Born in the United States, Tami Lehman-Wilzig now lives in Israel.
She has a Bachelor's Degree in English Literature and an M.A. in
Communications from Boston University. She is one of Israel's
leading English language copywriters. Her children's books include
Tasty Bible Stories, Keeping the Promise, Passover Around the
World, Hanukkah Around the World and Zvuvi's Israel. She lives in
Kfar Saba, Israel.
Craig Orback is a freelance children's book illustrator living in
the Northwest and received his B.F.A. in illustration from Cornish
College of the Arts in Seattle in 1998. He has illustrated Nature's
Paintbox, The Can Man, Keeping The Promise: A Torah's Journey, and
other award-winning children's books. He teaches children's book
illustration and oil painting at several local colleges. In his
free time he enjoys painting landscapes and sharing his books with
kids during school and library visits.
A Yupik Eskimo village is the unlikely but memorable setting for this contemporary Hanukkah tale. Sara is accompanying her father, a traveling doctor who makes his rounds by plane, when bad weather prevents them from returning home in time to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah. Instead, while Dad visits the clinic, Sara holes up with a Yupik woman and her English-speaking granddaughter, where they while away the storm by making shadow figures and telling stories-including the story of Hanukkah. An improvised menorah, the smell of assaliaq (fried bread) and the ``quivering bands of color'' of the Northern Lights are among the well-chosen details that give this book its certain glow. Ages 5-9. (Nov.)
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