M. B. Goffstein’s “Laughing latkes” is the most unusual, or modern if you will Hanukkah book I have seen. Each of the 31 pages have a square drawn and in them a very simple line drawing, sometimes containing only two stylized latkes. The visual style mostly evokes counterculture, anti-artistic cartoons. So does the text, exploring the ever-so important question why latkes might laugh during Hanukkah. Almost every page gives a possible answer in a few words, until we learn the real one on the last page. It is a weirdly enjoyable weird book. Some suggest this book for 4 to 8 years olds, but I wonder whether it is really for adults. You decide.