I will add my own review of the book from MyJewishBooks.com
Finally, a book that reinforces that Hanukah is not the Jewish
Christmas and is not about presents and gifts.
It is the story of hope in the face of being outnumbered. Here is a
story about a latke in the midst of a Christmas story.
Hi Amalia,
I wrote a review of that book for Jewish Book World. I thought it was
quite clever. Here's the review:
The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story by Lemony
Snicket. Illustrations by Lisa Brown, McSweeney's Books, San Francisco,
2007. ISBN 1-932416-87-0 $9.95
Lemony
Amalia,
It's a cute book - a little kitchy and quite funny, by the author of
'A Series of Unfortunate Events.' The book looks like a Christmas
book, and plays off of the common misconception that Chanukah is
simply the Jewish Christmas -- and does a fine job of dispelling that
notion. All of the
You can read it online at
http://lookybook.com/mainpage.php?name_id=1338
From what I remember, it was cute.
Sheryl Stahl,
Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
3077 University Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90007
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www.huc.edu/libraries
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