One Candle  
By Eve Bunting
Illustrated by K. Wendy Popp

      "I love all our holidays when we're together like this. But maybe I love Hanukkah most of all."

       A young Jewish girl shares the first night of Hanukkah with readers. Every year, her family arrives to share delicious food and conversation. After dinner grandma and great-aunt Rose share the story of a bad time during this good time. Their story is haunting and sad. In the beautiful illustrations by Popp, the ghosts of their young friends watch on. With the potato she brought, Grandma shows her family how she, Rose and the other young girls in the Holocaust camp celebrated a night of Hanukkah. It's a touching story, told in a gentle way. The illustrations are beautiful. They complete the story.

        Eve Buntingis is an award winning author. She has written more than one hundred fifty picture books and novels. Bunting, born in Ireland, now lives in southern California.

     K. Wendy Popp's artwork is in private collections and galleries. The illustration for "One Candle" features her own children and the faces of children and parents in her community.