| Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Hanukkah: With Light, Latkes, and Dreidels Contributor(s): Heiligman, Deborah (Author) |
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ISBN: 1426302932 ISBN-13: 9781426302930 Publisher: National Geographic Society OUR PRICE: $5.91 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Curriculum Standards SOCIAL STUDIES - Culture - Time, Continuity, & Change - Individual Development & Identity - Individuals, Groups, & Institutions - Global Connections |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Hanukkah - Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places - General |
| Dewey: 296.435 |
| Lexile Measure: 730 |
| Series: Holidays Around the World (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.1" H x 8.5" W x 10.1" (0.25 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Holiday - Hanukkah - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 111335 Reading Level: 5.0 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In "Celebrate Hanukkah" Deborah Heiligman welcomes readers to a holiday celebrated by Jewish communities around the world. The vivid photography of National Geographic illustrates the joyous celebrations of Jewish people around the world--including Ghana, Uganda, India, Israel, Peru, the United States and Poland, as they light menorahs, spin dreidels, and make latkes. The richly informative back matter details many facts, such as the story of U.S. astronaut Jeffrey Hoffman, who brought a menorah and a dreidel on his Space Shuttle mission in 1993. Hoffman observed the traditional spinning of the dreidel, but wisely left the menorah unlit in the proximity of several thousand liters of rocket fuel Also included are the author's sure-to-please latke recipe, Hanukkah blessings, and a Hanukkah song. A note from Rabbi Shira Stern, the book's consultant, sets the holiday in its global religious and cultural context. |