Chil­dren’s

Hanukkah Lights

David Mar­tin; Melis­sa Sweet, illus.

  • Review
By – December 1, 2015

Hanukkah Lights is a sweet lit­tle board book, per­fect for adults to read to the very youngest chil­dren to cel­e­brate the hol­i­day. Page one declares, It’s Hanukkah!” and the suc­ceed­ing pages explain what we do each night of the hol­i­day — light can­dles, eat latkes, play drei­del, give presents, eat choco­late gelt, sing, dance, play, share sto­ries, and feast. The col­or­ful and charm­ing illus­tra­tions of diverse chil­dren effec­tive­ly rein­force the text.

Baby hands will love turn­ing the stur­dy pages and tod­dlers will enjoy point­ing out col­ors, shapes, and Hanukkah sym­bols as they share Hanukkah cel­e­bra­tions with their fam­i­ly and friends.

Paula Chaiken has worked in a vari­ety of capac­i­ties in the Jew­ish world — teach­ing in reli­gious school, curat­ing at the Sper­tus Muse­um and fundrais­ing for the Fed­er­a­tion — for more than twen­ty years. She also runs a bou­tique pub­lic rela­tions con­sult­ing firm and enjoys read­ing all sorts of books with her three sons.

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