Iso­bel spends the first three nights of Hanukkah with her Aunt Luisa, who has just emi­grat­ed from Mex­i­co. She admires her aunt’s Span­ish Hanukkah sign that says ​“Feliz Janu­ca,” the gigan­tic piña­ta shaped like a drei­del, and the large Hanukki­ah that looks like a boat with birds, squir­rels, rac­coons, and deer. Iso­bel also learns how to take pic­tures with her new cam­era, cre­ates a bird scrap­book, bakes drei­del-shaped cook­ies while singing ​“I have a lit­tle drei­del” in Eng­lish and in Span­ish, and observes Rosh Hodesh, the cel­e­bra­tion of the new moon. The Hanukkah cus­toms of Sephardic Jews, bird watch­ing, pho­tog­ra­phy, Rosh Hodesh and the new moon dur­ing Hanukkah, and the Jew­ish val­ue of tak­ing care of ani­mals are all cov­ered, weigh­ing down the sto­ry and mak­ing it unclear what the main mes­sage is sup­posed to be. How­ev­er, the rich, pur­ple and gold infused illus­tra­tions are beau­ti­ful, and the append­ed glos­sary and Span­ish pro­nun­ci­a­tion guide add val­ue. With very few books avail­able to intro­duce chil­dren to the tra­di­tions of Sephardic Jews or the con­tem­po­rary cus­toms of Rosh Hodesh, Hanukkah Moon is worth­while despite its minor flaws. For ages 4 – 8.