The Hanukkah Magic of Nate Gadol

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Nate Gadol can make anything last longer - just as long as you need it. And his magical powers come in pretty handy during the harsh winters, when Hanukkah gifts for the children are hard to come by. Well-known children's author Arthur A. Levine joins the Candlewick list for the first time with this charming holiday hybrid story, a mythical take on how some Jewish families came to give and receive Hanukkah gifts in the way that many of their Christian neighbors did - but with the loving and magical holiday spirit named Nate Gadol behind the scenes rather than Santa Claus!Nate Gadol can make anything last longer - just as long as you need it. And his magical powers come in pretty handy during the harsh winters, when Hanukkah gifts for the children are hard to come by. Well-known children's author Arthur A. Levine joins the Candlewick list for the first time with this charming holiday hybrid story, a mythical take on how some Jewish families came to give and receive Hanukkah gifts in the way that many of their Christian neighbors did - but with the loving and magical holiday spirit named Nate Gadol behind the scenes rather than Santa Claus!

Arthur A. Levine has been a children's book editor for over thirty years. He is also the author of many acclaimed picture books for children, including more recently What a Beautiful Morning, illustrated by Katie Kath, and The Very Beary Tooth Fairy, illustrated by Sarah S. Brannen. He has had his own eponymous imprint at Scholastic Press since 1997 and has published many of the most exceptional children's titles of all time, including J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series, Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass, Shaun Tan's The Arrival, and Peggy Rathmann's Officer Buckle and Gloria.

Kevin Hawkes is the illustrator of many books for children, including the award-winning Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen; A Little Bitty Man and Other Poems for the Very Young by Marilyn Nelson, Pamela Espeland, and Halfdan Rasmussen; and The Three Mouths of Little Tom Drum by Nancy Willard. Kevin Hawkes lives with his family in southern Maine.