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Staff Favorites Holiday Edition! December 2018 Check out some of our favorite holiday tales, they're sure to get you in the spirit of the season.
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Seven Spools of Thread : a Kwanzaa story
by Angela Shelf Medearis
When they are given the task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa.
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The Trees of the Dancing Goats
by Patricia Polacco
When the Kremmel family gets sick with scarlet fever, Trisha and her family prepare to make their Christmas as good as possible and even add some of their own Jewish tradition into the festivities.
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
by Eric A. Kimmel
This classic tale relates how Hershel of Ostropol outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.
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Meet the Latkes
by Alan Silberberg
A family of clueless potato pancakes embarks on a celebration of Hanukkah that involves a wild story depicting the Maccabees as ""mega bees"" who use a giant dreidel to fight evil alien potatoes, before the family dog sets the record straight.
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Santa Calls
by William Joyce
Three kids receive a mysterious summons from Santa and venture to the North Pole to help Santa defeat an army of evil elves.
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A Christmas Memory
by Truman Capote
A reminiscence of a Christmas shared by a seven-year-old boy and Buddy, his eccentric, elderly cousin, with enormous love and friendship between them.
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The Sisters of the Winter Wood
by Rena Rossner
A tale inspired by Jewish mythology is set in a woodland village on the border of Moldova and Ukraine and follows the experiences of two sheltered sisters who uncover a secret magical heritage.
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