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Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins  Cover Image Book Book

Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins / by Eric Kimmel ; illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.

Kimmel, Eric A. (Author). Hyman, Trina Schart. (Added Author).

Summary:

Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0823431649
  • ISBN: 9780823431649
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
  • Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Holiday House, [2014]

Content descriptions

Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 17.95
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor Book
Subject: Goblins > Juvenile fiction.
Channukah
Hanukah
Fasts and feasts—Judaism
Genre: Hanukkah stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Eric A. Kimmel has published more than fifty children's books, many of which have won state awards and appeared on school and library recommended lists. He has won the National Jewish Book Award for numerous books, including Hanukkah Bear and The Mysterious Guest: A Sukkot Story, and the Sydney Taylor Lifetime Achievement Award. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

One of the most distinguished and celebrated illustrators of her generation, Trina Schart Hyman (1939-2004) was awarded the Caldecott Medal for St. George and the Dragon, retold by Margaret Hodges, and Caldecott Honors for A Child's Calendar, by John Updike, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, and Little Red Riding Hood. Born in Philadelphia, she lived most of her life in New Hampshire.

Eric A. Kimmel, known for his retellings of Jewish folktales, is the author of more than a hundred children’s books, including The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol, another classic tale also illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman.  Eric is a five-time winner of the National Jewish Book award, and the recipient of a Sydney Taylor Lifetime Achievement award.  Many of his titles have won state awards and appeared on school and library recommended lists.

One of the most distinguished and celebrated illustrators of her generation, Trina Schart Hyman (1939-2004) was awarded the Caldecott Medal for St. George and the Dragon, retold by Margaret Hodges, and Caldecott Honors for A Child's Calendar, by John Updike, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, and Little Red Riding Hood. Born in Philadelphia, she lived most of her life in New Hampshire.


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