Four children outside playing with dreidels.
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Maria Mola, Illustration for The Mexican Dreidel, by Linda Elovitz Marshall and Ilan Stavans (Kar-Ben Publishing). © 2023 Maria Mola.

Special Storytime: Ilan Stavans

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Danielito, who lives in Mexico, is finally old enough to visit Bobe, his grandmother, by himself on Janucá. The kids in Bobe’s neighborhood play with Mexican tops called trompos. Danielito does not have a trompo, but he has a dreidel. Soon the trompos follow the dreidel as it spins through the neighborhood, and Danielito makes new friends, nuevos amigos. The Mexican Dreidel is a charming children’s book, written by Linda Elovitz Marshall and Ilan Stavans and illustrated by Maria Mola, that brings together Jewish and Latin American holiday traditions.

Book signing to follow program. Can’t make the event? You may reserve signed books online.

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Author Ilan Stavans

Ilan Stavans

Born in Mexico City, Ilan Stavans, Lewis Sebring Professor of Humanities, Latin American and Latino Culture at Amherst College, is the award-winning author of numerous books for adults and children. His work, translated into twenty languages, has been adapted into film, TV, radio, and theater.
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Three children play with a dreidel outside on the pavement.

The Mexican Dreidel