah story. The overly cartoonish characters can best be described as apple-cheeked.

Reviewer: Shoshana Flax

(4) K-3 Illustrated by Bob McMahon. When it starts raining, a family covers their sukkah and goes inside. The sukkah then becomes refuge for some wild animals; when the sun appears, the humans return to it to eat. The concept is bland and the digital chalk illustrations look unfinished, but rhythmic language ("the rain dripped...and dropped...and stopped") makes this an enjoyable holiday read-aloud. Includes a note about Sukkot.

Reviewer: Rachel L. Smith

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Bob McMahon. Five snub-nosed, rosy-cheeked children are in hot pursuit of enough cash to build a clubhouse. The text is mum on their moneymaking schemes, allowing McMahon's amusing digital illustrations to reveal all their entrepreneurial efforts (recycling bottles, selling lemonade, etc.). As the kids trade five pennies for a nickel and so on, readers learn the values and equivalencies of different coins and bills.

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger