The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: A Christmas Story (Hardcover)

from rivkat

Loved it, will be bringing it to read next Hanukah to compete with the storybook my father-in-law insists on performing every year. Typical Snicket, down to "a word which here means" and wry twists combined with a touch of bittersweet musing about keeping identity in a world where the majority ke...

from matthewbloome

This was a very funny book. I laughed and learned and laughed...oh, wait a minute...did I say I learned? I did! He got me! I learned from this book without realizing it. This was a great book. A number of the pages to the latkes screams of pain or exasperation, but in between that great writing t...

from Jellyn

Lemony Snicket's witty voice tells the story of a latke that couldn't stop screaming. It runs down the street, encountering Christmasy things (a candy cane, a tree) that don't understand. Is he a hash brown? Is he a part of Christmas?The latke explains, and screams, what he is and what he's all a...

from lquilter

I am personally a little creeped out by anthropomorphizing food things, which talk in the first person about being cooked and being delicious. But setting that aside, I found this little book charming and very funny, and interpretable on multiple levels. My 5yo loved the "AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH" that ke...

from tstato1

SUMMARY On a cool, winter night, a latke was born. It screamed and ran though the town, encountering various Christmas icons. When I decided to stop and rest at a pine tree, a Jewish family took it home and ate it. REVIEW I thought this book was a great way to learn about some aspects of Hanukkah...