Sylvia A. Rouss, illustrations by
Katherine Janus Kahn (Kar Ben
Copies Inc.).
Yes, arachnids really do observe
holidays. Sammy the Spider has been
a fixture on the Jewish scene for some
time now. He celebrates Rosh
Hashanah, Pesach and here,
Chanukah, enjoying the holiday by
weaving a colorful web of dreidels.
Children will love the delightful illus-
trations and Sammy's exciting (well,
for a spider, anyway) adventures.
Ages 7-12:
The Ugly Menorah, written and
illustrated by Marissa Moss
(Farrar Straus Giroux).
The Ugly Menorah is the story of
a little girl named Rachel who is
feeling lonely as she anticipates
Chanukah. It is the first Chanukah
since her grandfather died, and now
Rachel is going to spend the holi-
day with her grandmother.
Rachel loves making latkes with
her grandmother, and as they work
Rachel learns the story behind a
menorah sitting on the windowsill,
that she at first calls "ugly." Her
grandmother explains that her late
husband had made the menorah
during the Depression when they
had no money. He found bits of
wood and tin, then created what
Rachel's grandmother calls a "per-
fect" menorah.
At the end of the story, Rachel has
a whole new understanding of the
wooden menorah, which she, too,
now sees as beautiful.
Ages 10 and above:
One Yellow Daffodil: A Hanukkah
Story, by David Adler with illustra-
tions by Lloyd Bloom (Voyager
Books).
An exquisite book, One Yellow
Daffodil is the story of a Holocaust
survivor named Morris Kaplan. He
lives alone and goes to work each
day at the flower shop, where
Morris remembers a time, long ago,
when everything around him was
dark and sad. One spring morning
he saw a bright yellow flower grow-
ing in a most unlikely place. That
flower gave him hope and courage.
Morris believes that flower saved his
life.
Morris makes friends with two
children, Ilana and Jonathan, who
come to buy his flowers for Shabbat.
When they learn he has not observed
Chanukah since he was a little boy,
Ilana and Jonathan invite Morris to
their home for the holiday. Together,
the family and Morris light the can-
dles, then Morris begins to speak
about his past, of a yellow daffodil
that gave him the courage to survive,
and of the family he lost.
The next night, Morris returns.
This time, though, he has his own
menorah — one that had belonged
to his family when he was a child.
He tells of returning to the village in
Poland where he was raised: "I
thought maybe I would find some
of my old friends in the village, but
I didn't. I had no one."
Mrs. Becker holds Morris' hand
and says, "Now you have us."
Breathtakingly illustrated, this
treasure is so tenderly written it will
move you to tears each time you
read it.
Also worth looking into:
• The Tie Man's Miracle by Steven
Schnur, with illustrations by
Stephen Johnson.
• Hanukkah Songs & Games,
Activity Book by Don Cooper. Also
comes with a cassette tape of fea-
tured songs.
• Chanukah Favorites, written and
performed by Judy Caplan
Ginsburgh, cassette tape with tradi-
tional and new tunes.
• A Great Miracle Happened There
by Karla Kuskin, with illustrations
by Robert Andrew Parker.
• Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat by
Naomi Howland.
• Six Chanukah Postcards [for chil-
dren to color] by Jill Dubin.
Also, Color-Your-Own Chanukah
Postcards by Jill Dubin.
• Beni's First Chanukah by Jane
Breskin Zalben.
• The Eight Nights: A Chanukah
Counting Book by Jane Bearman.
• The Little Menorah That. Forgot
Chanukah, book and cassette by
Jerry Sperling.
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