Candlelight for Rebecca (American Girls #3)

Synopsis

Rebecca's teacher, Miss Maloney, assigns the class to make Christmas decorations -- but Rebecca's family is Jewish and doesn't celebrate Christmas. Miss Maloney tells Rebecca that Christmas is a national holiday, for all Americans to celebrate.

Although her parents came from Russia, Rebecca knows she's as American as anyone else, even without celebrating Christmas. Could Miss Maloney be wrong?

Then, on the first night of Hanukkah, Rebecca finds kindness in an unexpected place -- and learns the real meaning of the holiday season.

Candlelight for Rebecca is a children's book for children eight and up but adults can enjoy and learn something valuable from it as well. Candlelight for Rebecca is the third book in the Rebecca's six-book series. Each story in the series reveals more about Rebecca, a lively Jewish girl, who grows up in 1914 in New York. The books in the Rebecca series include: Meet Rebecca, Rebecca and Ana, Candlelight for Rebecca, Rebecca and the Movies, Rebecca to the Rescue, and Changes for Rebecca. Every book of the series not only features a fictional, realistic story and illustrations, but also has a historical "Looking Back" section. In this "Looking Back" section, the author describes some of the historical characteristics of Rebecca's 1914 time period in a style which children can understand and adults can appreciate.

Copyright:

2009

Book Details

Book Quality:

Excellent

Book Size:

88 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781593695828

Publisher:

American Girl Publishing, Incorporated

Date of Addition:

11/29/10

Copyrighted By:

American Girl, LLC

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Children's Books, Animals, Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality, Education

Submitted By:

Barbara Baker

Proofread By:

Barbara Baker

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.