Hanukkah books for every reader, from picture books for the youngest to the history and halacha behind the Festival of Lights.
For children: Hanukkah Cookies with Sprinkles by David A. Adler, a story about tzedakah with a note for families on Hanukkah traditions; Farmer Kobi's Hanukkah Match, a laugh-out-loud Hanukkah dinner with Kobi's farm animals; and Menorah in the Night Sky by Jacques J.M. Shore, the story of two boys in a camp during the Holocaust who find their own Chanukah miracle (ages 7–12).
History and fiction: Blood of the Maccabees by Asaf Golan, a historical novel of the Maccabean Revolt; Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 3 (Hebrew), which covers the decrees of Antiochus and the Hasmonean revolt; and Yahrzeit by Liat Taiber Ben David, a family saga in which four generations of women turn the days of Hanukkah into days of remembrance.
The menorah and the mitzvah: Lighting the Way to Freedom by Yaniv Ben Or, on the Hanukkah menorah in American public life and US–Israel friendship; In the Light of the Menorah, eighteen essays by scholars on the menorah, including its choice as the emblem of the State of Israel; and the Rambam's laws of Chanukah in Mishneh Torah: Sefer Hazemanim, Vol. 2, Hebrew with Rabbi Eliyahu Touger's English translation.
For Hebrew learners: To Succeed in Hebrew: Holidays and Special Events by Meira Maadia, an advanced Hebrew book with a chapter on Hanukah.
