Product Description

In the tradition of the best-selling The Christmas Surprise and The Golden Egg comes this sweet story of the Hanukkah mice. With flaps hiding shiny foil suprises, readers will find a different Hanukkah tradition on each page, until the very end when they finally discover the beautiful menorah, with all eight candles burning bright.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2739055 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-31
• Format: Bargain Price
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 20 pages

From Publishers Weekly
Holographic enhancements hide behind gatefold flaps in The Hanukkah Mice by Ronne Randall, illus. by Maggie Kneen, in a format adopted by the artist in The Christmas Surprise. In the rhyming text, a mouse family searches a human home for the "wondrous Hanukkah lights." Ages 2-6.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Favorite book this year
We have bought 5 Hanukkah books for our 1-year old daughter this year, and this one is the best. The pages each have flaps to lift, with sparkley inlays to catch her attention. The rhymes are nice, and it touches on many of the facets of Hanukkah observance(dreydels, latkes, donuts). It doesn't cover the religeous or historical significance, but I doubt any board or pop-up book could do so in a meaningful way.

Little Mice Search for Chanukkah Lights
In the walls of a house there is a family of mice. The three little mice have heard the story of Chanukkah and about the shining lights. They decide to search the house for the lights.

As they set out each night they find many of the things associated with the holiday (i.e. menorah, dreidel, latkes, donuts, chocolate coins, presents, etc.). But they do not find the lights until the eighth night when their mother shows them where it is.

The story is told in a rhyming sing-song much like many Dr. Seuss books. There are also flap that reveal what the mice discover each night. My daughter started out by reading this to her dolls and then had me read it to her several times in a row.

While this book does not delve into the history of the holiday, it does a very nice job of dealing with many of the holiday symbols that children will run into.

The wonderful mice
I am not to sure as to why this book has such a low star rating. I bought it for my nephew and before giving it to him I had the chance to read it. It made me smile, I wish I had had a book like this when I was little. To many times we see Hanukkah storey's get to involved. This book is light hearted and fun to read, the illistrations and the little glitter highlights are wonderful.