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BY THE HANUKKAH LIGHT Oberman, Sheldon
Honesdale, Pa. Boyds Mills Press 1997 1-56397-658-7 / 9781563976582 Hardcover Very Good Condition
ABOUT THE BOOK By the Hanukkah Light ANNOTATION When the family gathers to celebrate Hanukkah, Grandfather tells his own story of the holiday from World War II. FROM THE PUBLISHER When the family gathers to celebrate Hanukkah, Grandfather tells his own story of the holiday from World War II. FROM THE CRITICS Children's Literature - Mary Quattlebaum Rachel and Jacob listen raptly as Grandpa tells the centuries-old Hanukkah story and adds a powerful new one: the persecution of the Jews by the Nazis when he was young. Both stories highlight the need to fight against spiritual destruction. Children's Literature - Judy Chernak The Hanukah story is fairly familiar by now; but this telling not only provides the ancient story but also contrasts a grandfather's memories of how different it is to celebrate openly and joyously in America with the way it used to be in Europe. Then, families had to shutter their windows and hide the light of the candles to avoid attacks by soldiers and marauding townspeople. Oberman tells how his family escaped that terrible time, taking almost nothing with them when they came here to live; how he grew up and served as a soldier in World War II, fighting against that same wickedness that destroyed homes and people; and how, at the end of the war, he found his family's hanukkiah (candlelabra) amidst the rubble of his former home. A reader cannot help but absorb a message about religious freedom throughout the ages in this almost magical tale of a found treasure. The minimalist pictures, which fit well with their shades of blue, pink and gold, portray the sense of each page without detracting from the story. School Library Journal Gr 1-4A grandfather gathers his family around him, first to tell them the story of Hanukkah and the Maccabees' victory over the Syrians. He also tells another story of Hanukkah, his own story of persecution and hiding as a Jew during World War II, unable to celebrate the holiday in the open for fear of arrest. He tells how he fought the Nazis like the Maccabees fought their oppressors. When he returns to his hometown and sees the destruction the war has caused, he experiences his own miraclehe finds his family's Hanukkiah (or menorah) gleaming up through the ashesa miracle as precious to him as the miracle of the temple's oil. The man's granddaughter, Rachel, promises to pass on the stories in just the same way to her own children. The prose has a poetic quality, and the impressionistic artwork, done largely in pastel shades of acrylic, serves the story well. The warm palette, the soft focus of the rounded figures, and the effective use of shading capture the natural light in some scenes and the illumination of the candles' flames in others. The colored backgrounds for the double-page spreads have a dappled look of handmade paper. Endnotes give additional information on both the history and current traditions of Hanukkah. A solid library selection.
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