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PRESCHOOL

Silverman, Erica

The Hanukkah Hop!

32 pp. | Simon | October, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4424-0604-9 $12.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Steven D'Amico. On the last night of the holiday, extended family and friends gather in Rachel's streamer-festooned living room for her family's “Hanukkah Hop.” The evening starts with storytelling and dreidel-spinning; arrival of the Mazel-Tones klezmer band ramps things up. Silverman's gleeful text has rhythm, and D'Amico's angular illustrations, with their circa-1950s flair, keep up the pace throughout this unabashedly joyful Hanukkah romp.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011