Eight Wild Nights: A Family Hanukkah Tale

by Brian P. Cleary, David Udovic (Illustrator)

With humor and rhyme, a Jewish family celebrates and survives the eight days of Hanukkah. Every Jewish family will relate to this roller coaster of joys and adventures as an assortment of relatives and friends descends on the household.

Genres: Picture Books, Holiday, Jewish, Religion

24 pages, Paperback

First published August 15, 2006

Reviews

[Nancy Kotkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story: 3 stars
Illustrations: 3 stars

Whimsical story of one family's Hanukkah celebrations. Told in rhyming verse. Illustrations are also humorous. One page in the front of the book summarizes the historical significance of this Jewish holiday.

[Shoshanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Funny and silly. This feels a little like a Christmas story with Jewish ideas mad libbed in, because I guess I don't associate khanike with all the family gathering, but that may just be my family. It's plenty Jewish!!! Old tech alert: VCR, gameboy, "laptop computer. :p

[Christina · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun for kids and rhyming

[Beronica · Rating 4 out of 5]

This family Hanukkah tale is very funny with its rhyme and illustrations. I only wish it was read by a funny Jew!!!! I love the part about the TP. As my Jewish friend Lee would say, "Enjoy!"

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rhyming text and humorous, action-packed illustrations convey the craziness of the holidays.

themes: family, Hanukkah

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

rhyming and rhythm were forced at parts. Parts were pretty funny and entertaining otherwise. Some parts seemed a bit too odd.

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an early reader book that describes the Jewish tradition of Hanukkah in a slightly humorous way. It explains some of the culture surrounding the holiday with some nice illustrations.