The Very Best Hanukkah Gift

by Joanne Rocklin

Book Overview

Hanukkah is here at last, and Daniel Bloom couldn't be more excited. It's time for candle lighting and storytelling and presents. Time for chocolate gelt and dreidel games and . . . green latkes?... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385326564
• ISBN13: 9780385326568
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 114 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.6"
• Age Range: 7 to 11 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 6

Customer Reviews

Charming story and great gift for the holiday!

by Judy Bart Kancigor, author of Cooking Jewish: 532 Great Recipes from the Rabinowitz Family Hanukkah shopping for my grandchildren, I stumble on "The Very Best Hanukkah Gift" by Joanne Rocklin. In the story, eight-year-old Daniel eagerly awaits Hanukkah - eight nights of candle lighting, games and gifts, not to mention the wonderful food. But while Daniel revels in the story of the brave Maccabees, he has to face his own dog phobia before his sister's dream of a puppy for Hanukkah can come true. To top it off, his mom is making green latkes! GROSS! Daniel faces both challenges, and I've got another recipe. Made with zucchini - the holiday is not about the potato, but the oil, remember - Rocklin calls them "Miracle Latkes," as they use hardly any oil at all. Healthy and delicious, and I don't have to wear them. Now, that's a miracle!