Two small bun­nies, Simon and Vio­let, do not remem­ber pre­vi­ous Hanukkahs, but are old enough this year to help their par­ents place can­dles in the meno­rah. They are excit­ed to hear about the cus­toms of Hanukkah from their par­ents, and enjoy both smelling and eat­ing grandma’s latkes. Grand­pa suc­cess­ful­ly teach­es them to play drei­del, and also is depict­ed wear­ing a blue kip­pa while light­ing the hanukki­ah. There is enough intro­duc­to­ry infor­ma­tion for a young read­er with lit­tle or no Jew­ish back­ground, while the book is also sat­is­fy­ing for the read­er who knows what hol­i­day cus­toms to expect. This is a hol­i­day sto­ry filled with sweet­ness and fam­i­ly love, writ­ten for pre-school­ers. Illus­tra­tions are charm­ing and col­or­ful and are total­ly appro­pri­ate to the juve­nile text. For ages 2 – 5.

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