Poetry Books for Hanukkah
Gathering with family and friends to celebrate Hanukkah is the focus of several collections of poetry including these.
- Chorao, Kay. 2009. Rhymes Round the World. New York: Dutton Children’s Books.
- Florian, Douglas. 1999. Winter Eyes: Poems and Paintings. New York: Greenwillow.
- Jules, Jacqueline. 2001. Clap and Count! Action Rhymes for the Jewish Year. Rockville, MD: Kar-Ben.
- Hines, Anna Grossnickle. 2005. Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts. New York: Greenwillow.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2004. Hanukkah Lights: Holiday Poetry. New York: HarperCollins.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 2005. Days to Celebrate: A Full Year of Poetry, People, Holidays, History, Fascinating Facts, and More. New York: Greenwillow.
- Hopkins, Lee Bennett. Ed. 1992. Ring Out, Wild Bells: Poems about Holidays and Seasons. New York: Harcourt Brace.
- Jules, Jacqueline. 2001. Clap and Count! Action Rhymes for the Jewish Year. Rockville, MD: Kar-Ben.
- Livingston, Myra Cohn. Ed. 1986. Poems for the Jewish Holidays. New York: Holiday House.
- Peters, Andrew Fusek. 2000. Poems about Festivals. London, UK: Hodder Wayland.
- Roemer, Heidi. 2004. Come to my Party and Other Shape Poems. New York: Henry Holt.
- Whitehead, Jenny. 2007. Holiday Stew; A Kid’s Portion of Holiday and Seasonal Poems. New York: Henry Holt.
- Vardell, Sylvia and Wong, Janet. Eds. 2011. Gift Tag. PoetryTagTime.com.
- Yolen, Jane. 1998. Snow, Snow: Winter Poems for Children. Honesdale, PA: Wordsong/Boyds Mills.
- Ziefert, Harriet. 2008. Hanukkah Haiku. Maplewood, NJ: Blue Apple Books.
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3 comments:
Thanks for this list, Sylvia - I've tweeted your post.
Great resource, thank you!
Thank you Sylvia, what a good list. I'll be sure to share it with my colleagues!
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