Brand-New Bubbe

Brand-New BubbeBy: Sarah Aronson Illustrator: Ariel Landy Jillian isn't so sure she needs a third grandma now that her stepdad is joining the family, but can her brand new Bubbe win her over? When Jillian joins Bubbe for some mom mandated matzo ball soup making, she realizes she has room in her heart (and stomach!) for one more grandmother. But how can she convince Noni and Gram she still loves them just as much? A super soup celebration, of course! Chaos in the

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where the poet—bold and insistent—puts her mark on those traveled places on the map and in the heart

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Christakis’s message is energizing and reassuring: young children are inherently powerful

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saying good night--lilah tov--to the creatures and landscapes they pass

since Christmas was once an occasion for drunkenness and riot

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