This sim­ple and straight­for­ward intro­duc­tion to the hol­i­day uses basic vocab­u­lary and large, full-col­or pho­tographs and illus­tra­tions to con­vey key aspects of Hanukkah’s his­to­ry and cus­toms. Inter­est­ing tid­bits of infor­ma­tion are sprin­kled through­out, such as the fact that the word ​“Hanukkah” means ​“ded­i­ca­tion.” The bold pre­sen­ta­tion of these ​“Fact!” bub­bles will appeal to young read­ers. A brief glos­sary is includ­ed, as well as a short bib­li­og­ra­phy of books that offers a more in-depth look at the hol­i­day, and instruc­tions for craft­ing a milk car­ton drei­del. While chil­dren of faiths oth­er than Judaism may gain more knowl­edge from this book than those who have cel­e­brat­ed Hanukkah with their fam­i­lies, the easy text and engag­ing for­mat allow begin­ning read­ers to learn about the hol­i­day on their own. Sievert’s text pro­vides a sim­i­lar, though less exten­sive, treat­ment of the hol­i­day as any of the typ­i­cal books mar­ket­ed to the school library world by pub­lish­ers spe­cial­iz­ing in non­fic­tion. Those who require a sim­pli­fied ver­sion of this hol­i­day aimed at begin­ning read­ers would con­sid­er this a use­ful pur­chase. Ages 4 – 8.