Happy Sparkling Hanukkah

Elizabeth Spurr, illus. by Colleen Madden. Sterling, $5.95 (12p) ISBN 978-1-4027-7460-7

In this board book addition to the Sparkling Stories series, Spurr describes a Hanukkah family celebration in rhyming couplets. Gelt, candles and their light, gift-wrapping, holiday dress, and tableware, even snow outside lend themselves to the sparkling treatment, with holographic foil on every colorful page. Ages 2–5. (Oct.)

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