Charlotte Herman

In 1945 Chicago, as her Jewish family anxiously awaits news of relatives left behind in Europe, ten-year-old Dorrie learns new recipes in the hope of winning a baking competition at school. Includes recipes for various foods, from chocolate pudding to chocolate mandelbread.

When Katie breaks a gravy boat at Thanksgiving dinner, her grandmother shows her that love is more important than objects.

When he goes fishing with his father for the first time, a young boy hopes to catch the gefilte fish for his family's Shabbos dinner, but instead he catches a carp, a trout, and a pike.

Relates the experiences of eight-year-old Leah, her two younger sisters, and their widowed mother living in a small Russian town in 1913.

Millie, a fourth-grader in 1947, struggles with her feelings and choices when her best friend seems to prefer the company of a new classmate.

After seeing the Great Butoni perform at the local public library, Max decides he wants to become a magician.

After losing a part in an audition for a Peppy Peanut Butter commercial, Max decides his true role in show business is to manage the career of his friend Austin Healy.

World War II affects Shirley Frances Cohen and her buddy Morton, Manny who joins the army, their parents, a German immigrant suspected of being a spy, and the other people in their Chicago neighborhood.

Max Malone, along with his best friend Gordy, is continually frustrated in his attempts to get rich, while his neighbor, little Austin Healy, makes money at every turn.

Tired of being cheated by the cereal companies, Max decides to fight back after not receiving a free glow-in-the-dark sticker in his box of Choco-Fish.

In 1947, after trying two different ways to win a bicycle and forcing herself to read a poem in front of her third grade class, Millie recognizes the importance of taking chances to make her life more interesting and satisfying.

When the parents of fourteen-year-old Heather go on a month-long cruise, she goes to stay with Orthodox family friends and decides to change her life.

Simon is sure his little brother is too young to go to the monster movie with him, but on the way to the movies he begins to wonder.

When his mother forgets to kiss him goodnight, Leon can't keep from speculating about the reason why.

Ten-year-old Sheila develops a special relationship with her grandmother when Bubbie comes to live with the family.

After he moves to Brooklyn, Ari decides he can meet new and different friends while keeping his personal beliefs.

Instructions for proper manners for the telephone, the dinner table, parties, introductions, thank-you letters, and other social situations.

Skinny Harold works at making himself fatter until he discovers an advantage to being thin.