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About the Author

Lesléa Newman has written numerous books for both children and adults, including her popular picture book Matzo Ball Moon. Well-known in the book world, she has, among other honors, been named a Lambda Literary Award finalist three times. Kyrsten Brooker has illustrated several acclaimed picture books for children. Illustrating this Chanukah story allowed her to remember her old Brooklyn neighborhood with its babkas, latkes, challahs, and horas. She lives in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Praise for Runaway Dreidel!…

“Brooker’s madly tilting, fanciful oil and cut-paper collage illustrations are wonderfully textured and full of fabulous details . . . A lively Chanukah romp that can be enjoyed by every denomination.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Told in rhyming couplets, the tale holds storytelling appeal in both text and humorous illustrations. Chagall-like oil paintings and cut-paper art lend an Old World feel to the story.”—School Library Journal
“Everything in these illustrations is affectionately skewed, from the slightly oversize heads of the characters to the Brooklynesque street scenes occasioned by the boy narrator’s pursuit of the toy. The dynamically dizzy world happily challenges readers to stay on their toes.”—Publishers Weekly
“A wild, evocative adventure.”—Booklist
“Readers will laugh in delight . . . this book is pure fun.”—Richmond Times-Dispatch