In the warm glow of a can­dle, the mem­o­ry of one uncle lives on for­ev­er in Richard Ho and Carmel Ben Ami’s stun­ning forth­com­ing pic­ture book, A Flame Burns On. 

Each year, a girl and her moth­er 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: camp­ing trips, read­ing by flash­light, and cel­e­brat­ing every birth­day with cake.

The day is spent exchang­ing favorite sto­ries, shar­ing laugh­ter and tears, and vis­it­ing the uncle’s grave. Through it all, his spir­it lives on, rekin­dled in the yahrzeit candle’s flame. The girl comes to under­stand the beau­ty of a Jew­ish tra­di­tion that helps fam­i­lies share, cel­e­brate, and heal.

With lyri­cal text and 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 … long after they are gone.

Jew­ish Book Coun­cil’s cov­er reveal this week marks the book’s avail­abil­i­ty for pre­order­ing from retail­ers before its pub­li­ca­tion in May 2026. Pre­order your copy today. This heart­felt and mov­ing book is the per­fect intro­duc­tion to young read­ers on loss, love, and memory.