It's almost Hanukkah and the dreidel-maker's shop is busy. But all is not well for the four Hebrew letters that will soon go on the wooden tops. The Heys, the Nuns, and the Shins are jealous of everyone's favorite letter, the Gimel. They decide to hide the Gimels so that the dreidel-maker can't use them. But then the other letters learn that the Hanukkah story wouldn't be complete without the Gimels! Is it too late for the missing lette...

This Christmas, find a cozy chair, grab a mug of hot chocolate, and hop aboard Santa's sleigh as he travels back home to the North Pole in this colorfully illustrated Christmas story.Fly with Santa across the night sky and join the elves as they hop from roof to roof delivering presents before it's time to head back home to Christmas Castle.Illustrated by Iryna Bodnaruk, Hot Chocolate for Santa Claus tells the story of why Santa Claus looks forward to drinking a special cup o...

The third book in the Ella and Owen series sees the dragon siblings on the wrong side of Fright Mountain, coming face-to-face with knights in shining armor, who just happen to hate dragons. Uh-oh!Twin dragons Ella and Owen are on the wrong side of Fright Mountain--the side where there are castles and knights in shining armor. But these knights hate dragons!Will Ella and Owen find their way home before the knights catch them?

The Ella and Owen series debuts with a fun romp through the world of dragons! Readers can follow twin sibling dragons as they head deep into the forest in search of a wizard who may be able to cure Owen of his fiery cold.Dragon twins Ella and Owen are always at odds. Owen wants to stay in bed and read, but adventurous Ella convinces him to go with her to search for a cure for his fiery cold. Then the journey quickly becomes scarier than either twin could have imagi...

In this fourth book in the Ella and Owen series, the dragon siblings run up against an evil pumpkin king, a hungry spider, and a witch. On top of that, they have to deal with an army of pumpkins that want to fight with pie, when all the twins really want to do is get home without getting lost.As the fourth book in the Ella and Owen series begins, Ella's sense of adventure gets the twins in trouble--yet again! The siblings are stuck outside at night, unsure of where...

In this second book in the Ella and Owen series, the dragon siblings find themselves face-to-face with a stinky fish monster!Ella and Owen return home to discover something horrible: They forgot their mom's birthday! They set out on a new adventure to collect the ingredients to make her a birthday cake, but Ella and Owen don't get very far before finding themselves face-to-face with a grumpy wizard, a glittery pixie, and a stinky fish monster!Will the drago...

Fans of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books will enjoy a citified version as Sydney Taylor gives a charming glimpse at a time when daily life was very different, but family and faith were surprisingly the same.Ella, Henny, Sarah, Charlotte, and Gertie are back!Life is never dull for the loving, Jewish, all-of-a-kind family on New York’s Lower East Side in the early 1900s. Stand-alone chapters make this a perfect read-aloud, as the story follows the five sisters who ar...

The ninja's playtime games are too rough-and-tumble for his friends the cowboy and the bear. After he finds that playing alone isn't much fun, the ninja learns that the greatest thrills and the best adventures are the ones we share.

For anyone who's ever asked "Why can't we have a Christmas tree?" comes a lighthearted story about being Jewish during the holiday season—by actress Amanda Peet!Rachel Rosenstein is determined to celebrate Christmas this year—and the fact that her family is Jewish is not going to stop her. In a series of hilarious and heartwarming mishaps, Rachel writes a letter to Santa explaining her cause, pays him a visit at the mall, and covertly decorates her house on Christm...

Harry Weiss—later known as Harry Houdini—is enthralled when the circus comes to his Wisconsin town. He loves all the acts, but his favorites are the tightrope and the amazing trick where a man hangs from a rope by his teeth! Harry and his brother decide to try circus tricks in a nearby barn, and although Harry’s headstrong determination leads him into trouble, it also opens up a whole new world. In this evocative story, Eric A. Kimmel tells how Harry Weiss discovered his love for performin...

What's a dreidel? Elmo wants to know! He finds out as he celebrates the first night of Hanukkah with a friend's family. He watches Gil, Susie, and their parents light the menorah and joins in as they sing Hanukkah songs. After supper he learns to play dreidel, the traditional Hanukkah spin-the-top game. And, at the end of the evening, Elmo gets his first Hanukkah gift—his very own little dreidel! This sturdy board book introduces toddlers to the traditions of the Jewish Festival of Lights ...

Kids will relate to Elizabeth’s fervent wish to be called by her proper name.