Hanukkah Counts Too!

by Howard Shapiro

Hanukkah Counts Too is the story of a brother and sister, Tom and Tupelo, who came to learn the meaning of why Hanukkah counts too and that they should be proud of their Jewish heritage. Tupelo begins to wonder why her family is different and does not celebrate Christmas like everyone else. It takes a heart-to-heart conversation with her older cousin for her to realize that Hanukkah counts too

Paperback

Published October 25, 2005

About the author

I live in Pittsburgh, PA with my wife and two sons. I am the Controller for the Pittsburgh-based Visual Effects firm, Animal Inc., and I have written four children’s books and "The Stereotypical Freaks" will be my debut Graphic Novel.

My 2008 book, "Hockey Player for Life", has been the #1 downloaded children’s hockey e-book on Amazon’s Kindle chart since its arrival as an e-book in November of 2011.

My "Hockey Days" book was the only book featured in the December 2007 Sporting News Annual Gift Guide as a Best Buy Gift for Children. Through a corporate
sponsorship program I set up (and maintain), since the 2010-11 season, both of my children’s hockey books have been given to NHL teams (over 2,500 copies to date) for use in their community and educational initiatives.

Since 2006 my annual charity raffle, which he matches dollar for dollar donated, has raised funds for several hockey-related charities including the Mario Lemieux Foundation, Hockey Fights Cancer and the Keith and Lisa Primeau Scholarship Fund.

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