Hanukkah is right around the corner. Get ready with your family by reading through some of these wonderful children’s Chanukah books. From board books to novels, I’ve got you covered.
This list features favorites from KOAB readers, as well as from my own children.
Top 20 Hanukkah Children’s Books
- Bright Baby “Touch and Feel” Hanukkah
by Roger Priddy
- Where Is Baby’s Dreidel?: A Lift-the-Flap Book by Karen Katz
- Latke, the Lucky Dog (Hanukkah)
by Ellen Fischer
- The Runaway Latkes
by Leslie Kimmelman
- An Adventure in Latkaland: A Hanukkah Story
by Karen Fisman
- Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah by Sylvia Rouss
- The Night Before Chanukah, by
- Chanukah Lights Everywhere
by Michael Rosen
- Farmer Kobi’s Hanukkah Match
by Rabbi Ron Isaacs and Karen Rostoker-Gruber
- Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins
by Eric Kimmel
- Hanukkah Bear
by Eric Kimmel
- The Chanukkah Guest
by Eric Kimmel
- When Mindy Saved Hanukkah
by Eric Kimmel
- The Count’s Hanukkah Countdown (Shalom Sesame)
by Tilda Balsley (Shalom Sesame)
- Mrs. Greenberg’s Messy Hanukkah
by Linda Glaser
- How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah?
by Jane Yolen
- Like a Maccabee
by Barbara Bietz
- Alexandra’s Scroll: The Story of the First Hanukkah
by Miriam Chaikin
- The Magic Menorah: A Modern Chanukah Tale
by Jane Breskin Zalben
- Oskar and the Eight Blessings
by Tanya Simon and Richard Simon
If you are not yet signed up for PJ Library, many of the titles above were sent to my children as their free monthly book selection from that wonderful program.
What is your family’s favorite Chanukah book for kids? Let’s talk in the comments section below!
Thank so much for including Like A Maccabee on this wonderful list!