Contain eight stories about the Hanukkah celebration, including "A Hanukkah Evening in My Father's House, " "The Power of Light, " "The Squire, " and "Hershele and Hanukkah.".
Young Daniel Bloom waits for Hanukkah with excited anticipation--despite his mother's zucchini latke experiments--and wishes that he could get over his fear of dogs so that his sister, who loves dogs, could get one. Includes recipes for potato and zucchini latkes.
After finding a hamster that has been left behind in his taxi, a lonely immigrant cab driver celebrates Hanukkah with the little creature, while waiting to learn if the owner will return.
When young Steve, who is Jewish, tells his new neighbor, Jackie Robinson, that his family does not have a Christmas tree, Jackie brings one to his neighbors, not knowing that they celebrate Hanukkah instead of Christmas.
During a scarlet fever epidemic one winter in Michigan, a Jewish family helps make Christmas special for their sick neighbors by making their own Hanukkah miracle. Based on a memory from the author's childhood.
