Traditional
This book had a weird format, with little pages that came off the pages, like a pop-up book that didn't actually pop up. It tells the story of Hanukkah, and while I think it's important to teach about a variety of cultures, I'm not overly fond of teaching religion to kids. This book contains an awful lot of soldiers killing people in the name of their imaginary friend in the sky, who rewards their killing by letting their oil burn for extra long. I think this is fine as a cultural exploration book, but I hate seeing any religion forced on kids as absolute truth.

This book is interesting because the pages start small at the beginning of the story and step up in size to end up as big as the book at the end. When all the pages are laid flat, they make one picture of the Jewish temple. The book offers a brief history of the beginning of Hanukkah and the meaning of Hanukkah is.
This would be a good book to introduce Hanukkah and its origins to children. The illustrations follow the text are done in color, but the color is muted. At one point, the word God has been censored to read G-d so the reader will have to decide how to approach that word. ( )