PICTURE BOOKS
Krensky, Stephen

Hanukkah at Valley Forge

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Greg Harlin. While the Revolutionary Army is encamped at Valley Forge, General George Washington comes upon a soldier, lighting Hanukkah candles, who relates the holiday's history. Working from a historical anecdote, Krensky expertly weaves some of Washington's own words into the invented dialogue. The framed watercolor paintings are suffused with soft light, as if illuminated by the candles.

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