Maccabee!: The Story of Hanukkah

The story of Hanukkah from oppression to liberation is brought to life for children through bright engaging illustrations and rhyme that keeps the action rolling. Readers discover from the story and its refrain that even a small number of people can influence history, as well as the world today, positively.

Children's Books

Balsley, Tilda

Literature & Fiction

Kar-Ben Publishing ™

Judah and the little army of Maccabees fight to free Jerusalem from the cruel King Antiochus in this vibrant and action-filled rhyming version of the famous Hanukkah story.

Kar-Ben Publishing ®

Tilda Balsley and illustrator Ilene Richard repeat their earlier success with the Readers' Theater, Let My People Go. This time the story is about Esther who succeeds in convincing the King to stop the evil Haman. Puns and slapstick humor along with the natural suspense of the plot entertain both groups and single readers in this Purim tale, The Queen Who Saved Her People.

The Queen Who Saved Her People

Oh No, Jonah!

A giant fish swam to his side, And stared at him all google-eyed. Its mouth, humongous, opened wide, And CHOMP! He found himself inside. The Bible story of Jonah and the Great Fish (better known as Jonah and the Whale) is retold in rollicking rhyme.

Kar-Ben Pub

With beautiful artwork and rollicking rhyme, the Bible story of Jonah and the Whale is retold in a fun and unique fashion.

The story of a family celebrating Hanukkah is told in clever and whimsical verse.

Eight Is Great

Why is matzah plain and flat? For centuries it’s been like that. A rhyming introduction to Passover’s traditional food, with children eating and enjoying “lotsa matzah” many different ways during the holiday.

Lotsa Matzah

At a Hanukkah party on Sesame Street, Grover and the Count welcome visiting Israeli Muppet friends Brosh and Avigail, tell the story of Hanukkah, feast on latkes, and learn that EIGHT is the perfect Hanukkah number.

The Count's Hanukkah Countdown (Shalom Sesame)

Fischer, Ellen

The Count's Hanukkah Countdown

Shalom Everybodeee!: Grover's Adventures in Israel

Journey to Israel with furry loveable Grover from Sesame Street as he visits the Western Wall, participates in an archaeological dig, shops in the Machane Yehuda market, eats yummy drippy falafel, visits a kibbutz, hikes the twisty snake path to the top of Masada, floats in the Dead Sea, rides a camel and shares the hospitality of a Bedouin family. The fifth in Kar-Ben's 'Shalom Sesame' series.

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Maccabee!: The Story of Hanukkah

Maccabee!: The Story of Hanukkah

The Queen Who Saved Her People

Oh No, Jonah!

Oh No, Jonah!

Eight Is Great

Lotsa Matzah

The Count's Hanukkah Countdown (Shalom Sesame)

The Count's Hanukkah Countdown

Shalom Everybodeee!: Grover's Adventures in Israel