The Horn Book Guide

PICTURE BOOKS

Yacowitz, Caryn

I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel

32 pp. | Scholastic/Levine | September, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-439-91530-4 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by David Slonim. Part warm family holiday story, part art appreciation book, part cumulative rhyme. Yacowitz's Hanukkah-themed text lists items swallowed by the bubbie, while Slonim's humorous cartoony illustrations tell their own story, courtesy of the old masters. Bubbie stands in for the Mona Lisa; homages to van Gogh, Hopper ("Mel's All-Night Latkes" diner), and others make cameo appearances. An artist's note is appended.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2014