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Eight Nights, Eight Lights

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A story celebrating Chanukah, told across eight nights.

Chanukah, The Festival of Lights, is drawing near. It’s a time for songs and prayer, delicious food and friendship, fun and family. It’s a time to be together and bring light to the darkness. Celebrate each night of Chanukah with eight different families and learn about the rituals and traditions which make up this wonderful holiday.

With beautiful, rich illustrations by Andrea Stegmaier and a lyrical, rhythmic text by Natalie Barnes, Eight Nights, Eight Lights is the ideal gift to share with children at Chanukah.

Our Review Panel says...

‘Eight Nights, Eight Lights’ is a story picture book exploring the celebration of Chanukah (or Hanukkah), the Jewish Festival of Lights. With warm and inviting illustrations, the book brings the celebration to life, as we follow Max and his family, and other members of their Jewish community, through the eight days and nights of the festival.

The colour palette used in the book is really lovely, and the story is full of food, friendships, family, and fun. As a jumping off point in a topic on the Jewish faith and its festivals, this is a super resource and could lead to numerous activities, including making the food and playing the games described in the story. Highly recommended for school libraries and in any classroom for topic work on Judaism.

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