UUA Bookstore Celebrates Holiday Season with Hanukkah Themed Books

Hanukkah, the eight-day festival of light, begins this year on November 27. This winter holiday ritual offers families and others an opportunity to come together to exchange gifts and reflect on themes of darkness and light, purity, and spirituality. Regardless of your age or faith tradition, your UUA Bookstore has books to help you celebrate Hanukkah.

Holiday time at Sadie's house means golden gelt sparkling under the Christmas tree, candy canes hanging on menorah branches, and latkes on the mantel awaiting Santa's arrival.

Author Selina Alko's joyous celebration of blended families makes a perfect holiday gift for those who celebrate both Christmas and Hanukkah. For readers aged 5 and up. Purchase today.

Sara finds her family's Hanukkah celebrations boring until Tante Miriam arrives at the holiday party. She gives Sara a golden dreydl that is really an enchanted princess who guides Sara on a journey into a magical world.

The imaginative drawings in The Golden Dreydl depict a universe where Jewish history collides with fantasy. For readers aged 8 to 11. Purchase today.

A boy and his grandfather discover the words "Do Unto Others as You Would Have Them Do Unto You" posted on a wall. The grandfather explains the golden rule and the many religions and cultures-from Christianity to Hinduism to the Shawnee tribe-that have their own variations.

Ilene Cooper's universal story, with rich, evocative paintings by Gabi Swiatkowska, captures the importance of a rule that is simple yet not always easy to follow. For readers aged 4 to 8. Purchase today.

The beginning of winter is marked by the solstice, the shortest day of the year. Long ago, people grew afraid when each day had fewer hours of sunshine than the day before. Over time, they realized that one day each year the sun started moving toward them again.

In lyrical prose and cozy illustrations, this book explains the winter solstice and how it has been observed by various cultures throughout history. For readers aged 4 to 8. Purchase today.

Author Marian Wright Edelman has drawn from a variety of cultures and peoples to compile these timeless stories, poems, songs, quotations, and folktales that speak to all children to let them know that they can make a difference in today's world.

It makes a wonderful gift to inspire children to do good in the world. For readers aged 7 to 9. Purchase today.

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