The Miracle of the Potato Latkes: A Hanukkah Story

By Malka Penn

Book Overview

This charming Hanukkah picturebook tells the tale of Tante Golda, who makes the most delicious potato latkes in all of Russia. She loves to share them with neighbors, but because of the drought this year, she has only one tiny potato. She doesn't know how she can make latkes for her Hanukkah guests, but she has faith that God will provide. Soon He does!

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823411184
• ISBN13: 9780823411184
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Holiday House
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 10.1" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Our Family's Favorite Hanukkah Story

So, what if there is a drought and potatoes are scarce? Tante Golda makes the best latkes in all of Russia! But this year, instead of hosting her usual latke party on the first night of Hanukkah, she can only share the few latkes she can make from one potato with a beggar who appears at her door. Discouraged but still giving, Tante Golda says the Lord will provide.This warm tale of a kind woman whose generosity shines during a time of deprivation tells a different kind of miracle tale. Give your children a taste of old Czarist Russia and the characters that people Tante Golda's town. Then mix up a batch of latkes yourself and enjoy: the recipe, in case you need one, follows the story.