Imagine James Marshall's The Stupids celebrating Hanukkah, and you'd get the Latke family!Lucy Latke's family is just like yours or mine. Except that they're potato pancakes. And also, they are completely clueless. After lighting the menorah and gobbling the gelt, Grandpa Latke tells everyone the Hanukkah story, complete with mighty Mega Bees who use a giant dreidel to fight against the evil alien potatoes from Planet Chhh. It's up to the Latke family dog to set the record straight. (To start with, they were
Maccabees, not
Mega Bees...) But he'll have to get the rest of the Latkes to listen to him first!
On sale: October 16, 2018
Age: 3-5 years
Grade: Up to Kindergarten
Page count: 36 Pages
ISBN: 9780451479129
Reading level: Lexile: AD550L
Alan Silberberg (www.silberbooks.com) is an award-winning author, cartoonist and children's TV creator who has worked with Nickelodeon and Disney. He's the author and illustrator of three previous middle grade novels including
Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze, which won the Sid Fleishman Humor Award and is currently in development to become an animated TV series. Though he’s been eating latkes for years, this is Alan’s debut picture book.
"A full-blown kooky comedy unpacking an ancient Talmudic tale."--
The New York Times Book Review"Readers who like their humor broad and goofy will lap this up, and Silberberg...makes it extra tasty with sprawling and genially messy cartooning that looks like it was created by someone hopped up on chocolate gelt."--
Publishers Weekly
