On November 28, for the first time ever, although there is
some dispute over this and some say it won’t happen again until 2070, Jews
around the world will celebrate the first day of Hanukkah and Thanksgiving
together. Thus, Thanksgivukkah!! Have you heard of potato latkes with cranberry
sauce and turkey? Or how about sweet potato latkes or cranberry applesauce?
Ok, let’s put food aside and talk some great books. There
are some wonderful children books to help us celebrate the festival lights.
Below is my list with some of my favorites as well as new books for this year. Those
books with an asterisk are for families who celebrate both holidays.
Hanukkah Books in
alphabetical order by author
Our Candle by
Eve Bunting
Engineer Ari and the
Hanukkah Mishap by Deborah Cohen
Hanukkah Moon by
Deborah da Costa
Papa’s Latkes by
Michelle Edwards
The Borrowed Hanukkah
Latkes by Linda Glaser
Mrs. Greenberg’s Messy
Hanukkah by Linda Glaser
Just enough is plenty:
A Hanukkah tale by Barbara Goldin
The Best Hanukkah Ever by
Barbara Goldin
*Boris and Stella and
the Perfect Gift by Dara Goldman
Gracie's Night: A Hanukkah Story by Lynn Taylor Gordon
Latkes, Latkes Good to
Eat by Naomi Howland
Asher and the
Capmakers: A Hanukkah story by Eric Kimmel
The Chanukah Guest by
Eric Kimmel
Hanukkah Bear by
Eric Kimmel ( a revised version of the above book)
Hershel and the
Hanukkah Goblins by Eric Kimmel
The Magic Dreidels by
Eric Kimmel
Zigazak: A Magical
Hanukkah Night by Eric Kimmel
The Runaway Latkes by
Leslie Kimmelman
Sadie’s Almost Marvelous
Menorah by Jamie Korngold
Hanukkah at Valley
Forge by Stephen Krensky
The Hanukkah Mice by
Steven Kroll
A Great miracle
Happened There by Karla Kuskin
Nathan Blows out the
Hanukkah Candles by Tami Lehman-Wilzig
Latkes and Applesauce:
A Hanukkah Story by Fran Manushkin
Moishe’s Miracle: A
Hanukkah Story by Laura Melmed
It’s Hanukkah by
Jeanne Modesitt
* Light the Lights! A
Story about celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas by Margaret Moorman
Runaway Dreidel by
Leslea Newman
*My Two Holidays: A
Hanukkah and Christmas Story by Danielle Novak
*My Two Grandmothers by
Effin Older
The Miracle of the
Potato Latkes: A Hanukkah Story by Malka Penn
The Trees of the
Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
Hanukah Money by
Uri Shulevitz
The Hanukkah Hop
by Erica Silverman
Hanukkah: A Counting
Book by Emily Sper
Esther’s Hanukkah
Disaster by Jane Sutton
The Eighth Menorah by Lauren Wohl
Beni’s First Chanukah by
Jane Zalben
* Stories that celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas
Poetry Books:
Hanukkah lights: A
Holiday Poetry by Lee Bennett Hopkins
Hanukkah Haiku by Harriet Ziefert
