Customer Reviews

Light the Lights!: A Story About Celebrating Hanukkah & Christmas

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This is the first children's book I know that has a child celebrating both Hanukkah and Christmas. It is nice because it depicts it as normal for that family and doesn't drag by explaining the religious differences of the parents. Very respectful of many children's lives.

This book was ideal for those people who are from interfaith marriages. It show a child how the different holidays are celebrated by each parent and how they can share each celebration

My daughter and her preschool class really enjoyed this book. It talks about what kinds of things families do together for the Hanukkah and Christmas holidays (without going into any underlying religion), and is both fun and touching.

I can't imagine a 5-8-yr-old liking this book much, but my 3 1/2-yr-old has LOVED this book for over a year, making me read it over and over and over again. It wouldn't have been my choice for so many repeated readings, but I'm as thrilled as she is to see the daily life of an urban child who celebrates Channuka and Christmas reflected in words and pictures.

I ordered this book for a 3 years old child in the interfaith family thinking that it will explain the two holidays - Christmas and Hannukah - to a child in an interesting form. It does tells about the 2 holidays but it is so boring that it's hard to get a child, whom normally you can read several books at a time, to get through the end of it. I thought it was a great thing to buy a book on this subject but unfortunately it's quite uninteresting even for a child.

For a 2-1/2 year old enjoying his first real holiday season (too young last year), this was perfect but it is very short. His Mom is Jewish and dad Christian. Like many families they have menorah, tree and stockings.

This book is poor in quality. Just another one of those really cheap, flimsy books I've come to expect from Scholastic.
This book was a huge disappointment. It doesn't teach much of anything.