Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match - by Karen Rostoker-Gruber (Hardcover)

About the Book

Farmer Kobi's well-mannered goats, donkey, and sheep know just how to play host, and they give Polly, Kobi's Hanukkah guest, a gracious welcome. But when Polly isn't sure animals belong in a house, what will happen next? Find out with laugh-out-loud pictures and puns that are sure to entertain all readers. As donkey says: Hee-Haw-Yahoo! "Here's a fun Hanukkah story young children will love!" --David Adler

Book Synopsis

National Jewish Book Award Finalist!

Church and Synagogue Library Association Award For Children's Literature

"an assured comic rhythm" -Publisher's Weekly

Farmer Kobi's well-mannered animals try hard to charm a haughty Hanukkah guest.

Farmer Kobi's goats, donkey, and sheep know
just how to play host, and they give Polly, Kobi's Hanukkah guest, a gracious
welcome. But when Polly isn't sure animals belong in a house, what will happen
next? Find out with laugh-out-loud pictures and puns that are sure to
entertain all readers. As donkey says: Hee-Haw-Yahoo!

Review Quotes

Once
upon a time in modern Israel, there lived a handsome farmer named Kobi. He has
an impressive spread of land in the moshav (a cooperative farming community)
and doting animal friends, yet he yearns to find his perfect match. Farmer Kobi
and the animals have high hopes for their Hanukkah dinner guest, but
fashionista Polly is not cut out for a life in which animals eagerly involve
themselves in everything from serving food to handing out Hanukkah song sheets
( Shouldn't you animals be outside chasing things? she sneers). This being a
rom-com, however, true love is waiting in the wings. There s a surfeit of
groan-worthy animal punning (Her name was Polly Ester she was a faaake, baaed
the sheep ), but the scenes between Polly and the animals have an assured comic
rhythm, and Decker s stylish, editorial watercolors handle the anthropomorphic
interspecies humor with aplomb. Ages 4 8. --Publisher's Weekly