Chanukah Book Recommendations

These are a few of our favorite Chanukah books on our shelves! Marjorie Shuster, Librarian for the Ivan M. Stettenheim Library and Coordinator of Literary Events for the Streicker Center, has curated a list of recommended Chanukah books for all ages. You can find these selections and more in the Stettenheim Library or through our dedicated ebook site Axis 360.


From the Stettenheim Library:

How to Spell Chanukah…and Other Holiday Dilemmas: Eighteen Writers Celebrate Eight Nights of Lights – Edited by Emily Franklin

The Jewish Way: Living the Holidays – By Rabbi Irving Greenberg

My Jewish Year: 18 Holidays, One Wandering Jew – By Abigail Pogrebin

The Dreidel’s Hidden Meanings – By Rabbi Yitzchak Ginsburgh

Recommended Children’s Books:

My First Chanukah – By Tomie dePaola

Meet the Latkes – By Alan Silberberg

Light the Menorah – Illustrated by Jannie Ho

My First Chanukah – By Tomie dePaola

Large Print, Big & Easy Hanukkah Coloring Book For Kids and Adults! – By Patty Jane Press

I Spy Hanukkah: Activity Book for Children Aged 2-5 – Yellow Sun Publishing

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins – By Eric Kimmel, Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

Shalom Sesame: The Count’s Hanukkah Countdown – By Tilda Balsley and Ellen Fischer, Illustrated by Tom Leigh

All-of-a-Kind Family Hanukkah: Based on the Classic Books by Sydney Taylor – By Emily O. Jenkins and Paul O. Zelinsky

The Latke in the Library & Other Mystery Stories for Hanukkah – By Libi Astaire