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Topic: Cultural Diversity

Best children’s books about Hanukkah

The Jewish festival of lights is an engaging and colourful topic full of joy, celebration and tradition, which you can bring to life with this hand-picked selection of Hanukkah stories for children. This list of the best books about Hanukkah for primary school children features richly-illustrated picturebooks alongside fact-packed non-fiction and activity books.

If you are looking for story books about Hanukkah showing children enjoying the festivities try Hanukkah, in which young Lior celebrates with his family and friends, explaining the traditions and origin story of the festival. We also recommend Malachy Doyle’s excellent picturebook retelling of the story of The Miracle of Hanukkah.

For information books for children about Hanukkah, try Ladybird’s lift-the-flap First Festivals: Hanukkah or the photo-based information book Celebrate With Me: Hanukkah.

Add sparkle to your Hanukkah topic with our list of recommended children’s books about Hanukkah….

Best children’s books about Eid and Ramadan

Browse our curated list of recommended children’s books exploring Ramadan and Eid traditions. These children’s story books about Eid and Ramadan cover themes of community, giving, compassion and self-reflection, providing a way for young readers to connect with religious and cultural festivals.

Our team has handpicked recommended books for schools and families to learn about the traditions associated with this significant month of the Islam calendar, involving fasting, prayer and reflection, and culminating in the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, the Festival of Breaking the Fast.

Best children’s books about Diwali 

The Hindu festival of lights is an engaging and colourful topic, which you can bring to life with this hand-picked selection of Diwali stories for children. This list of the best books about Diwali for primary school children features richly-illustrated picturebooks alongside fact-packed non-fiction and activity books.

If you are looking for story books about Diwali showing children enjoying the festivities, try Binny’s Diwali or The Best Diwali Ever, in which young Ariana makes plans to for extra special Diwali celebrations, with yummy sweets, divas around the house, pretty clothes, fireworks and a rangoli competition. We also recommend Christopher Corr’s excellent picturebook retelling of the story of Rama and Sita. For information books for children about Diwali, try Ladybird’s lift-the-flap First Festivals: Diwali or the photo-based information book Celebrate With Me: Diwali.

Add sparkle to your Diwali topic with our list of recommended children’s books about Diwali….

An uplifting book that represents one Polish girl’s experience of migration to the UK. Kasia misses her old home in Poland, especially her friends and family, and finds it hard to like her new home in England. When her grandparents arrive from Poland for a surprise visit, Kasia finds delight in showing them around her town and realises that she is fonder of her new home than she thought. This is a short chapter book of 64 pages, designed forearly readers.

This is an empathetic story that aims to encourage children to appreciate themselves and others and not to feel the need to hide their cultural heritage. The Name Jar tells the tale of Unhei, a young girl who is anxious when she moves from Korea to a new school in America. Too afraid to tell the class her name, Unhei decides that she will choose a new name for herself the following week. But on the day of her name choosing, Unhei is encouraged by the kindness of her new friends and she chooses to keep her own Korean name, Unhei, proudly teaching everybody how to everyone pronounce it properly.

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