The Story of Hanukkah

What a nice gift. Bought this along with draddle dice and monarah. Book was well recieved and educational.

I was raised in a Jewish household for much of my younger years. However, I lost touch with that part of me as a teen/young adult. Now that I have children of my own, I wanted to teach them about religions and cultures around the world. I thought it would be nice to teach them about Chanukah

This was such a good book that my grandchild already had it in her library!

I read this book to my kindergarten-aged daughter's secular class when I was asked to explain Hanukkah to them. It does mention killing and being put to death- for this age group I simply said "getting rid of" and "punished" instead. Despite feeling the need to edit a few terms, I felt this book was the best of the many children's Hanukkah stories I looked at- it isn't too long, it uses pretty simple words and short sentences, and the pictures are really vibrant and interesting. The last two pages of the story briefly explain how Hanukkah is celebrated today, and I love the last line of the book: "Hanukkah celebrates one of the first fights for religious freedom". Religious freedom is an important value in our home and in my daughter's school so it was a great fit for us.After using the book to explain the history of the holiday I followed up with "The Hanukkah Trike" by Michelle Edwards for a present-day Hanukkah story.

A really wonderful book, just what I've been looking for. For my five to eight-year old grandchildren, it's by far the best telling of the Hanukkah story, from the time of the Jews living peacefully in Judea to the destruction of the Temple by the Greeks, to the re-taking and of the Temple by the Maccabees, and the miracle of a day's worth of oil lasting eight days until more could be brought to keep the "eternal light" burning as the Temple was restored. There's also a description of modern practices -- the lighting of menorahs, the potato latkes, the dreidle games -- but the emphasis is on the simply-told, engaging story of the holiday's origin. Marvelous illustrations, too.

Loved this book, super educational. I got it to teach my son about other religious holidays than our own, he likes it. Not a big fan of the pictures but that is okay

I bought this for my grandchildren who are a'most 5 and almost 3. I sent one copy to my daughter and purchased another one for myself to read to the children on SKYPE during Covid. Lovely book.

Like many people I know the story of Hanukkah, but this the first time I have read a children’s book about it. Moreover, children or adults will learn from the book;I felt informed even though it was a children's book. Yet, like followers of any religion I have questions about Hanukkah and think children would have some questions as well. Therefore, I think the book is a good conversation starter for young people who want to understand Hanukkah.y of Hanukkah

Bought this with the Hanukkah candles so we could read the story and explain why we were lighting the candles. Two year old grandson loved the book and kept asking us to read the candle book to him.

A beautiful looking book with some sound history. It is also really good to have the recipe and game instructions all in one place. This is an excellent educational resource.

Very good. We are Christians but we also believe in biblical feasts. Kids loved it 💕.

Lovely book, best telling of the Chanukah story for children I’ve found

Great book for teaching my granddaughter