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PRESCHOOL

Barash, Chris

Is It Hanukkah Yet?

32 pp. | Whitman | October, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8075-3384-0 $16.99

(2) PS Illustrated by Alessandra Psacharopulo. "When frosty winds blow and snow's all around / And there's no sign of green on the trees or the ground... / Hanukkah is on its way." In a quiet text, two children eagerly await the holiday, first frolicking outdoors with forest animals, then playing inside. Anticipation builds as the trappings of Hanukkah appear--decorations, guests, a menorah, dreidels. Warm, soft-hued illustrations have an old-fashioned look.

Reviewer: Jennifer Taylor | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2015