In
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story, Book 1 in the Katie & Kimble
series, Kimble teaches Katie how to play dreidel.Dreidel is a game that Jewish children play during Hanukah.
Dreidels come in many sizes with many different designs and colors. The dreidel pictured on the left is called a Noah's Ark dreidel because the pictures tell the story of Noah's Ark. It was painted by an artist named Yair Emanuel. It's got a little stand to hold it up.
The dreidel on the right is really something amazing to see. It's very big - 10 inches high, in fact - and it's a plush toy! I thought that was pretty interesting. I don't suppose you can actually play dreidel with such a big dreidel, but it might be comfy to keep on your bed!
In Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story,
you learn how to play dreidel at the same time that Kimble teaches
Katie how to play. However, you might not know how to pronounce the
letters on the dreidel. I wanted Katie & Kimble readers to be able
to hear how to say the Hebrew letters. So, I made up a list of two
different dreidel songs from iTunes so you
can hear free samples. In the first Dreidel Song, in the chorus, they
sing all the different letters on the dreidel.2 Dreidel Songs
Kenny Ellis sings his hit single from his Hanukkah Swings! Album on Favored Nations Records. Check out: www.kennyellis.com
Interesting Fact: Hanukah is sometimes spelled in different ways! You might see it like this, with 2 k's--Hanukkah--or you might see it like this, with a c--Chanukah!
Katie & Kimble: A Ghost Story (Book 1 in the series) and Katie & Kimble: The Magic Wish (Book 2 in the series) are available in the Katie & Kimble Shop and also on Amazon.com:
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[Reading Level 3, 280L, for ages 7-10]
Nine-year-old Katie Russell and her family look normal. But the Russells don't know they are living with Kimble, the ghost of a ten-year-old girl. That is, until Katie discovers Kimble and the two of them set off on a quest to find out what happened to Kimble's mother.
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© 2009 by Linda Thieman
