Hershel and the Hanukkah goblins

Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.

Main Author: Kimmel, Eric A.,
Other Authors: Hyman, Trina Schart,, Holiday House (Firm),
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Holiday House, [1989]
Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
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Summary: Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.
Item Description: Trina Schart Hyman (April 8, 1939 - November 19, 2004) was an American illustrator of children's books. She illustrated over 150 books, including fairy tales and Arthurian legends. She won the 1985 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing Saint George and the Dragon, retold by Margaret Hodges. She also won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for picture books, recognizing King Stork (Little, Brown, 1973), text by Howard Pyle (1853-1911). She was a Caldecott runner-up three times, for her own retelling of Little Red Riding Hood in 1984, Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel in 1990, and A Child's Calendar by John Updike in 2000. And she was a Boston Globe-Horn Book picture book runner-up twice, for All in Free but Janey by Elizabeth Johnson in 1968 and On to Widecombe Fair by Patricia Gauch in 1978.
Relates how Hershel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.
AD550 Lexile.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.0 0.5 42030.
Reading Counts RC 3-5 3.2 2 Quiz: 05205.
Caldecott Honor Book, 1990.
Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm.
Audience: AD550
Awards: Caldecott Honor Book, 1990.
ISBN: 0823407691
9780823407699
0823411311
9780823411313
9780823431649
0823431649
9780823431946
0823431940
Place of Publication: United States -- New York (State) -- New York.