Col­or­ful water­col­ors illus­trate the reis­sue of this Hanukkah title first pub­lished in 1986. In this sto­ry Nathan has care­ful­ly saved his quar­ters to buy a Hanukkah meno­rah of his own, but when his grand­fa­ther takes him shop­ping every­thing he looks at is too expen­sive. Then his grand­fa­ther recounts his own expe­ri­ences as a boy when ped­dlers sold things from carts, and every­one knew to bar­gain with them before agree­ing on a final price. That’s when Nathan sees an old tar­nished meno­rah in a shop win­dow, and bar­gains his way to a deal with the elder­ly shop­keep­er. Sub­tle tex­tu­al dif­fer­ences in the new edi­tion seem designed to reach chil­dren anoth­er gen­er­a­tion removed from the orig­i­nal, and reflect a changed social atti­tude toward hag­gling. ​“The ped­dler gave a price, but he expect­ed the cus­tomer to offer less. Much less.” The friend­ly two-page spreads are paint­ed in win­ter tones with splash­es of col­or. Nathan is a wide-eyed con­fi­dent boy while grand­pa and the shop­keep­er exude the kind­ly wis­dom of their years. An expand­ed author’s note explains the ori­gins and tra­di­tion of light­ing the Hanukkah meno­rah. While not nec­es­sar­i­ly an improve­ment over the orig­i­nal, this edi­tion will be enjoyed by new and old read­ers alike. Rec­om­mend­ed for ages 6 – 10.