Customer Reviews

Chanukah Bugs: A Pop-up Celebration (Cover Title)

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Absolutely the worst Chanukah book I have ever seen! Mr. Carter knows very little about Chanukah. Not a single one of the seven gifts (why not 8?) is wrapped in Chanukah wrapping paper; in fact, one is wrapped in paper that says "Peace, Joy, Happiness", which sounds like it belongs on a gift for someone else's December holiday. The "menorah" is a 4-branch candelabra, not a Chanukiyah. If you want your child to begin to learn something about Chanukah, choose another book.

Absolutely the worst Chanukah book I have ever seen! Mr. Carter knows very little about Chanukah. Not a single one of the seven gifts (why not 8?) is wrapped in Chanukah wrapping paper; in fact, one is wrapped in paper that says "Peace, Joy, Happiness", which sounds like it belongs on a gift for someone else's December holiday. The "menorah" is a 4-branch candelabra, not a Chanukiyah. If you want your child to begin to learn something about Chanukah, choose another book.

As with all the bugs books by this author it is amazing to see the creativity that led to pop-up bugs that fold into the book.

Kids and adults will be amazed at the popup menorah and spinning dreidel.

this is a book that my sons (ages 1 & 3) enjoy year-round. it doesn't have explanations of the chanukah traditions, but it does have amazing things that pop-up when you "open" the present flaps (the dizzy dreidl bug is pretty neat). parents & kids can read the book together and give explanations of their own family traditions at chanukah time. i would say that this is a nice light-hearted presentation of chanukah sights.

My two and a half year old doesn't like any book. It is hard to get him interested in a book until we found Carter's books. He loves every bug book he has. He says every night "bug book, bug book" before he goes to bed. I have almost all of them. This one I think is very cute as all the other bug books. It is not really to show too much of the religious aspect, it is more for entertainment for the kid and my kid loves that. He loves the Menorah at the end of the book. A big menorah pops up and he likes the candles. The dreidel is another cute part of the book. If you want to show in deep the Chanukah traditions then I don't think this is the book for you. If you want your kid to have fun like with other Carter's books then you'll like it.

My 2 1/2 year old loves this book. David Carter has done it again, great book.

It features 8 layouts (16 pages) one for each night with a pop-up bug(s) theme. Each layout has a "gift box" that you open (lift flap) to reveal the pop-up bug (Shammash bug, Golden Gelt bug, Bubbie bug, etc). As much as I want to say nice things, I have reservations about this book. As far a function, my dreidel arrived broken (it is supposed to spin), so yours might not last. As far as theme, the menorah is presented as a 4-armed candelabra. While this makes for a more dramatic pop up, should this kind of change be done in a book for Chanukah?!

I am a fan of pop-up books and did buy this one even after seeing it first. I will end by saying the book is sweet and could be a jumping off point to talk/teach some of the Chanukah traditions.

This is not a book for the 3-7 age bracket. Age 3 maybe, but that's it. Rita was right. Wish I had read her review sooner.