Bubba Brayna’s legendary latkes lure an unexpected visitor into her home in this playful Hanukkah tale from a master storyteller. Bubba Brayna makes the best latkes in the village, and on the first night of Hanukkah, the scent of her cooking wakes a hungry, adorable bear from his hibernation. He lumbers into town to investigate, and Bubba Brayna—who does not see or hear very well—mistakes him for her rabbi. She welcomes the bear inside to play the dreidel game, light the menorah, and enjoy a...
Celia is the struggling single mother of an exceptionally, angelically beautiful child: nine-year-old Rachel. All too aware of the precarious balance of the life she has built for the two of them, she worries about her daughter's longing for the father she has never met. When Rachel disappears one summer night during a blackout, Celia is stricken with guilt and terror about what her choices might now mean for her daughter's fate. The media coverage of the abduction is tremendous, running nation...
Brought to you by Ladybird.A heart-warming and authentic collection of original stories celebrating Hanukkah.Join the festivities and discover the joy of giving, coming together and spreading happiness in five new family stories!These uplifting stories are perfect for young children celebrating The Festival of Lights with their friends and family, or wanting to learn about different Jewish traditions.This collection includes The Chanukah Party, Making Latkes, Giant Menora at Town Hall, Snow Boar...
The City of Light (MomentBooks)
by Theodore Bikel and Aimee Ginsburg Bikel
Indie Awards Silver Medal Winner (Children's Nonfiction) The Skipping Stone Magazine Honor Award (one of the best multicultural books for children in 2019) When legendary and beloved actor, singer and activist Theo Bikel wrote a short story, shortly before his passing in 2015, about his happy childhood as a Jewish boy in Vienna—confused by rising anti-Semitism, and ultimately forced to flee after the Nazi takeover—he never could have imagined that Jewish children in the US, at the start of 202...
Light the Lights: Story About Celebrating Hanukkah and Christmas
by Margaret Moorman
Emma's parents come from different cultural backgrounds, so every year they celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas. During Hanukkah, the family enjoys playing dreidel games, making crispy latkes to eat, and lighting the candles of a menorah each night of the holiday. Then Christmas comes. With her parents and friends, Emma has a joy-filled time making sugar cookies, singing Christmas carols, and lighting the lights on the beautiful tree. This delightful story shows how one family keeps the trad...
A lonely immigrant cab driver celebrates Hanukah with a hamster that has been left behind in his cab.
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.
A story celebrating Chanukah, told across eight nights . . . Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, is drawing near. It’s a time for songs and prayer . . . delicious food and friendship . . . fun and family. It’s a time to be together and bring light to the darkness. Celebrate each night of Chanukah with eight different families and learn about the rituals and traditions which make up this wonderful holiday. With beautiful, rich illustrations by Andrea Stegmaier and a lyrical, rhythmic text by Na...
On the first night of Hanukkah, a mother tells her family and a young guest the story of the holiday's origin.
When an old lady swindles him out of his magic dreidels, Jacob tries to get them back in time for the family's Hanukkah celebration.
On a block dressed up in Red and Green one house shone Blue and White. It's a holiday season that both Isaac, whose family is Jewish, and Teresa, whose family is Christian, have looked forward to for months! They've been counting the days, playing in the snow, making cookies, drawing (Teresa) and writing poems (Isaac). They enjoy all the things they share, as well as the things that make them different. But when Isaac's window is smashed in the middle of the night, it seems like maybe not ever...
A little girl describes the short, harsh days of winter in Alaska and her efforts to keep a moose from destroying trees and the swing in her back yard, which she finally succeeds in doing with the help of a Hanukkah treat. A little girl describes the short, harsh days of an Alaskan winter and her efforts to keep a moose from destroying trees and the swing in her backyard, which she finally succeeds in doing with the help of a Hanukkah treat.