RIYL+Hanukkah

__ Hanukkah Moon __ by Deborah Da Costa __ The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes __ by Linda Glaser __ The Chanukkah Guest __ by Eric A. Kimmel __ Nine Spoons: A Chanukah Story __ by Marci Stillerman __ Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas  __  by  Michael J. Rosen __ All the Lights in the Night  __ by Arthur A. Levine __ Runaway Dreidel! __ by Leslea Newman =  __ Hanukkah at Valley Forge __  by  Stephen Krensky       = __ A Confused Hanukkah: An Original Story of Chelm  __  by  Jon Koons =  __ The Chanukkah Tree __ by  Eric A. Kimmel      = =    Another book is __The Christmas Tapestry__ by Patricia Polacco. While not an actual Chanukah story, it is seasonal and deals with the reunification of a man and his wife -- separated by the Nazis who each believe the other to have been dead. It is a very touching story. = =    Penny Brown     = =    Chanukah Lights Everywhere by Michael J. Rosen  D is for Dreidel: A Hanukkah Alphabet Book by Tanya Lee Stone  The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn  A Great Miracle: The Story of Hanukkah by Betty Morrow  A Hanukkah Holiday Cookbook by Emily Raabe  The Hanukkah Mice by Steve Kroll  Hanukkah, Shmanukkah by Esme Raji Codell  Latkes and Applesauce by Fran Manushkin  Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat: A Chanukah Story by Naomi Howland  The Magic Dreidels: A Hanukkah Story by Eric A. Kimmel  The Menorah Story by Mark H. Podwal  Moishe's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story by Laura Krauss Melmed  One Candle by Eve Bunting  Pearl's Eight Days of Chanukah by Jane Breskin Zalben  The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco     Kinder-- Sammy Spider's First Hanukkah by Sylvia Rouss 1st-- Magic Dreidels by Eric Kimmel 2nd-- Runaway Dreidel by Leslea Newman (extends classroom gingerbread writing project) 3rd-- Chanukkah Guest by Kimmel ** S E A S O N 'S R E A D I N G S ! **       Heidi Snively

=     I, too, love the Kimmel book and the various latke ones mentioned in other posts. I also share a more serious Hanukkah story, __One Candle__ by Eve Bunting. The catalog entry says: “Every year a family celebrates Hanukkah by retelling the story of how Grandma and her sister managed to mark the day while in a German concentration camp.” In the story, Grandma and her sister make a Hanukkah candle out of a potato, a thread, and a small pat of butter. We make this simple potato candle after sharing the story. The kids are amazed that it actually works. Here are some of the other Hanukkah books I share with lower school kids: Happy Holidays! -- Karen Latkes, Latkes Good to Eat by Naomi Howland Chanukah Guest by Eric Kimmel
 * Capucilli, BISCUIT’S HANUKKAH (preschool)
 * Zeifert, HANUKKAH and Kimmelman, THE RUNAWAY LATKES (Kindergarten) (We make little latke stick puppets to help tell the story.)
 * Hirsh, I LOVE HANUKKAH and Howland, LATKES, LATKES, GOOD TO EAT (1st Grade) (We eat latkes with applesauce.)
 * Clark, HANUKKAH and Penn, THE MIRACLE OF THE POTATO LATKES (2nd Grade) (We eat latkes with applesauce.)
 * Podwal, THE MENORAH STORY and Kimmel, HERSHEL AND THE HANUKKAH GOBLINS (3rd Grade) (We play the dreidel game and sing the song.)
 * Bunting, ONE CANDLE (4th Grade) (We make the simple potato Hanukkah candle.)
 * Kimmel, ZIGAZAK (5th Grade) (We play the dreidel game.)

** A personal favorite for Hanukkah is: ** ** Zigazak! A Magical Hanukkah Night by Eric Kimmell, illustrated by Jon Goodell

This book has great illustrations and the story is a good read-aloud...always a favorite.

**I love //The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Against Hate// by Janice Cohn. **It describes how people in Billings, Montana joined together to fight a series of hate crimes against a Jewish family. It’s such a good message of tolerance.**** Dana Stemig //  //Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins//   //   has been, hands down, a favorite here for the 17 years I’ve sat in the library chair (I shyly admit to being complimented often on my range of goblin voices!). I also read ////The Magic Dreidels//// to my Kindergarten, and use Naomi Howland’s ////Latkes, Latkes, Good to Eat//// with my 1st and 2nd grades. Another favorite of the 4th and 5th graders is Arthur Yorinks’ ////The Flying Latke////. You just can’t beat this off-the-wall story, with illustrations by William Steig, for laughs! I've been reading Chanukah Lights Everywhere to my primary classes this week. It's by Michael Rosen.

Amber Claflin One of my favorite Hanukkah stories is: "The Chanukkah Guest", by Eric Kimmel. It would be perfect for first grade.

Kathy Do you have a copy of the Chanukah Guest by Eric Kimmel? Bubba Brayna (sp) is 97 years old and can't see or hear very well so when a bear knocks on her door she thinks it's the rabbi and lets him in. I always read it to 1st grade when I was with an elementary school.

Pat Guarnero