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Book SynopsisNational 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!
Trade ReviewOnce 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
