A girl and her mom light a can­dle to hon­or the mem­o­ry of a loved one in this gor­geous­ly illus­trat­ed pic­ture book about this spe­cial Jew­ish tra­di­tion.

Each year, a girl and her mom light a yahrzeit can­dle on the anniver­sary of an uncle’s pass­ing. Even though she was young when he died, her mem­o­ries of him shine bright and clear: all the times they went camp­ing, read togeth­er, and how he was there for every birth­day.

The mom and daugh­ter spend the day exchang­ing their favorite sto­ries, some­times laugh­ing or shed­ding a tear, and vis­it­ing his plot, his spir­it lives on, rekin­dled in the yahrzeit can­dle’s flame. It’s then that the girl under­stands the true pur­pose of her family’s cus­tom: to share, cel­e­brate, and heal.

With lumi­nous art that glows on the page, A Flame Burns On is an unfor­get­table, poignant sto­ry about find­ing joy and light in the dark­ness, and an ode to the loved ones that stay in our hearts for­ev­er, long after they are gone.

Back­mat­ter includes an author’s note that explains the cus­tom and sig­nifi­gance of light­ing a yahrzeit candle.