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Meet the Latkes

Author Alan Silberberg
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Hardcover
$18.99 US
Penguin Young Readers | Viking Books for Young Readers
9.9"W x 10.8"H x 0.38"D   | 16 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Oct 16, 2018 | 36 Pages | 9780451479129
Age 3-5 years | Up to Kindergarten
Reading Level: Lexile AD550L
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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!
"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
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. Meet the Latkes was Alan's debut picture book, followed by Meet the Matzah and Meet the Hamantaschen. View titles by Alan Silberberg

Meet the Latkes Read Aloud with Author Alan Silberberg | Brightly Storytime Together

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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!

Praise

"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

Author

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. Meet the Latkes was Alan's debut picture book, followed by Meet the Matzah and Meet the Hamantaschen. View titles by Alan Silberberg

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Meet the Latkes Read Aloud with Author Alan Silberberg | Brightly Storytime Together

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