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There's No Such Thing As a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein
There's No Such Thing As a Chanukah Bush Sandy Goldstein Author:Susan Sussman, Charles Robinson (Illustrator) This children's classic tells the tender story of a little Jewish girl who "ab-so-lute-ly loooooves" Christmas trees but knows she can't have one. When a classmate tells her Jews can have a Chanukah Bush, Robin runs home to tell her parents the good news. — "There's no such thing," says Robin's mother. Robin be... more »comes confused when her grandfather invites her to his union's Christmas party, a party he helped organize. In a touching scene, he explains: "I think there is a difference between celebrating something because you believe in it, and helping friends celebrate something because they believe in it."
Recommended by the National Conference of Christians and Jews as a story promoting brotherhood and understanding, "There's No Such Thing as a Chanukah Bush, Sandy Goldstein" teaches children to take pride in their own traditions and beliefs, and to share them with others.« less