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For Review:
Latkes for Santa Claus by Janie Emaus. Illustrated by Bryan Langdo. unpgd. Sky Pony Press, October, 2020. 9781510759886.
Publisher synopsis:
To: Santa
From: Anna
My new dad and stepbrother celebrate Christmas, so you’re coming to my house for the very first time. And I think you must be REALLY tired of cookies. I’m going to leave you the best Santa treat ever.
Anna is excited that Santa will be visiting her house for the first time, and she wants to leave Santa a treat that blends the holidays her new family celebrates: Christmas and Hanukkah.
She expresses this idea to her stepbrother, Michael, who insists that Santa doesn't need anything but his sugar cookies. Anna imagines Santa has to be bored with cookies by now and is determined to find a Jewish recipe that he'll enjoy. The catch? It has to be something easy for Santa to grab and go.
It can't be matzo ball soup—soup in a sleigh with galloping reindeer will never do.
It can't be noodle kugel—imagine that by the handful. What a mess!
And as certain as Anna is that Santa would devour tzimmes, she knows he just doesn't have the time to sit and enjoy a hearty stew on Christmas Eve.
Anna retreats to her thinking corner to figure out the perfect finger food for Santa, not wanting to disappoint him on his very first visit to her house.
In this humorous and endearing picture book, blending both Christmas and Hannukah, a little girl and her stepbrother compete to leave Santa the best treats ever.
This "book" popped up in my email! I was approved to read The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell! I actually despise reading e-arcs, but have been forced to since the pandemic. (And, it looks as though physical arcs may never return:-( ) I just don't read as carefully or deeply when I read on a screen. Oh well. Anyone who reads this blog with any regularity knows that Jordan Sonnenblick is a favorite of mine, so it's all good. Hoping to hunker down with it this weekend. Also, I usually go to the publisher page for cover images, ya know copyright and all, but I could only find the cover reveal on Mr. Schu Reads. It's worth a side trip to that website to read a short interview.
The Boy Who Failed Show and Tell by Jordan Sonnenblick. 224 p. Scholastic Press/ Scholastic Inc., February 1, 2021. 9781338647235.
Publisher synopsis: An unbelievably hilarious middle-grade true story from bestselling author Jordan Sonnenblick.
The genuinely funny true story of Jordan Sonnenblick's fourth grade year, in which he deals with, among other things:
— Asthma and inhalers
— A teacher who really hates him
— A pet snake named Hector giving birth to way too many baby snakes
— The start of his drumming obsession
— A Thanksgiving nearly ruined by a freak swing set accident
— And more!
Purchased: nothing!
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