3 BOOKS FOR CHANUKKA

Chanukka is coming up, starting on Sunday, December 2nd. If you are looking for some enjoyable children's books that explain this Jewish holidays and its rituals, take a look at these books. They work for Jewish children as well as non-Jewish kids and are adorable either for their illustrations or their story.

Esther Kinsky / Sarah Fricke

EINES ABENDS IM WINTER

Three cats roam the streets on a cold day in December. Each of them observes a different family busy with preparing and celebrating festival of lights in different ways: Christmas, Chanukka and the Hindu-day of Divali.

This book has enchanting illustrations - and comes with a CD containing music to the festivals as well.

4 years and up

Myrian Halberstam /

EIN PFERD ZU CHANNUKKA

Like many other girls, Hannah's biggest wish is a horse. Her parents give her one for Channukka - the deal being she is responsible for it. But a horse in a kid's room is not really feasible and each night of Channukka some chaos erupts..

A fun story that teaches about the rituals and some Hebrew, too.

3 years and up

Michael J. Rosen

CHANUKKALICHTER ÜBERALL

This book beautifully reflects the atmosphere of a cold winter night and the tradition of lighting candles during Channukka. Two children sit at a winter and count the magical lights. Each evening there are more..

3 years and up