Written by Michelle Edwards

Illustrated by Paul Meisel
Candlewick Press, November 2004
All ages, ISBN: 0-76-360779-7

For Selma and her little sister Dora, this is their first Chanukkah without Mama. When Papa comes home with everything they need for latkes, Selma is worried. Mama always made the Chanukkah latkes. Can they make them without her? School Library Journal heralded Papa's Latkes as a "touching and uplifting story." People of all ages which cherish this story about a family recovering from loss.

CCBC Choices 2005: Seasons and Celebration

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written by Michelle Edwards and Phyllis Root,
illustrated by Paul Meisel

Ages 4 to 7
Candlewick Press, Fall 2002, ISBN 0-7636-1350-9

What goes Whoosh Aroo Hooo! The first book written by Michelle Edwards and Phylliss Root together, What's That Noise is about the night and noises and two brothers who hear them. Whoosh Aroo Hoo!

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written and illustrated by Michelle Edwards
Carolrhoda, 1990, ISBN 0-87614-535-7
available in libraries and at abebooks.com

"In Northern Minnesota, where the winters are fierce, there lived an old woman named Dora." Dora writes a book about her grandparents and she and her friend, Tom, print and bind the book. Complete and illustrated explanation of how books were and are made by hand.

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written by Robert Baden, illustrated by Michelle Edwards
Albert Whitman and Company, 1990, ISBN 0-8075-0356-8

Y Domingo, Siete

Spanish edition
Albert Whitman and Company, 1990, ISBN 0-8075-9355-9

A Costa Rican folktale with witches and a golden treasures.Twelve witches reward Carlos for adding to their song about the days of the week, but when Carlos' greedy cousin Ricardo sings for the witches, he receives an unpleasant surprise. Introduces the Spanish words for numbers and the days of the week.
Available in Spanish and English.

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