The Mouse Who Loved Latkes
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- $249.00
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- $249.00
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When the Katz family moves in, C.J. the mouse is scared. Nibbling jelly doughnut crumbs in the kitchen, he hears a soft voice say, Hello. The Katz family is spinning a dreidel and eating chocolate coins. It looks like fun, but a mouse can't play with cats! Hello again, says the soft voice. Please don't go. I could use a friend. Can C.J. overcome his fear and make some new friends just in time for Hanukkah?
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When CJ (short for Colby Jack) learns that a family named Katz is moving into the apartment whose walls he inhabits, the little mouse goes into full panic mode ("Cats are no friends of mine!"). Following a delicious beckoning aroma, though, CJ finds Hanukkah preparations, including jelly doughnuts and chocolate coins, irresistible—even when Nelkin Wieder reveals that the family are, indeed, anthropomorphized cats. It helps when the family kitten, Kitty Katz, reassures him that the menorah isn't a "ginormous mousetrap"; he first cautiously, and then joyfully, joins their celebration of latkes and candle lighting. And as the book's punch line explains, CJ was never truly in danger anyway, because mice aren't kosher. Watercolor- and ink-style illustrations lend a homespun, coloring-book warmth to a congenial cat-and-mouse picture book that honors Judaism's tradition of holiday hospitality. Activities and a glossary conclude. Ages 2–8.
