”The season had arrived, everything touched with snow. What would happen that winter? I just could not know. I felt a bit lonely. All my friends had an elf, but when I looked in my room, there was nothing on my shelf.” So begins the story of “Hanukkah Veronica the Mitzvah Fairy.” The book is part of a series called “The Bonta Friends,” written by Atlanta residents Wendy Brant and Julie Anne Cooper, with illustrations by Giovanni Lombardi. The authors joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom to talk about the first installment in their book series.
Interview highlights:
On the real-life mitzvah that inspired “Hanukkah Veronica”:
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