Newman, Lesléa, and Kyrsten Brooker. Runaway Dreidel! New York: Henry Holt, 2002. Print. 32 pages.
- ISBN-10: 031237142X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312371425
Set to the cadences of "The Night Before Christmas" ("Twas the first night of Chanukah and on the fifth floor/ There was holiday bustling and bustling galore"), Newman's (Matzo Ball Moon) verse narrative describes a runaway dreidel that finds a home in the night sky. The chief virtue of this forgettable tale may be its having occasioned more of Brooker's (Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street) idiosyncratic mixed-media art, oil paintings into which she seamlessly applies cut-paper photo elements. Everything in these illustrations is affectionately skewed, from the slightly oversize heads of the characters to the Brooklynesque street scenes occasioned by the boy narrator's pursuit of the toy. The dynamically dizzy world happily challenges readers to stay on their toes.
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This is a fun book to read and a great way for children to learn a little bit about Jewish culture. It could be great around the holidays, especially since Christmas is typically what is talked about, and not everyone celebrates Christmas. It is always good to make sure none of your students are excluded, and this book is a fun way to bring a little bit of a different culture into your classroom.
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