Beni's First Chanukah

Beni

by Jane Breskin Zalben

"Appropriate for lap reading with preschoolers, this quiet story of family holiday togetherness is well served by Zalben’s highly detailed, soft, colored-pencil drawings." -- School Library Journal

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Jewish, Animals

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Bruce]

Beni the bear wakes up excited that this is the first day of Chanukah. After breakfast he and his sister help their parents prepare latkes and powdered donuts. Then they go out in the snow to play with some neighborhood squirrels, whom they invite to the evening’s festivities. Their relatives arrive and after lighting the menorah, there’s singing, and games, and presents, and storytelling by Grandpa Bear.

Zalben’s warm, detailed illustration and hospitable text tell a marvelous story of the first Chanukah that Benji will remember.

[TCNS]

2 copies available

[Shoshanna]

Another cutesie book of the bears celebrating a Jewish holiday. WHY ARE THEY MAKING A CHRISTMAS TREE OUTSIDE!? We fought the Greeks so we'd never be assimilated. Now is not the time to start!