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Finalist 2007 National Jewish Book Award for Family Literature

The CD is a Storytelling World Honor Winner.

"Lethal Latkes," by the way, is not a murder mystery. It concerns some awful-tasting latkes (potato pancakes) and what you might call another Hanukkah miracle: love."
-- New York Times

"Listeners of all cultural backgrounds will be entertained by these tales."
-- School Library Journal

"An entertaining CD that, like its title, will make a great Hanukkah present for Jewish children and their families."
-- AJL Newsletter

 

“Giving gifts for Hanukkah wasn’t a Jewish tradition until the youngest Schlemiel, Shmeenie asked for a Christmas present,” explained author Mark Binder. “Her father, of course explained that Jews didn’t give Christmas presents. So, she asked for a Hanukkah present. Once the Schlemiels bought the idea, it was only a matter of time for it to spread from Chelm to the rest of the world.”

Fortunately for us it did, because it has inspired his collection of eleven delightful stories and a brand-new novella in a beautiful hardback edition.

Will Rabbi Kibbitz tell his wife that she fries The Lethal Latkes?

“Every year I write a new Chanukah story,” Mark Binder explained. “I probably should have started at eight, since there are only eight days in Chanukah, but we kept going...”

Hold your breath as Joseph Katz tries to win his bride with The Spin of a Dreidle.

Many of these stories were originally published in newspapers and magazines around the world, including Cricket Magazine, The Shofar, Hadassah and The School (Australia). The audio recording based on this collection has received rave reviews, and won a Storytelling World
Honor Award.

You may have heard of Hanukkah Bushes — but what about The Hanukkah Duck?