Eric Kimmel
Eric A. Kimmel is a well-known folklorist and the author of numerous books for children, including Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins, a Caldecott Honor Book illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman, and The Rooster’s Antlers: A Story of the Chinese Zodiac, illustrated by YongSheng Xuan. He lives in Oregon.
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Hanukkah Bear
- By: Eric Kimmel
- Narrator: Laural Merlington
- Length: 23 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: October 25, 2016
- Language: English
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4.11(399 ratings)
A bear wakes to wonderful smells that leads him to the house of Bubba Brayna. Bubba Brayna makes the best latkes in the village, but at ninety-seven, she doesn’t hear or see well. When the bear arrives at her door, she believes he is her rabbi. Bubba Brayna and the bear light the menorah, play the dreidel game, and eat all the latkes. The mix-up is revealed, Bubba Brayna has a laugh about it, and everyone works together to make more latkes. The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel (Holiday House, 1990, o.p.) now has a new title and a shorter text.
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- By: Eric Kimmel
- Narrator: Gildart Jackson
- Length: 44 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 29, 2015
- Language: English
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4.3(2655 ratings)
On the first night of Hanukkah, a weary traveler named Hershel of Ostropol eagerly approaches a village, where plenty of latkes and merriment should warm him. But when he arrives, not a single candle is lit. A band of frightful goblins has taken over the syna-gogue, and the villagers cannot celebrate at all! Hershel vows to help them. But can one man alone stand up to the goblins, save Hanukkah, and live to tell the tale?
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