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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Clifford and Emily Elizabeth are celebrating their first Hanukkah. They love hearing the story of Hanukkah, eating "latkes" (fried potato pancakes) and "sufganiyot" (fried jelly donuts), and playing dreidel.
After dinner, Clifford and Emily Elizabeth take a trip into town to see the giant menorah. But when they get there, they discover that one light is broken. It's too late in the evening to call a handyman, but maybe Clifford is big enough to help...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this delightfully upside-down holiday story, cousins debate who can celebrate the best Hanukkah from opposite sides of the globe. Eight chances to prove it-may the best cousin win!
"You'll have Hanukkah in summer? Talk about backwards."
"Your Hanukkah's in winter? You're missing out."
From their homes in New York and New Zealand, cousins Noah and Nora decide to have a competition. Winter versus summer: Who can have the world's best Hanukkah?...
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On the first night of Hanukkah, the door flies open and a perky polar bear walks into the house, shaking the snow from his fur. On the second night of Hanukkah, two crazy, crying crocodiles peel onions, followed the next night by three toothy tigers who've come to pluck potatoes from a sack. Every night more wild animals join the party, singing, making latkes, and spinning dreidels. As Hanukkah comes to an end, the stars twinkle, and the candles burn...
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Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday known as the "festival of lights." Read about this holiday as you add all the latkes and doughnuts there are to eat! This nonfiction math book combines math and reading skills, and uses real-life examples of problem solving to teach subject-area content. The dynamic images, detailed sidebars, practice problems, and math diagrams make learning addition easy and fun. Text features include a table of contents, a glossary,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Hanukkah is coming, and the dinos are all busy getting ready!
They make brisket and latkes, and the dino-kids play with a dreidel, act out the Hanukkah story, open gifts, and eagerly await their turn to light the menorah.
Dinosaurs big and small gather to decorate, eat, and even compete in party festivities like only prehistoric carnivores and herbivores would. Lisa Wheeler and Barry Gott-creators of the enormously popular Dino-Sports picture...
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Despite their differences in shapes, sizes, and colors, the ingredients in a salad work together to create a healthy meal. Oni and the Kingdom of Onion teaches respect, tolerance, diversity, caring, and sharing. Rabbi Marc Rubenstein focuses on the main character of Oni, an onion. Onis vegetable friends in the refrigerator talk to one another about how people fight and sometimes can't get along before talking about the origins of the first Hanukkah...
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The Maccabee home was a happy one, but Mrs. Maccabee's five sons were often losing things. "Mom, have you seen my spear?" one would say. "Your things don't grow legs and walk away," Mrs. Maccabee would sigh, pointing to the missing items. "Where you leave them is where they stay." When her five sons go to war against the Greeks, Mrs. Maccabee's lessons stay with them. Recalling their mom's words, the brothers remember where they'd last seen the oil...
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Finalist, National Jewish Book Award for Family Literature – delightful Chanukah tales your family will enjoy again and again.
Spell it however you like, this audiobook is more than one Hanukkah story! It goes to eleven!
"A rediscovered classic for children and adults, that feels fresh, read by an Audie Award nominee."
Once again, Izzy Abrahmson takes us on a visit to The Village. This collection of linked and overlapping stories about Hanukkah,...
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Danielito loves Janucá, especially playing dreidel. This year, he is old enough to visit Bobe by himself. Piñatas hang from the trees, and the kids in Bobe's neighborhood play with Mexican tops called trompos. Danielito does not have a trompo, but he has a dreidel. "What is that?" "¿Qué es eso?" the other kids ask, as they invite him to join their game. The trompos follow the dreidel as it spins through the neighborhood. And Danielito invited...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
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English
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Thirteen-year-old Becca's family is in turmoil and her home is haunted by demons, but with the help of her best friends, Naomi and Eitan, and the lessons learned from their last tussle with mythological figures, she is determined to defend her loved one sand save Hanukkah.
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With a little Yiddish and a lot of humor mixed in, this bubbly read-aloud picture book about holiday foods and traditions emphasizes the joy of the Jewish experience. Rhyming text takes readers through Jewish holidays, including Tu B'Shevat, Purim, and Chanukah, and their related special dishes. Colorful artwork brings the mouthwatering foods to the page and the table. But no matter how delicious the foods look, do not eat this book! Back matter includes...
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It is the eighth night of Hanukkah, and George and his friends have gathered for a celebration. They light the menorah, spin the dreidel, make latkes, and learn the importance of mitzvah! In this ebook, youngsters will even find a tasty latke recipe and instructions for constructing a dreidel, with rules for play. For more monkey fun, investigate www.curiousgeorge.com.
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With a little Yiddish and a lot of humor mixed in, this bubbly read-aloud picture book about holiday foods and traditions emphasizes the joy of the Jewish experience. Rhyming text takes readers through Jewish holidays, including Tu B'Shevat, Purim, and Chanukah, and their related special dishes. Colorful artwork brings the mouthwatering foods to the page and the table. But no matter how delicious the foods look, do not eat this book! Back matter includes...
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Miracles can happen when you least expect them. Miri is excited that her grandfather, Sabi, as she calls him, is visiting all the way from Jerusalem for Hanukkah. They love playing music together-he on the accordion, and she on her drums of pots and pans. Miri is captivated by Sabi teaching her about the miracle of Hanukkah and how to count the candles on the menorah in Hebrew. Her parents are so pleased, they offer to buy her a drum set as a Hanukkah...
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Three times the holiday magic... Christmas, Ramadan, and Hanukkah. Three times the chaos. As strangers and seatmates Maryam Aziz and Anna Gibson fly to Toronto over the holidays--Maryam to her sister's impromptu wedding, and Anna to meet her boyfriend's wealthy family for the first time--neither expect that severe turbulence will scare them into confessing their deepest hopes and fears to one another. At least they'll never see each other again. And...
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