New Crop of Sukkot Stories for 2026

Sukkot is usually an overlooked holiday in the publishing industry. But this year brings a bumper crop of new Sukkot picture books to share. Sukkot is one of the most kid friendly Jewish holiday. The harvest festival of Sukkot is marked by building Sukkahs, temporary shelters that recall the shelters that Jews would need to use during the years wandering the dessert after the exodus from Egypt. Everyone joins in the fun building and decorating the sukkah. Then families might dine, spend the night, or party with friends and neighbors. Whether you build a sukkah in your own yard, a miniture sukkah for decoration, or visit someone else’s sukkah there is always fun to be had. This years crop of Sukkot stories provide a great way to help celebrate with the little ones. This holiday roundup will be followed by author interviews or guest posts, so keep coming back to get the stories behind these stories.

Build A Sukkah With Me

This cute board book takes little ones through the process of building a sukkah. Katie Moss has written this cute rhyming story with a e rhythm that will appeal to toddlers as well as preschoolers. Orit Magia has illustrated the book in a combination of styles. The people are line drawings with simple blocks of color, but the wood and branches of the sukkah are more detailed thus emphasizing the sukkah rather than the people. Each spread has three action words or sound words in extra large multicolored font, followed by a sentence. The book is perfect for young toddlers and preschoolers. However, this font layout also makes the book a perfect read along for older children who are learning to read. Build a Sukkah with Me is the perfect read-with-me autumn book for Jewish youngsters.

A House with No Door

This lyrical picture book by Amy Fellner Dominy describes a house with no door. The book repeatedly asks “What Kind of House is this?” What type of house has no door, a roof that is not a roof, or has walls that shimmy with the breeze. It describes the sukkah and Sukkot customs ending with a welcome for everybody finally answering the question “What kind of house is this? It’s called a sukkah. These poetic phrases invite children to commune with nature using language as colorful as the rich detailed illustrations by Rotem Teplow. My preschool listener loved seeing what the cats were up to in different pictures. The author reminds us that we celebrate a world we share with everyone, including the animals and the artist has several animals in the woods on the last page which my little one enjoyed finding. I enjoyed the lyrical text mixed with the child friendly refrain. I also appreciated the afterward which provides a thorough explanation of the holiday for older readers.

Our Spectacular Sukkah

In this charming Sukkot story, a young girl rejoices in building and decorating a sukkah with her family. Readers learn that her family will eat and sleep in the sukkah and she is happy that it is “just for us.” But when wind destroys the sukkah and blow away most of the pieces, neighbors bring back those roof branches, a cloth wall and lost decorations. With their help the sukkah is rebuilt and the child learns that the best part of the holiday is sharing the joy with everyone. Although the story is about Sukkot, it is also about community and sharing, a universal message that can be appreciated by readers of any background.

A Purr-fect Sukkot

Jenna Waldman and Erica J. Chen have created another mew-volous Jewish holiday book that is pure purr-fection. With cute, catchy rhyme, Waldman’s kitties take the reader through the process of building and decorating the sukkah and all the holiday traditions, including the lulav and etrog, sleeping in the sukkah and dining with friends. She even has the kitties build edible mini-sukkahs ( with instructions in the afterward). Mama Cat provides a brief age appropriatae explanation for the origin of Sukkot. Erica Chen’s cute kitty illustrations are a delight to the eye. The kitties romp through the story with other animal friends playing along. You will want this cute kitty holiday book along with Purr-im Time and A Purr-fect Passover,

Shark in the Sukkah

Rick Duchalski has created anothe silly story to make Jewish kids laugh. How would you react if you found a shark in the sukkah? The story isn’t really about Sukkot. You won’t learn about the holiday. But readers will have a good laugh. Everyone is wondering what to do, who might have a good idea? It makes fun of the adults, who keep jumping to conclusions. Kids might even realize before the end that Max is the one who knows what question to really ask. I love Duchalski’s silly sense of humor. But artist Hanna Stoliar gets in the act too. The pictureswith the parents building a donut tower and the illustration of the shark relaxing in the sukkah wirth a glass of oj is just silly. But the artist also slips in some sly wit too that grandparents or great grandparents might notice. The shark reminded me of “Charlie the Tuna” and the fisherman looked a little like the one who is on the box of a certain frozen fish brand. This Sukkot book has something for everyone from baby to bubbe.

The Sukkah Hop

Barbara Lerman-Golomb has written an adorable picture book that will delight the little ones. This Sukkot book introduces the concept of Sukkah hopping as families visit different sukkahs. The catchy rhymes have an easy rhythm that invites the listener to chant along. The cute illustrations by Talia Drigues complement the author’s text perfectly as kids learn about many Sukkot activities: decorating a sukkah with either arts and crafts or gourds, waving the lulav and etrog, eating and partying, and enjoying the sukkah under the stary sky. The pages are filled with people of different complexions and all ages and several animals.

I shared this book with my preschool aged grandchild who is learning to read. The predictable text makes it easy for preschoolers to predict the phrase at the end of each rhyme. I liked the fact that the words “Sukkah One” up to “Sukkah Four” are in extra-large blue font making it easy to reinforce the word sukkah and the counting words for early readers. My grandchild enjoyed the catchy rhymes and loved looking at the details to see the animals’ antics. Even a few tiny birds get into the act! We read a downloadable review copy from the publisher on a tablet, but I can’t wait to add the print copy to my bookcase!

More Holiday Favorites

These reviews are just for this year’s Sukkot stories.
You can read last year’s posts for other Sukkot favorites

GREAT SUKKOT STORIES

In this 2025 roundup you can read about other popular Sukkot children’s books for kids of all ages.

Interview with
Ann Koffsky

In this 2025 interview, Ann discusses several recent books including Kayla and Kugel’s Silly Sukkah, and The Three Little Sheep: A Tale for Sukkot

Check out my Goodreads Sukkot shelf for even more suggested children’s books for the holiday. You can find several different holiday shelves on my Goodreads profile.