Product Description

D is for Dreidel
Just twist it and spin
If it stops on gimel
Shout "hooray," you win!

Children will love learning about Hanukkah in this dreidel-shaped alphabet book! Every page contains a letter of the alphabet along with sweet, rhyming text and words that correspond with that letter. And as an added bonus, at the end of the book is the complete story of Hanukkah! This is a fantastic introduction to the holiday!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #706477 in Books
• Published on: 2002-08-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 24 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780843145762
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 2-"A is for afternoon/Sundown is near/Hanukkah's starting/The family's all here!/B is for bracha/The blessing we sing-." A different aspect of the holiday is celebrated in brief rhymes for each letter. Some are obviously a stretch (Q is for quilt and X is for xylophone, two of the gifts received by children in the book), and prior knowledge of the holiday and the culture is assumed ("G is for gelt/The chocolatey kind./Peel back gold foil/A treasure to find"). At one point, the author suggests that readers sing "the great dreidel song" but doesn't give the words or music. A one-page retelling of the Hanukkah story is appended. There is no guide to pronunciation and most of the Hebrew words are not fully defined. The simple format and appealing art may appeal to young children, but this book is not the best choice to hand to youngsters who know nothing about the holiday.-M. A.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

All kinds of families will love this!
This is a wonderful introduction to the holiday for all kinds of families that celebrate Hanukkah. Our family includes non-Jewish members and they really got the spirit of the holiday from this little gem. Sweet, cozy, and funny, the littlest of kids will love it.

Charming and appealing!
This is a delightful book! A must-buy for the Hanukkah season. The rhyme is clever and the vocabulary simple enough for small children. The book introduces kids to this special holiday and to the alphabet at the same time. There is a real need for a book like this that conveys the warmth of Hanukkah to pre-school children.

Gender Neutral Pictures, HOORAY!
What I love about this book is that it's not girls in the kitchen cooking and Daddy praying. Both men and women in the book (sometimes) wear kippot. Oddly the rabbi seems to be wearing his tallis to dinner, but I'll trade that for the usual gender-biased books.