Charley and Seymour's Hanukkah Miracle - by Melody Howard Ritt (Hardcover)

Book Title: Charley and Seymour’s Hanukkah Miracle Author: Melody Howard Ritt Genre: Juvenile Fiction Holidays & Celebrations Reading age: 6-7 Years Pub Date: Oct 1, 2024 Print Length: 32 Pages Book Reviewed By Sylvia Jacobs Charley Chipmunk and Seymour Squirrel are planning their Hanukkah celebration. They both love celebrating Hanukkah together. One of them will fry the latkes, and the other one will bring the menorah and the candles. This shows young children teamwork, which is excellent. There are many illustrations for the young children in the book and they look quite beautiful. The book is loaded with many beautiful colors. The chipmunk and the squirrel were best friends and did everything together. This book shows young children, even though they are not the same, they can still get along and be good friends. This book shows young children how friends can help each other when needed. It also tells the reader all about Hanukkah and gets one enthused about celebrating it. Will something happen on the last night of Hanukkah and will Charlie forget what he was supposed to bring? This book will keep the children guessing. One’s children will try to figure out what Charlie forgot. One thing I really loved about this book Is that it teaches problem-solving. There are so many good things to be said about this book. The story of Hanukkah is told very well. The story of Hanukkah is written in the back of the book as well. There’s even a Glossary in the back of the book. This book is quite adorable and will make a wonderful Hanukkah gift. The young ones will really love this book and I highly recommend it. I give it five stars. One will not believe that this is the author’s first children’s book as she did an amazing job. One will think she’s written many other children’s books.