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New York : Holiday House, [1993]
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On his way to get an egg for his mother the night before Hanukkah, a young boy encounters a group of mischievous fairies who take him on an adventure to Jerusalem.
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NCTE Adventuring with Books: A Booklist for Pre-K—Grade 6 (11th Edition: 1993-1995)
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LibraryThing member HanukkahList
On his way to get an egg for his mother the night before Hanukkah, a young boy encounters a group of mischievous fairies who take him on an adventure to Jerusalem.
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
When Asher, a young Jewish boy living with his family in the Carpathian Mountains, sets out to fetch his mother an egg on the first night of Hanukkah, so that she can make latkes, he finds himself caught up in a most unexpected adventure with the local fairies. Freeing a trapped fox, he is led back
Published in 1993, Asher and the Capmakers is the ninth Hanukkah title I have read from the prolific Eric A. Kimmel, and the forty-fifth of his books overall. Many of his Hanukkah stories - Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, The Magic Dreidels: A Hanukkah Story, Zigazak!: A Magical Hanukkah Night - have a fantastic element, and this one is no different. Although this is an original story, it incorporates the "capmakers," as fairies are known in Jewish folklore, according to Kimmel's brief afterword. The story here was enjoyable, and I found Will Hillebrand's accompanying illustrations quite appealing. That said, I was so fascinated by the idea of "capmaker" fairies - this was my first time encountering them - that I couldn't help wishing for a traditional tale featuring them, instead of this original fairy-tale. Leaving that aside, this was an entertaining and magical tale, one I would recommend to picture-book readers looking for Hanukkah stories.
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to a mysterious house in the woods, where he encounters some magical capmakers. The caps they are making, as it turns out, whisk the wearer off wherever they choose to go, and Asher follows the fairies to Jerusalem, where he partakes of a most unusual celebration...Published in 1993, Asher and the Capmakers is the ninth Hanukkah title I have read from the prolific Eric A. Kimmel, and the forty-fifth of his books overall. Many of his Hanukkah stories - Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, The Magic Dreidels: A Hanukkah Story, Zigazak!: A Magical Hanukkah Night - have a fantastic element, and this one is no different. Although this is an original story, it incorporates the "capmakers," as fairies are known in Jewish folklore, according to Kimmel's brief afterword. The story here was enjoyable, and I found Will Hillebrand's accompanying illustrations quite appealing. That said, I was so fascinated by the idea of "capmaker" fairies - this was my first time encountering them - that I couldn't help wishing for a traditional tale featuring them, instead of this original fairy-tale. Leaving that aside, this was an entertaining and magical tale, one I would recommend to picture-book readers looking for Hanukkah stories.
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ISBN
0823410315 / 9780823410316