Chanukah Lights Everywhere - Hardcover

Rosen, Michael J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0152024476 ISBN 13: 9780152024475

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001

Synopsis

As a young boy and his sister count all of the brilliant lights around them on each night of Chanukah, they revel in the magic of the season and learn what it means to celebrate Chanukah.

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About the Authors

MICHAEL J. ROSEN is the award-winning author of more than two dozen picture books. He lives in central Ohio.

MELISSA IWAI has illustrated two other picture books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

MICHAEL J. ROSEN is the award-winning author of more than two dozen picture books. He lives in central Ohio.

MELISSA IWAI has illustrated two other picture books. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

reS-On each of the eight nights of Chanukah, a young boy finds a matching number of lights in the world around him to remind him of the burning candles on his family's menorah. The warm, appealing acrylic illustrations and the counting element make this a good choice to share with preschoolers.-E. M.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Rosen (Elijah's Angel) stresses multiculturalism in this bland venture. For example, on the seventh night of Hanukkah, the child narrator notices that the house of his best friend, who celebrates Christmas, is lit with lamps, "seven altogether"). The focus is so secular that the ending ("I think about... being Jewish in such a wide world of so many other lights") feels hollow. Iwai's (Night Shift Daddy) cheery acrylics contain an unannounced game: the numbers of cats per spread correspond to the successive nights. Ages 3-7.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

Ages 4-7. Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, as seen through the eyes of a young boy, is the focus of this simple yet effective story. Each two-page spread highlights one candle on the menorah as the boy finds other lights--in his home, his neighborhood, his world--that mirror the festive illuminations: "On the fourth night of Chanukah, I find four lights in the kitchen: Mom fries up platters of latkes, and four flames flicker under the sizzling skillets." Iwai's art has a solid feel that mirrors the sturdy story, while the unusual perspectives add a whimsical veneer. Children who don't know much about the holiday may be a little lost; an endnote makes clear some things, but not all. What kids will respond to is the warm feeling this generates and the sheer sense of wonder that the narrator so innocently exudes. Ilene Cooper
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Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0152024476
• ISBN 13: 9780152024475
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Iwai Melissa
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32