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Ofanansky, Allison

Harvest of Light

32 pp. | Kar-Ben | September, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8225-7389-0 $15.95

(2) K-3 Photographs by Eliyahu Alpern. An Israeli girl describes her family's olive harvest. Beginning in springtime, the story moves through autumn as the olives mature and are pressed. The tale culminates with the family lighting the Hanukkah menorah with oil from their harvest. The warm-hearted narrative is enhanced by its many photographs of the olive grove and machinery and more intimate images of a contemporary Israeli family.

Reviewer: Elissa Gershowitz | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2008