Lesléa Newman

249 p. ; 22 cm

When Heather goes to playgroup, at first she feels bad because she has two mothers and no father, but then she learns that there are lots of different kinds of families and the most important thing is that all the people love each other.

Eleanor and her grandmother make matzo balls in preparation for the Passover meal.

A story every daughter will recognize, The Reluctant Daughter depicts the struggles of Lydia Pinkowitz to communicate the realities of her life as a lesbian, as a feminist scholar, and as the woman she has become to her mother Doris. After years of hoping to attain her mother’s love and acceptance while struggling to live a true and honest life, Lydia eventually acknowledges her mother will never really see her. When Doris develops a life-threatening illness, Lydia is forced to make a life-and-death decision of her own: should she make one final attempt to heal her relationship with her mother or simply let her go?

In this rhyming tale in the style of "The Night before Christmas," a family's preparations for Chanukah are disrupted by a wildly spinning dreidel.

After waking from her winter nap, Skunk worries that her friends have forgotten her but it turns out they have planned a spring surprise.

A town prepares for and enjoys a visit with a large group of very entertaining pigs in this rhyming tale of hospitality.

Skinny-Dipping When Liana awoke to the scent of freshly mown alfalfa hay, the beauty of a country morning came rushing back to her. She was glad to _ be back in the big white farmhouse that had belonged to her family for more than a century. During the past few months in New York, she'd run herself ragged, trying to establish herself in the competitive world of interior design. A summer of home-cooked meals, sun-drenched afternoons, and dips in the local pond was just the cure Liana needed. She didn't think the new owner of the neigh-boring farm was in town. The last she'd heard, he was a wealthy tycoon in New York City -- most likely an old fuddy-duddy. As Liana slipped into the pond, she was unaware of the turquoise eyes noting her every move. Nate Harden didn't know what to make of the trespasser skinny-dipping in his pond. With her silvery blond hair and sapphire eyes, she reminded him of a fairy nymph, a vexing creature of legend. But when Liana Banner emerged from the water, there was no hiding the fact that she was a woman -- proud, lovely, and defiant. And in that moment, he vowed to make her his own.

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text portray a Jewish family, surrounded by kugel, candlesticks, challah trays, and more, welcoming the blessing of a newborn baby.