This con­tem­po­rary, inter­gen­er­a­tional Hanukkah pic­ture book that incor­po­rates both Ashke­nazi and Sephardic tra­di­tions fea­tures text by New­bery Hon­or and Pura Bel­pré-win­ning author Ruth Behar and illus­tra­tions by Calde­cott Hon­or-win­ner Mar­jorie Priceman.

Luz is help­ing her Abueli­ta and Abueli­to cel­e­brate the fes­ti­val of lights, but it’s going to take a mir­a­cle to get every­thing ready in time!

As Luz and Abueli­ta walk to the bode­ga for pota­toes to make latkes, they talk about the mir­a­cle of Hanukkah — and the mir­a­cles that sur­round us. Each of the eight can­dles rep­re­sents an every­day mir­a­cle like the kind­ness of com­mu­ni­ty and the tra­di­tion of shar­ing sto­ries. When snow starts to fall, it feels like the won­der of the hol­i­day sur­rounds them and infus­es their prepa­ra­tions and cel­e­bra­tion with a spe­cial warmth.

In this joy­ful pic­ture book, award-win­ners Ruth Behar and Mar­jorie Price­man have cre­at­ed a mod­ern and acces­si­ble Hanukkah classic.