Hanukkah Story World

A Hanukkah story starring your child

The eighth night, every candle glowing: their family, latkes, gelt and giving, in a story written and illustrated just for them.

  • From $14 digital, $34 printed
  • You read and approve the story before it’s illustrated or printed
  • Your digital book is ready the same day

Order a printed book by Nov 13 for the best chance it arrives before Hanukkah (US addresses).

A family by the window as the dad lights the nine-branch menorah, a girl watching with her grandmotherA boy at the kitchen table with a plate of latkes and jam doughnuts while his mom cooks at the stoveTwo children laughing on a rug around a spinning wooden top and a pile of chocolate coins, their grandpa smiling behind them

Covers from sample books. Yours stars your child and your family.

What’s in their Hanukkah book

Every book is written from scratch for one child. You tell us these, and they’re in it.

The eighth night

Their story glows on the eighth night, with every candle lit at home.

The traditions you keep

The menorah in the window, spinning tops, gelt: the traditions you choose are in the story.

Your family’s favorite food

Latkes, sufganiyot or whatever your family loves.

Someone to give to

Someone they’d love to give to or help this Hanukkah.

Story ideas to start from

  • The eighth night surprise
  • The great latke cook-off
  • A gift for someone special
  • The gelt treasure hunt
  • Bringing the whole family together
  • The menorah in the window

How it works

  1. Tell us about them

    Their name, age, family and the things they love.

  2. Read it first

    You approve the story before we illustrate it, with up to 3 rewrites.

  3. Read it or hold it

    The digital book opens on any phone, tablet or computer. A printed book comes to your door.

Read it before it’s made

You review the whole story first and can ask for up to 3 rewrites. Nothing is printed until you approve it.

The same child on every page

We draw your child once, from your photo or your description, and keep that look on every page.

Yours to keep

Your digital book never expires, and you can order printed copies whenever you like.

Every candle lit, just for them