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| 80% Recommended by our customers. Publisher: McSweeney's Catalog: Book Release date: 2007-10-28 Media: Hardcover Number of pages: 48 Ean: 9781932416879 Book Isbn: 1932416870 Reading level: Ages 4-8  Tip: compare prices with similar booksAuthor:
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Latkes are potato pancakes served at Hanukkah, and Lemony Snicket is an alleged children’s author. For the first time in literary history, these two elements are combined in one book. A particularly irate latke is the star of The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming, but many other holiday icons appear and even speak: flashing colored lights, cane-shaped candy, a pine tree. Santa Claus is briefly discussed as well. The ending is happy, at least for some. People who are interested in any or all of these things will find this book so enjoyable it will feel as though Hanukkah were being celebrated for several years, rather than eight nights.
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 Written on November 28, 2007 Summary: For every age and religion This is a hilarious way to educate kids about the meaning of Chanukah and how it differs from Christmas. It's as much fun for me to read to my 5 year old as it is for him to yell along with that poor, screaming latke. But one of my favorite parts of the story is when the pine tree talks about combining traditions to make something completely different, and offers to tell the story of the pagans. Lemony Snicket succeeds at making fun meaningful. Written on November 26, 2007 Summary: a high decibel hash brown escapes hot oil in search of understanding Finally, a book that reinforces that Hanukah is not the Jewish Christmas and is not about presents. It is about hope in the face of being outnumbered. Here is a story about a latke in the midst of a Christmas story. It is screaming and wailing. And why shouldn't it? Someone who lives in the house without the xmas lights adorning it has tried to fry the latke in sizzling hot oil. Rather than jumping out of the frynig pan and into the fire, this little latke heads for the open window. As the story progresses, we learn about the story of Hanukah and the misconceptions about the latke and the holiday. A variety of popular Christmas symbols cross paths with the latke and think it is nothing more than a hash brown, a nice side meal to a Christmas ham, and more (or less). Oh, what a deep and meaningful book this is. It gets more insightful with each reading. Why do the colored lights fail to understand the latke? Why does the candy cane only focus on its minty fragrence and have no inclination for understanding that not everyone desires a peppermint scent? How could a candy stick be so distasteful under its red and white striped mint coating? Each confrontation ends with the latke running and screaming in search of understanding and identity. Until it lands under a pine tree in a snow covered, deep, dark forest (or is this the subconcious). Yet again, the pine tree is only focused on its small, provincial worldview. If something plopped under it, then it must be a present. No? But wait. A family with an axe approaches the pine forest... Written on November 25, 2007 Summary: A silly take on religious differences The small, square, hardback is a great book for families of all religions to learn a little about Hanukah and the importance of understanding different cultures, but it's just as skewed and wicked as the other Lemony Snicket titles. Holiday lights, a candy cane and a pine tree just can't understand that not everything is about Christmas, especially a little potato pancake. The flashing lights say that the latke is basically hash browns, which go great alongside a nice Christmas ham. Finally the latke finds some kindred spirits: a Jewish family who understands him so well, it eats him. Written on November 19, 2007 Summary: Trying to understand, and to be understood I hate to tell you this, but if you read this review, you just may end up buying this book (or even more copies for the loved ones in your family). In his stark, realistic, enigmatic and loving style, Lemony Snicket relates much more about the story of Hanukkah than most of us could imagine. Our majority Christian society blissfully harbors much ignorance about Judaism, and especially the perpetuated myth that Hanukkah is somehow a `Jewish Christmas.' But as the tragic hero of the story (heroes always perish, don't they?) this latke demonstrates, as do many of us discover, that a simple and straightforward telling of the Hanukkah story can explode this myth. The `Christmas Story' of the subtitle does not refer to the narrative of the birth of Jesus. Rather the reference is made to the experience of every identifying Jew who, at this end-of-year holiday season, screams in frustration at the unwillingness of society to accept religious differences. I would say that this book will appeal to the older juvenile that the Amazon Tags system refers to, but then, again, anyone who has had the unfortunate experience of reading Snicket's series of unfortunate events will truly enjoy this unlikely tale of a screaming and ill-fated latke. At least the latke was consumed by those who, in the final analysis, understood him. (I must say, I wanted seconds, but that will have to wait until his next book. How about a cookbook with a instructions for making a great latke, or a recipe for puttanesca?) Written on November 19, 2007 Summary: Poor Latke This is a terrific story keeping in the style of Lemony Snicket's other works. His satirical humor is, as always, honest about the world we live in good and bad. The latke has a series of run-ins with holiday symbolism that doesn't understand him, but in the end, he finds exactly where he belongs. |
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| Catalog | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book | Book |
| Release date | 2007-10-28 | 2007-04-24 | 2008-09-30 | 2006-02-21 | 2006-09-05 | 2005-11-03 |
| Media | Hardcover | Hardcover | Hardcover | Paperback | Hardcover | Hardcover |
| Number of pages | 48 | 176 | 40 | 96 | 72 | 36 |
| Ean | 9781932416879 | 9780061240065 | 9780061574283 | 9780060757304 | 9780060586584 | 9781932416411 |
| Book Isbn | 1932416870 | 0061240060 | 0061574287 | 0060757302 | 0060586583 | 1932416412 |
| Reading level | Ages 4-8 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 4-8 | Ages 9-12 | Ages 9-12 | - |
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