Pub Date: November 21, 2023
Dewey: E
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 03 to 08
Physical Info: 0.40" H x 6.80" L x 6.20" W ( 0.40 lbs) 48 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Holidays and Celebrations | Christmas and Advent | Hanukkah | Humorous Stories
Description: "Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukah. Lemony Snicket is an alleged children's author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book. People who are interested in either or both of these things will find this book so enjoyable it will feel as if Hanukah is being celebrated for several years, rather than eight nights. People who are interested in neither of these things will get what they deserve."--
Review Quotes: A New York Times bestseller.
From Publishers Weekly
(Starred Review) Go ahead and cover this book in red, stamp it with gold foil and label it a Christmas story--Lemony Snicket fans won't be fooled. The miraculous birth here is of a potato pancake, which, unlike its less loquacious literary cousin the Gingerbread Man, begins screaming the moment it gets cooked. Leaping out of the frying pan and into the great white spaces of Brown's retro-cool graphics, the latke screams even louder as it tries in vain to explain itself and its role at Hanukkah to flashing colored lights (So you're basically hash browns, they reply. Maybe you can be served alongside a Christmas ham) and an equally Christmas-centric candy cane and tree. Embedding a satirical sting in his elegantly cadenced prose, the author (Daniel Handler) up-ends any number of conventions in what may be his funniest book yet. The gift-edition trim size makes this as easy a choice for adults as for the Unfortunate Events crowd.