Eva Mitnick
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Santa, Please Bring Me a Gnome
This is a good choice for libraries seeking heartwarming Christmas picture books that don't feature wisecracking elves, animal-filled barns, or too much treacle.
Naughty Claudine's Christmas
Light and mildly entertaining Christmas fare, especially for young contrarians.
Only YOU Can Save Christmas!: A Help-the-Elf Adventure
This book—like the elf—tries too hard to drum up enthusiasm, with lackluster results.
Down-Home Twelve Days of Christmas
This is an intriguing children's holiday book, but there is something strangely compelling about its warm Southern wackiness.
The Biggest Smallest Christmas Present
This refreshingly playful Christmas tale makes a fun read-aloud choice.
Hanukkah Is Coming!
An adequate but not particularly compelling offering for young children already familiar with the holiday.—Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library
The family from Shabbat Is Coming! and other board books in publisher Kar-Ben's series about Jewish life eagerly awaits the start of Hanukkah. "Winter is near. / Long nights are here. / Hanukkah is coming." The yarmulke-wearing dad, pigtailed big sister, and strawberry-blondies mother and son—plus cheerful dog
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