The Best and Most Popular Hanukkah Books for Kids

Giving a child a book about Hanukkah is a great way to celebrate the Jewish holiday. There are a number of available Hanukkah books for kids.

Here is a list of five children's Hanukkah books to give as gifts.

How I Saved Hanukkah by Amy Goldman Koss. How I Saw Hanukkah is a great chapter book that your children will find funny. In this picture story book, a fourth grader girl, Marla, is frustrated because she's the only Jewish student in her class while her friends and classmates are preparing for Christmas. Marla's family on the other hand doesn't really do anything to celebrate Hanukkah. Marla uses this opportunity to learn about the meaning of Hanukkah. Things get better for Marla after that. She manages to save Hanukkah. How I Saved Hanukkah retails for $15.99 and comes in hardcover.

The Miracle of Hanukkah by Seymour Chwast. This book is great for children ages four to eight years old. The Miracle of Hanukkah tells the story of the taking over of the Jewish Temple of Jerusalem. The story shares with children how the Macabees fought to reclaim the Temple and their eventual success. The Miracle of Hanukkah is a nice easy to read story for children to learn about the first celebration of Hanukkah. The Miracle of Hanukkah costs $14.95 and comes in hardcover.

Light The Lights! A Story About Celebrating Hanukkah And Christmas by Margaret Moorman. This book was written for children ages five to eight years old. In this book the author, Margaret Moorman tells children about both Hanukkah and Christmas and the merging of the two in one girl's household. This book is a different spin on Hanukkah stories. Light The Lights! A Story About Celebrating Hanukkah And Christmas is $6.99 in paperback.

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins by Eric A. Kimmel and Trina Schart Hyman. This book is a picture book about Hanukkah illustrated in watercolor. Children and the entire family will enjoy the dramatic way that this story is illustrated. In this story, the main character, Hershel saves Hanukkah by outsmarting the scary Hanukkah goblins in his village. The goblins were destroying the holiday because they were haunting the synagogue. But Hershel saves the day for his village. Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins is $17.95 in hardcover.

The Ziz And the Hanukkah Miracle by Jacqueline Jules and illustrated by Katherine Janus Kahn. This story is a non-traditional way to explain the story of the Hanukkah miracle of the oil that lasted eight days. It's a clever story for children ages four to eight. The Ziz And the Hanukkah Miracle costs $7.95 in paperback.