Meet the Latkes -- Alan Silberberg - Hardcover

Imagine James Marshall's The Stupids celebrating Hanukkah, and you'd get the Latke family

Lucy Latke's family is just like yours or mine. Except that they're potato pancakes. And also, they are completely clueless. After lighting the menorah and gobbling the gelt, Grandpa Latke tells everyone the Hanukkah story, complete with mighty Mega Bees who use a giant dreidel to fight against the evil alien potatoes from Planet Chhh. It's up to the Latke family dog to set the record straight. (To start with, they were Maccabees, not Mega Bees...) But he'll have to get the rest of the Latkes to listen to him first

Author: Alan Silberberg
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Published: 10/16/2018
Pages: 36
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 10.50h x 9.70w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780451479129
Audience: Ages 4-8

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 2.7
Point Value: 0.5
Interest Level: Lower Grade
Quiz #/Name: 198674 / Meet the Latkes


Review Citation(s):
Horn Book Magazine 11/01/2018 pg. 54
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2018
Publishers Weekly 09/24/2018
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

About the Author
Alan Silberberg (www.silberbooks.com) is an award-winning author, cartoonist and children's TV creator who has worked with Nickelodeon and Disney. He's the author and illustrator of three previous middle grade novels including Milo: Sticky Notes & Brain Freeze, which won the Sid Fleishman Humor Award and is currently in development to become an animated TV series. Though he's been eating latkes for years, this is Alan's debut picture book.