Where Do Diggers Celebrate Hanukkah? (Where Do...)

by Brianna Caplan Sayres (Author) Christian Slade (Illustrator)

Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
Series: Where Do...

Celebrate Hanukkah with your favorite Diggers! For fans of the bestselling Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? and its companion holiday vehicle books.

It's Hanukkah! How do you celebrate? Do you light the menorah? Play dreidel with your friends? How about eating latkes and sufganiyot? Read all about diggers, cranes, cement mixers--and more--enjoying fun and festive Hanukkah nights after the sun sets! Children who can't get enough of trucks will love all the books in the bestselling Where Do... series.

  • Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night?
  • Where Do Diggers Celebrate Christmas?
  • Where Do Diggers Trick or Treat?
  • Where Do Diggers Take Vacation?
  • Where Do Diggers Say I Love You?
  • Where Do Steam Trains Sleep at Night?
  • Where Do Jet Planes Sleep at Night?
  • Where Do Speedboats Sleep at Night?
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School Library Journal

PreS-K--The diggers and the rest of their friends are back, this time to celebrate Hanukkah. Each spread asks, in four lines of rhyming text, where a different vehicle celebrates Hanukkah, then replies with an answer in question form. "Where do diggers celebrate Hanukkah after digging rocks and soil? Does mom dig up the ancient jar that held the precious oil?" The text continues in this vein, mentioning all the salient Hanukkah traditions, including menorahs, dreidels, gelt, latkes, presents, and the story. It ends with all the trucks celebrating. On the final page, a child sleeps with the toy trucks in a bin. Oddly, on some pages the first line is truncated and skips the word, "Hanukkah," which makes the flow and repetition awkward. The personified, google-eyed, brightly colored trucks inhabit the full-bleed spreads and provide interest and color. Backgrounds are engaging, and a little mouse, some cats, and a dog show up on several spreads. VERDICT This does not explain the holiday but will delight vehicle fans. Buy where the series is popular or more simple Hanukkah books are needed for the truck-loving set.--Amy Lilien-Harper

Copyright 2023 School Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
Brianna Caplan Sayres
BRIANNA CAPLAN SAYRES is thrilled to be living her childhood dream of being a children's book writer. She is the proud author of the bestselling WHERE DO DIGGERS SLEEP AT NIGHT? series and others. Brianna is also proud to be the founder of Intergalactic Afikoman, a publisher whose goal is to publish "out-of-this-world Jewish books for today's Jewish kids." Brianna lives with her husband and her two future astronauts in her hometown, Seattle, Washington.

CHRISTIAN SLADE's classic, distinctive art style can be found in picture books, novels, and graphic novels for children. He holds an MA in illustration from Syracuse University, as well as a BFA in drawing and animation from the University of Central Florida. He lives with his wife and two children in Florida.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780593646700
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Random House Books for Young Readers
Publication date
September 26, 2023
Series
Where Do...
BISAC categories
JUV010000 - Juvenile Fiction | Bedtime & Dreams
JUV041030 - Juvenile Fiction | Transportation | Cars & Trucks
JUV017110 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Hanukkah
Library of Congress categories
Picture books
Stories in rhyme
Trucks
Board books
Hanukkah
Construction equipment
Hanukkah fiction

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