Hanukkah Bear

Directed by Andy T. Jones
|Produced by Ryan Swenar
By Eric Kimmel
|Narrated By Laural Merlington
|Illustrated By Mike Wohnoutka

Genre: Holiday, Hanukkah

Video Library Digital

10/25/2016

12 minutes

9781520045702

Video Library Digital

10/25/2016

12 minutes

9781520045702R

Video Retail Digital

10/25/2016

12 minutes

9781520045719

DVD

10/25/2016

1 DVD

12 minutes

9781520045696

Description:

A bear wakes to wonderful smells that leads him to the house of Bubba Brayna. Bubba Brayna makes the best latkes in the village, but at ninety-seven, she doesn't hear or see well. When the bear arrives at her door, she believes he is her rabbi. Bubba Brayna and the bear light the menorah, play the dreidel game, and eat all the latkes. The mix-up is revealed, Bubba Brayna has a laugh about it, and everyone works together to make more latkes. The Chanukkah Guest by Eric A. Kimmel (Holiday House, 1990, o.p.) now has a new title and a shorter text.

Release Date: 07/01/2013
Classification: CH Fiction
Series: N/A
Genre: Holiday, Hanukkah
Publisher: Holiday House
Director: Andy T. Jones
Producers: Ryan Swenar
Duration: 12 minutes
Run Time: 12 minutes
Language: English
Language: English
Video Library Digital - 9781520045702
Video Library Digital - 9781520045702R
Video Retail Digital - 9781520045719
1 DVD - 9781520045696

Quotes:

Background accordion music and gentle animation add flavor to Mike Wohnoutka's warm, cartoon-style acrylic illustrations and Eric A. Kimmel's fun text, which concludes with a recipe for latkes and brief information about Hankkah traditions., Booklist

Kimmel has pared down his The Chanukkah Guest (Holiday House, 1990) to create this new, reillustrated version for younger readers. Though a bit of the rich language is gone from this much-loved story about 97-year-old Bubba Brayna mistaking a latke-seeking bear for her rabbi, the essence and the humor remain...the new acrylic paintings by Wohnoutka have a warm, mirthful quality...Successful on every level, this holiday favorite is sure to be popular with anyone who appreciates a little humor with their holidays., School Library Journal

Young listeners will chortle as Bubba mistakes her ursine guest for the rabbi... This updated version of The Chanukkah Guest (1990) features revised text and all-new illustrations by Wohnoutka. His cartoon-style acrylics exude comfort and make effective use of warm browns and golds. Concluding with a recipe for latkes and a note about Hanukkah customs, this makes a good addition to the holiday shelf, especially for libraries needing to replace the earlier edition., Booklist

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