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Hanukkah and Jewish Holidays
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Here are some of our favorite books for children about Hanukkah plus other Jewish holidays. These books can be found in the Easy section of the library, unless otherwise noted.
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There Was a Young Rabbi : a Hanukkah Tale
by Suzanne Wolfe
Hanukkah is a very busy time! Join the rabbi as she makes festive preparations-spinning the dreidel, cooking a tasty meal, lighting the menorah and more-in this cumulative, rhyming story to remember the miracle from a long time ago!
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Light the menorah! : a Hanukkah handbook
by Jacqueline Jules
Holiday history, traditions, activities, songs and recipes provide tools for creating meaningful contemporary family moments in the light of the menorah, in a Hanukkah primer that includes read-aloud reflections for each of the eight nights. Simultaneous.
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The Eight Knights of Hanukkah
by Leslie Kimmelman
On the last night of Hanukkah, Lady Sadie summons her children, the Eight Knights of Hanukkah, to stop the dastardly dragon that is interrupting party preparations, using kindness and bravery. Includes notes on the traditions of Hanukkah and directions for playing the dreidel game
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The Hanukkah Mice
by Steven Kroll
A family of mice enjoys the doll house and furnishings that Rachel Silman receives as gifts on the eight nights of Hanukkah.
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Hanukkah Bear
by Eric A. Kimmel
On the first night of Hanukkah, Old Bear wanders into Bubba Brayna's house and receives a delicious helping of potato latkes when she mistakes him for the rabbi. Includes a recipe for latkes
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Hanukkah by Rachel A. Koestler-Grack
Spinning the dreidel is what many Jewish children most look forward to during Hanukkah. Learn how to play this game and how it connects to the eight-day celebration of light. |
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Little Red Ruthie : A Hanukkah Tale
by Gloria Koster
A Jewish adaptation of the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale follows the escapades of little Ruthie, who dresses in her favorite puffy red coat and journeys through the woods with a basket of sour cream and applesauce to visit her grandmother on Hanukkah, encouraging a hungry wolf to join them for yummy latkes along the way.
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Queen of the Hanukkah Dosas
by Pamela Ehrenberg
A boy is worried that his little sister's climbing will spoil the first night of Hanukkah, when his family combines his father's Jewish traditions with his mother's East Indian cooking.
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The Trees of the Dancing Goats
by Patricia Polacco
A goat is carved by Trisha's Jewish grandfather into each of the trees they deliver secretly one special Christmas after discovering that many of their friends are sick with scarlet fever, but when the friends come by later to thank them, a miracle is witnessed by all.
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The Story of Hanukkah
by David A. Adler
No celebration of Hanukkah would be complete without recounting the events of more than two thousand years ago that the holiday commemorates. In a simple yet dramatic text and vibrant paintings, the story of the courageous Maccabees and the miracle thattook place in the Temple in Jerusalem is retold.
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Moishe's Miracle : A Hanukkah story
by Laura Krauss Melmed
Moishe, a milkman who is kind to everyone in his poor village of Wishniak, receives a magic frying pan that produces an unlimited supply of delicious Hanukkah latkes.
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Clifford Celebrates Hanukkah
by Norman Bridwell
Clifford and Emily Elizabeth celebrate their first Hanukkah together by reading the Hanukkah story, eating latkes and playing dreidel before taking a trip into town to see the giant menorah display, which has a broken light only Clifford can reach.
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Oskar and the Eight Blessings
by Richard Simon
A young refugee from Nazi Germany walks the length of Manhattan with a photograph and an address for an aunt he has never met on a wintry night in 1938 that is both the seventh day of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve, and receives eight small acts of kindness along the course of his journey.
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The Jar of Fools : Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm
by Eric A. Kimmel
Eight stories relate the foolishness of the townspeople of Chelm, Poland, where legend has it that an angel accidentally dropped a jar of fools in Chelm while delivering souls to the Earth.
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
by Eric A. Kimmel
This 25th anniversary edition of a now-classic tale relates how Hersehel outwits the goblins that haunt the old synagogue and prevent the village people from celebrating Hanukkah.
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Hanukkah
by Trudi Strain Trueit
Introduces the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, describing how and why it is celebrated.
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Lots of Latkes : A Hanukkah Story
by Sandy Lanton
Rivka Leah invites her neighbors to a Hanukkah party, but a series of mishaps causes each of them to bring the same dish-- latkes.
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I Have a Little Dreidel
by Maxie Baum
With eight new verses celebrating the traditions of the holiday, such as making latkes and lighting the menorah, this brightly illustrated tale provides the words to this popular Hanukkah song.
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I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Dreidel
by Caryn Yacowitz
An amusing Chanukah adaptation of the nonsense song features a beloved grandmother who spreads out a yummy supper only to develop an insatiable appetite that alarms her family, in a story augmented by hilarious parodies of great works of art by such masters as da Vinci, Rembrandt and Picasso.
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Rosh Hashanah
by Julie Murray
Rosh Hashanah is a special holiday that celebrates the beginning of the Jewish New Year. Readers will learn that Jews celebrate by enjoying festive meals, eating symbolic foods like apples dipped in honey, attending synagogue services, and more
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Something New for Rosh Hashanah
by Jane Yolen
Five year-old Becca refuses to try any new foods, until her family persuades her that Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is the perfect time to try something new.
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The Passover Guest
by Susan Kusel
In Washington, D.C., during the Great Depression, Muriel and her family have no money to prepare the seder meal until a mysterious stranger performs a Passover miracle. Includes notes on the Passover holiday, the Great Depression, and the history of the D.C. Jewish community.
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Asteroid Goldberg : Passover in Outer Space
by Brianna Caplan Sayres
When Asteroid and her parents get stuck in outer space for Passover, Asteroid plans a Passover seder for her family that is truly out-of-this-world.
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A Sweet Passover
by Lesléa Newman
All week long Miriam is happy to eat lots of matzah but by week's end she is tired of it, so Grandpa must whip up some Passover magic for Miriam to learn that there's more to Passover than just the matzah.
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Pippa's passover plate
by Vivian Kirkfield
An adorable little mouse scampers throughout her cozy, miniature home in search of her missing Passover Seder plate, bravely asking for help from predatory animal neighbors as sunset approaches.
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The Passover Mouse
by Joy Nelkin Wieder
A lively Passover story about kindness, community, tradition and forgiveness finds a little mouse disrupting a town’s preparations for Passover by stealing a piece of chometz leavened bread just as all the houses are swept clean.
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Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
by Lynn Peppas
Rosh Hashanah is often referred to as the Jewish New Year. Millions of Jewish people all over the world celebrate this holiday. The holiday usually occurs in September or October and includes the holiest Jewish day of the year, Yom Kippur, the day of repentance. Learn about how Jewish people eat special foods, reflect on the year gone by, and think about how they can improve in the year to come.
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