The story

“Once upon a time in your own neighborhood, lived a young girl who was misunderstood.”

Every year the holidays come to her neighborhood, and every year they seem to skip her house. Then comes a knock at the door. An angel in sneakers, twinkling eyes and all, has news: she is the Hanukkah Fairy.

She isn’t sure a fairy could be someone like her. A magic blue dress, a pair of big black boots and a star-tipped wand say otherwise. With Pup trotting beside her, she sets out to bring a spark to all eight nights: presents perfectly wrapped, a dreidel game nobody wants to end, and a nightly round of hide-and-seek for any kid kind enough to find her.

One problem. Grizzlebottom, a big pink troll with a serious chocolate-gelt habit, is stealing the holiday spirit. The Fairy has a plan. It takes the whole neighborhood, a song and some dancing.

It is a story about belonging, courage and kindness, told in rhyme and made for reading aloud. The last page hands the tradition to your family.