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.

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Recipe for Latkes (pdf) 

Minnesota Storytime Reading Guide for Papa's Latkes 

http://www.thinkmhc.org/Literacy/mnstorytime/Papas_Latkes.pdf 

Reviews 

School Library Journal
A touching and uplifting story.

Booklist 

This is a stirring, tender portrait of beloved children and a single father doing his best to help his daughters celebrate their mother's memory by building new traditions atop fondly remembered old ones: "Happy Chanukah, Mama."

Midwest Book Review 

Papa's Latkes is a gently told and highly recommended tale of family, loss and moving on.