By Eric Kimmel
Illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman

It is the first night of Hanukkah. Hershel of Ostropol is walking down the road. Tired and hungry, he is looking forward to reaching the next village. He is sure that bright candles, merry song, and platters of potato latkes will be waiting for him. But when he reaches the village, Hershel discovers that the villagers aren't celebrating Hanukkah. They're too scared of the goblins that haunt the old synagogue at the top of the hill. Hershel wants to help the village people. "If I can't outwit a few goblins," Hershel tells the rabbi, "then my name isn't Hershel of Ostropol." Hershel comes up with several ingenious ideas for tricking the goblins in this original Hanukkah tale.

By Eric A. Kimmel
Illustrated by Barbara McClintock

Little Mindy Klein lives with her tiny family in the walls of the Eldridge Street Synagogue. When Mindy's father sprains his ankle before Hanukkah, Mindy must bring home a candle for the menorah. With a lot of bravery (and a little help from Grandpa), Mindy saves the holiday and learns the true meaning behind the Festival of Lights.

By Leslea Newman
Illustrated by Kyrsten Brooker

On the first night of Chanukah a lucky boy receives a shiny new dreidel, but once it starts spinning, it just won't stop! With a mind of its own, the dreidel spins quickly across the floor, out the door, and down the street, with its excited owner and family in hot pursuit. Soon the whole city joins the chase to catch the runaway toy. Where is that dreidel heading, and will it ever stop spinning? This is one journey surely worth pursuing right up to its magical conclusion!

By Leslea Newman
Illustrated by Elivia Savadier

The wondrous days of Chanukah come to life through the eyes of a young child, whose family gathering grows bigger and bigger as the holiday progresses. As the nights pass, one new item or person is added to the celebration - and there is always a present for every child in the room! Accumulating text makes this book fun to read (or sing!) aloud while the bright and cheerful illustrations allow a young reader to count each object added.

By Barbara Diamond Goldin
Illustrated by Avi Katz

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The Knoodle family is about to celebrate Hanukkah. They discuss what the rabbi has told them: "It is hard to give the perfect gift, one that will be treasured forever." What did the rabbi mean? Thinking they should give one another a gift they'd really love to have themselves, they pick names from a hat. Bubby Sadie gives Little Yekl a pickle barrel. Mama Pearl gives Papa Jack a straw hat with yellow daisies - something she has wanted her whole life! And so it goes. No one is happy...until the little rabbi arrives and, with Little Yekl's help, straightens things out. Then they all celebrate "the best Hanukkah ever!"

By Michael Rosen
Illustrated by Robert Sabuda

Two thousand years after a single lamp burned eight days in the Temple where Jewish freedom first was fought, acclaimed author Michael J. Rosen and master pop-up artist Robert Sabuda imagine eight scenes that, like the flame of the shamash candle, illuminate places and times where Jews have celebrated this miracle: a desert encampment, the hold of a refugee ship, the first Jewish settlement in the New World, a kibbutz, and a spectacular final scene in which city skyscrapers become menorahs that call upon the stars to be their flames. In each window into history, the Chanukah lights reflect freedom's promise, hope rekindled amid oppression, and the unflagging faith mirroed in the eyes of all who gather for this Festival of Lights.