Publication
Imprint: New York : Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Company, c1981. Responsibility: by Miriam Chaikin, illustrated by Demi. OCLC Number: 7203564. Physical: 80 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm. Features: Includes chronology, glossary, index, and suggested reading.
Call number
SB-HD / Chaik
ISBN
0395310261 / 9780395310267
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CSS Library Notes
Description: Retells the story of Hanukkah and explains its symbols by describing high points in Jewish history, worship, and culture.
Table of Contents: There is but one God --
The Jews fight back --
How the holidays grew --
The Jewish calendar --
The temple --
The law --
How the holiday is celebrated.
FY2017
Table of Contents: There is but one God --
The Jews fight back --
How the holidays grew --
The Jewish calendar --
The temple --
The law --
How the holiday is celebrated.
FY2017
Physical description
80 p.; 26 cm
Description
Retells the story of Hanukkah and explains its symbols by describing high points in Jewish history, worship, and culture.
Language
Original language
English
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"Miriam Chaikin was born in Jerusalem and raised in New York. . .She has published over thirty books for children of all ages. In 1984 she won the Sydney Taylor Award for Body of Work. . ." Source: Google Books "[The illustrator], Demi (born Charlotte Dumaresq Hunt). . .studied art at Instituto
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Allende, Mexico, and with Sister Corita at the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles. . ." 'Light Another Candle. . .' retells the story of Hanukkah and explains its symbols by describing high points in Jewish history, worship, and culture." Source: Amazon customer review. This book has a glossary with a pronunciation guide, a chronology of the Temple, a list of other books about Hanukkah, and is indexed. Show Less