Happening Hanukkah: Creative Ways to Celebrate

Debra Mostow Zakarin. Grosset & Dunlap, $5.99 (63pp) ISBN 978-0-448-42869-7

Similar in format to Chronicle's Crafty Girl series, Happening Hanukkah: Creative Ways to Celebrate by Debra Mostow Zakarin, illus. by Amanda Haley, describes how to make various presents, from gift coupons (promising such services as breakfast in bed) to hand-painted sweatshirts. The author also provides instructions for making candy dreidels, lighting the menorah, and more.

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