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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: by David Adler
PART ONE: All About Hanukkah
The Story of Hanukkah
The Holiday of Hanukkah
Why You Won't Find Hanukkah in the Bible
Hanukkah: The Name
Why Celebrate Eight Days of Hanukkah
The Order for Candle Lighting
The Blessings on Lighting Hanukkah Candles
Hanerot Hallalu
Al ha-Nissim
"Maoz Tzur" ("Rock of Ages"): A Closer Look at the Song
"Rock of Ages"
A Hanukkah Memory by David A. Adler
Hannah and Her Seven Sons
Oil is the Key Ingredient!
The Hanukkah of Adam and Eve: A Talmudic Legend
When is Hanukkah?
Sephardic Customs
A Hanukkah Heroine: Judith
How Billings, Montana Defended Hanukkah
The Shammash
"To Be a Lamplighter" by Menachem Mendel Schneeson
The Olympics and the Maccabiah
Hanukkah in 1944, A True Story by Ruth Minsky Sender
How Did the Story of Hanukkah End?
PART TWO: Hanukkah Stories
"The Little Hanukkah Lamp" by I. L. Peretz, translated and adapted by Esther
Hautzig
"Malke's Secret Recipe" by David A. Adler, illustrated by Avi Katz
"K'tonton Takes a Ride on a Runaway Dreidel" by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
"K'tonton Arrives" (an excerpt) by Sadie Rose Weilerstein
"Hanukkah Lights" by Johanna Hurwitz
"The Miracle of the Potato Latkes" by Malka Penn, illustrated by Giora Carmi
"Joy to the World" by Ellen Frankel
"A Miracle for Marci" by Miriam Rinn
"A Menorah in Tel Aviv" by Ya'Akov, illustrated by Alexa Ginsburg
"How Jeremy Solved the December Problem" by Lois F. Ruby
"The Hanukkah Blizzard" by Ethel Krantz
"A Hanukkah Visitor" by Malka Penn
"The Hanukkah Gift" by Max Robin
"A Hanukkah Discovery" by Murial Gerelick
PART THREE: Hanukkah Fun
Test Your Holiday Smarts
Eight Tidbits of Hanukkah Wisdom
Happy Hanukkah Rebus
A Very Short Hanukkah Story
Test Your Hanukkah IQ
Picture Puzzles
Test Your Hanukkah Personality
What Written or Pictured in Each Box
Mendel's Crazy Hanukkah Quiz
Hanukkah Brain Teasers:
? What Day of Hanukkah Is It?
? The Cohens
? 4 Pennies and 3 Cups
? Hanukkah Gelt
? More Hanukkah Gelt
? Even More Hanukkah Gelt
? A Boatload of Mystery
? Hanukkah Hugs
? Family Fun
? Bull's Eye
? 44 - 1 = 45?
? A Sign of Confusion
? The Man in Black
? Edith's Sons
? A Hot Hanukkah
What is Written in Each Box?
The Hanukkah Party
Twenty Questions
Peculiar Sentences
Hanukkah Number Phrases
Calculator Fun
The Candle Box
Hanukkah Oddities
What's Written in Each Box?
Menorahs and Candles
Menorahs You Can Make:
? Dough Menorah
? Homemade Hanukkah Menorah
? Menorah Wall Hanging
? A Handy Menorah
Bright Brain Teasers:
? Spenser's Hanukkah Candles
? What's Wrong Here?
? One Candle is Carrying Holiday Weight
? Jacob, Jacob Candlemaker
? Tricky Wick
? Two Candles
? Three Candles
? Which Do You Light First?
? Oops!
? Selling His Way to Success?
? A Windy Night
Menorah Mazes:
? Find a Path Through the Menorah
? Help This Boy Light his Menorah
? Find the Menorah
? Which Wick is Part of This Candle
? Match Each Candle With Its Wick
To Spark Your Shammash
How Many Candles?
Candle Cunning
Dessert Menorah
Fruity Menorah
Dreidels
I Have a Little Dreidel ... And a Lot of Fun!
Round and Round It Goes, Where It Lands, Nobody Knows!
Dreidel Mazes:
? Find Your Way Through This Dreidel
? Find a Path to the Gimel
Dreidel of Fortune
How Many Dreidels?
Escape by Dreidel
A Testy Game of Dreidel
Envelope Dreidel Hanukkah Card
Magnetic Dreidel
A Dreidel Delicacy
A Carton Creation
Magic
Hanukkah Magic
Hanukkah Gelt Magic
Candle Magic
Broken Candle Magic
More Candle Magic
Hanukkah Hijinks
Mazes:
? Find a Path to the Oil
? Hanukkah Party at the Synagogue
Measure Out the Oil
Flip 'n Fry
Eight Gift Ideas for Eight Nights
Unwanted Hanukkah Gifts
Hanukkah Hellos
Craft Stick Star of David
Metallic Star of David
Tasty Brain Teasers:
? The Clever Hostess
? Hanukkah Hunger
? The Large Latke
? Fathers and Sons
? Latke, Latke
? Latkes on Schedule
Recipes
Dreidel Cake
Fast Food Facts: Latkes
Potato Latkes
Cheese Latkes
Green Latkes
Orange Latkes
Sweet Potato Latkes
Red Latkes
Apple Latkes
Fast Food Facts: Sufganiyot
Sufganiyot
Fried Hanukkah Puffs
Fast Food Facts: Bimuelos
Bimuelos
Fast Food Facts: Gelt
Homemade Hanukkah Gelt
Songs
"Hinei Ba"
"L'vivot"
"Neir Li"
"Neirot Dolkim"
"Mi Y'maleil"
"Ma-oz Tzur I"
"Ma-oz Tzur II"
"Y'mei Ha-hanukkah"
"I Have a Little Dreidel"
"The Latke Song"
Answers
Hanukkah Reading List
Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Hanukkah Juvenile literature, Hanukkah