Our eight nights of Hanukkah
A child describes how one family celebrates Hanukkah, including polishing the silver menorah, lighting the candles, having a special family dinner, and sharing gifts.
| Main Author: | Rosen, Michael J., 1954- |
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| Other Authors: | DiSalvo, DyAnne. (Illustrator) |
| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Holiday House,
2000.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
A child describes how one family celebrates Hanukkah, including polishing the silver menorah, lighting the candles, having a special family dinner, and sharing gifts. |
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| Physical Description: |
1 v. : ill. ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0823414760 : |
| Author Notes: |
Michael J. Rosen was born on Septembr 20, 1954 in Ohio. After getting his MFA in poetry, Rosen started work as a design consultant for the Jefferson Center for Learning and the Arts in 1982. In 1983, he became the literary director of the Thurber House in Columbus, Ohio. During his near-twenty-year stay as literary director, Rosen was the editor for several compilations of James Thurber's writings; he also was involved in the creation of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Rosen has also "taught in the Ohio Art Council Poetry-in-the-Schools Program and Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist-in-the-Schools Program, and has conducted over 500 young authors' conferences, in-service days, writing workshops, guest author days, and residencies (for elementary, middle school, and high school students and teachers). He has acted as editor for Mirth of a Nation and 101 Damnations: The Humorists' Tour of Personal Hells, and his poetry has been featured in The Best American Poetry 1995. (Bowker Author Biography) |