Author Storytime: Laurel Snyder

Join us under the storytime tree as award-winning author Laurel Snyder shares her new picture book, THE BOOK OF CANDLES, a story of Hanukkah told through eight unforgettable poems. The book is targeted to ages 4-8, but all ages are welcome.

About the Book:
From Sydney Taylor Award winner and National Jewish Book Award honoree Laurel Snyder comes a warm, reverential, surprising, and fresh story of one very special Hanukkah.

In a dark, dark room,

one thin candle

wakes, bursts to life

Thus begins the first night of Hanukkah in one child’s home. But what does the light from the candle mean? What are the words everyone is singing? What will each of these eight nights hold? Family and friends, takeout dinners and flat tires, traditions new and old—it’s all part of this year’s timeless, timely holiday celebration.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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