“There’s a dino knock­ing on my door, It’s Hanukkah, you see. He’s come to dec­o­rate our house/​And cel­e­brate with me.” So begins this light, cheer­ful pic­ture book that will cap­ti­vate all those lit­tle ones who are crazy about dinosaurs. Writ­ten in short, rhyming pas­sages of no more than four lines, the text is sur­round­ed by full-page, bright­ly col­ored illus­tra­tions that reveal all the fun and mess that a very large, very child-like dinosaur can make as he march­es around the room play­ing Mac­cabee, wraps presents, jug­gles latkes, drips can­dle wax, and final­ly gets shown the door, albeit with the invi­ta­tion ​“Don’t wait a year to cel­e­brate — Shab­bat comes every week!” Through the antics of the dinosaur and his host, a young boy, some famil­iar Hanukkah cus­toms are depict­ed and an atmos­phere of rev­el­ry pre­vails. A short note fol­low­ing the sto­ry explains Hanukkah in terms that intend­ed read­ers, chil­dren from ages 3 – 6, can under­stand. The author is one of sev­er­al Jew­ish librar­i­ans whose books have been pub­lished recently.