SuitabookThe Ninth Night of Hanukkah
Erica S. Perl, Shahar Kober
- Reading
- Enjoy the neighbours’ stand-in items as part of the humour, then pause at the shamash-inspired idea to talk about different ways people can show thanks.
- Themes
- Neighbourly help and gratitude: Neighbours offer Max and Rachel stand-ins for the Hanukkah items they lack; the children then plan a ninth night to thank those who helped. The children’s response presents gratitude and neighbourly help positively, through their decision to create a celebration of thanks.
- Worth knowing
- The missing holiday box is the story’s starting problem; neighbours supply substitutes. Consider whether moving or misplaced belongings might connect with a child’s own experience of settling somewhere new.