JGN Facebook Group Recommends Best Hanukkah Books for Kids

Nov 27 2021 JGN Facebook Group Recommends Best Hanukkah Books for Kids

A member of the Jewish Grandparents Network Facebook Group asked this question in the group and got the MOST helpful responses.

My 7-year-old grandson wants to share a Hanukkah book with his public-school class. The group is very diverse (think Palestinian, Hindi, Muslim, Christian) and he thinks he may be the only child who celebrates Jewish holidays. So, any suggestions for an age-appropriate Hanukkah book that is informative/engaging without being alienating? As a Jewish educator for 35 years, I’m stymied!

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Hanukkah Book Recommendations

All about Hanukkah by Judyth Groner and Madeline Wikler (Authors) and Kinny Kreiswirth (Illustrator) (ages 5–10)

The Boston Chocolate Party by Tami Lehman-Wilzig (Author), Rabbi Deborah R. Prinz (Author), and Fede Combi (Illustrator) (ages 5–8)

Bubbie, Abuelita, and Me written and illustrated by Debby Kerbel Shilling (Author, Illustrator) (ages N/A)

Caleb’s Hanukkah by Lisa Bullard (Author) and Constanza Basaluzzo (Illustrator) (ages 5–8)

Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem by Amanda Gorman (Author) and Loren Long (Illustrator) (ages 3–8)

The Chanukkah Guest by Eric Kimmel (Author) and Giora Carmi (Illustrator) (ages 3–6)

Charley and Seymour’s Hanukkah Miracle by Melody Howard Ritt (Author) and Nia Gould (Illustrator) (ages 4–8)

Debbie’s Song: The Debbie Friedman Story by Ellen Leventhal (Author) and Natalia Grebtsova (Illustrator) (ages 3–8)

Do Not Eat This Book by Beth Kander (Author) and Mike Moran (Illustrator) (ages 5–8)

Eight Sweet Nights, A Festival of Lights by Charlotte Offsay (Author) and Menahem Halberstadt (Illustrator) (ages 3–7)

Hannah’s Hanukkah Hiccups by Shanna Silva (Author) and Bob McMahon (Illustrator) (ages 4–8)

Hanukkah at Valley Forge by Stephen Krensky (Author) and Greg Harlin (Illustrator) (ages 5–8)

Hanukkah Bear by Eric A. Kimmel (Author) and Mike Wohnoutka (Illustrator) (ages 4–6)

Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles by David A. Adler (Author) and Jeffrey Ebbeler (Illustrator) (ages 4–7)

Hanukkah Hippity-Hop by Barbara Kimmel (Author) and Ana Zurita (Illustrator) (ages 1–4)

Hanukkah Nights by Amalia Hoffman (Author, Illustrator) (ages 1–4)

Harvest of Light by Allison Maile Ofanansky (Author) and Eliyahu Alpern (Photographer) (ages 3–11)

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel (Author) and Trina Schart Hyman (Illustrator) (ages 4–8)

How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah? by Jane Yolen (Author) and Mark Teague (Illustrator) (ages 2–6)

How it’s Made: Hanukkah Menorah by Allison Ofanansky (Author) and Eliyahu Alpern (Photographer) (ages 4–8)

Jeremy’s Dreidel by Ellie Gellman (Author) and Maria Mola (Illustrator) (ages 6–8)

Kayla and Kugel’s Happy Hanukkah by Ann D. Koffsky (Author, Illustrator) (ages 3–6)

Larry’s Latkes by Jenna Waldman (Author) and Ben Whitehouse (Illustrator) (ages 5–8)

Latkes for Santa Claus by Janie Emaus (Author) and Bryan Langdo (Illustrator) (ages 4–7)

Like a Maccabee by Raymond Zwerin (Author), Audrey Friedman Marcus (Author), and Giora Carmi (Illustrator) (ages 4–5)

Little Dreidel Learns to Spin! by Rebecca Gardyn Levington (Author) and Taryn Johnson (Illustrator) (ages 3–5)

Meet the Latkes by Alan Silberberg (Author, Illustrator) (ages 3–5)

My Dreidel by Ann D. Koffsky (Author, Illustrator) (ages 0–2)

The Ninth Night of Hanukkah by Erica S. Perl (Author) and Shahar Kober (Illustrator) (ages 3 and up)

The Only One Club by Jane Naliboff (Author) and Jeff Hopkins (Illustrator) (ages 5–8)

Oy, Santa!: Or, There’s a Latke to Learn About Hanukkah by Joyce Schriebman (Author) and Gila von Meissner (Illustrator) (ages 4–9)

Rivka’s Presents by Laurie Wallmark (Author) and Adelina Lirius (Illustrator) (ages 3–7)

A Rugrats Chanukah by Kim Smith (Illustrator) (ages 4–8)

Sharing Hanukkah at School (PJ Library)

She’s a Mensch!: Jewish Women Who Rocked the World by Rachelle Burk (Author), Alana Barouch (Author), Alana Barouch (Author), and Arielle Trenk (Illustrator) (ages 5–10)