These are stories within stories: the narrator remembers herself as a young child hearing them from her grandmother, as they cooked, hung up laundry, prepared for the Sabbath, or cleaned house for Passover. This framing of the stories emphasizes their continuing pleasure across generations; and customs, idioms, traditions, even recipes that the Jews brought with them from Eastern Europe are an unobtrusive part of the telling.
- ISBN: 9780679809104
- Author: Geras, Adele
- Published: 1990 , Knopf
- Themes: customs, Idioms, recipes
- Descriptors: Eastern Europe, Folklore and Fairy Tales, Picture Book, Primary (ages 6-9)
- No. of pages: 96