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From an imaginative team comes a new holiday myth for all families to enjoy, especially those celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah. Nate Gadol is a great big spirit with eyes as shiny as golden coins and a smile that is lantern bright. He can make anything last as long as it is needed, like a tiny bit of oil that must stretch for eight nights, a flower that needs to stay fresh to cheer up someone ailing, or a small lump of chocolate that grows to allow the Glaser family to treat their children over the holiday and, during a harsh winter when medicine is needed more than sweets, spurs them to share what little they have with the O'Malleys. In this charming holiday hybrid story, well-known children's author and editor Arthur A. Levine pairs with award-winning illustrator Kevin Hawkes to offer a mythical, magical take on the way Jewish families came to give and receive gifts over Hanukkah, just as their Christian neighbours do at Christmas, thanks to a loving spirit named Nate Gadol working behind the scenes - together with a certain jolly old soul.
About the author
Kevin Hawkes is the award-winning illustrator of more than fifty acclaimed picture books, including the New York Times best-selling Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and the more recent collaboration Luigi, the Spider Who Wanted to Be a Kitten; Me, All Alone at the End of the World by M. T. Anderson; The Librarian Who Measured the Earth by Kathryn Lasky; and Sidewalk Circus and Weslandia by Paul Fleischman. Kevin lives in Maine. You can find him online at kevinhawkes.com, or on Instagram as @kevinhawkesofficial.
