The idea of a dreidel giving an unlimited supply of delicious food and silver coins is sure to delight children. A third time he visits the forbearing goblin who gives him a dreidel that causes Fruma Sarah to regret her actions and give back the magic dreidels. Jacob gets the goblin to give him another magic dreidel, one which brings forth silver shekels (coins)but once again his neighbor tricks him into giving her the magic dreidel. One the way home he is stopped by his nosy neighbor, Fruma Sarah who tricks him into giving her his magic dreidel and replaces it with a nonmagical one. A friendly goblin who lives in the well gives him a dreidel to replace the one he lost, but this one is magic and creates latkes (potato pancakes) with sour cream and applesauce. He accidentally drops his dreidel in the well. Jacob is busy playing with his little brass dreidel (four-sided top). Keywords: Hanukkah, Hanukkah story, dreidels, magic, magical creatures, Jewish fiction, 4 year old, 5 year old, 6 year old, 7 year old, 8 year old, diversity, diverse books, holidays While attempting to retrieve his new dreidel from the well, Jacob meets a goblin who gives him two magic dreidels in its place, but when Jacob is tricked by Fruma Sarah and loses both of them to her, he decides to return to the goblin for help in getting them back.-from the publisher
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