Hanukkah (Celebrations & Festivals)

by Lesléa Newman (Author) Rotem Teplow (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade

Discover the joy and meaning of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

Lior and his parents, aunties, uncles, grandparents, and cousins are inviting you to celebrate with them! Join in as they make latkes, light the Menorah, recite the Hanukkah blessings, play the dreidel game, and share presents.

Along the way, you'll learn how Hanukkah is an eight-day celebration marked by the daily lighting of a new candle on the Menorah. It brings the Jewish community together by commemorating the victory of the Maccabees over the Greeks.

This bright and engaging picture book covers:

  • The Miracle of Hanukkah
  • The delicious food eaten, such as latkes, noodle kugel, Shabbat, and sufganiyot
  • The fun to be had playing the dreidel game
  • How the Menorah is lit every night using the Shamash
  • The community celebrations at the Synagogue

and more!

...and this glowing gift book is further brought to life with:

  • Instructions to make an edible Menorah
  • A guide to make a Hanukkah tzedakah box
  • A recipe for delicious latkes and apple sauce

In this immersive exploration of Hanukkah, young readers join a practicing family as they commemorate the miracle of Hanukkah. Seen through the eyes of young children celebrating themselves, this is a simple and exciting way to introduce little ones to this important Jewish occasion.

Part of the Celebrations & Festivals series, you are invited into a family's celebrations as you explore the magic and excitement of religious and cultural festivals around the world.

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Lesléa Newman

Lesléa Newman is the author of more than fifty books for young readers, including Heather Has Two Mommies, and two other books illustrated by Susan Gal: Welcoming Elijah, and Here is the World . Among her many accolades are the Sydney Taylor Body-of-Work Award, two National Jewish Book Awards, two Stonewall Honors, and a creative writing fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Massachusetts with her spouse and their cat, Mitzi.

Susan Gal has written and illustrated several picture books including Night Lights, Please Take Me for a Walk and Twogether. Her illustrated books have been recognized with the Sydney Taylor Award, the National Jewish Book Award, and most recently both a Robert F. Sibert Honor and the Russell Freedman Nonfiction Award for a Better World for The Tower of Life: How Yaffa Eliach Rebuilt Her Town in Stories and Photographs by Chana Stiefel. Susan lives in Berkeley, California with her family. You can see more of her work at galgirlstudio.com.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780711287228
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Words & Pictures
Publication date
October 01, 2024
Series
Celebrations & Festivals
BISAC categories
JNF019000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Family | General
JNF026110 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Hanukkah
JNF069000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Diversity & Multicultural
Library of Congress categories
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