Happy Hanukkah! Having read the recent PW Children's Bookshelf announcement that a new edition of Latkes and Applesauce by Fran Manushkin is due to be republished in 2022, I thought this might be the perfect time to revisit the old book. The announcement said it was a classic, so we figured we'd check and see how well it had stood up so far. Along the way we also cover how "Big Latke" got to Kate, TBD dogs and cats, what Daveed Diggs has to do with Hanukkah, and why Betsy probably shouldn't confuse "Maccabee" with "Mennonite".

Show Notes:

Oh yeah. We had to include "Puppy for Hanukkah" with Daveed Diggs song in here. I think we just found something to oust "8 Crazy Nights" from its throne: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbxyZAduGvY

Curious about PJ Library and the free books they provide? Check out Betsy's interview with Meredith Lewis about them in the piece 21st Century Oral Storytelling: How PJ Library Connects Kids to Their Heritage via Podcasting: https://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2020/01/14/21st-century-oral-storytelling-how-pj-library-connects-kids-to-their-heritage-via-podcasting/

Feel free to listen to our previous Hanukkah episodes about Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins: https://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2017/12/18/fuse-8-n-kate-hershel-and-the-hanukkah-goblins-by-eric-kimmel-ill-trina-schart-hyman/

As well as The Latke Who Couldn't Stop Screaming: https://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2018/12/11/fuse-8-n-kate-the-latke-who-couldnt-stop-screaming-by-lemony-snicket-ill-lisa-brown/

For the full Show Notes, please visit us at: http://blogs.slj.com/afuse8production/2020/12/14/fuse-8-n-kate-latkes-and-applesauce-by-fran-manushkin-ill-robin-spowart/