The Matzo Ball Boy

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On the morning of the Passover seder, a lonely bubbe decides to make a matzo ball boy to keep her company. Soon delicious smells waft from the bubbling pot, and when she lifts the lid to see if the matzo ball boy is done, out he jumps. Oy! she cries. And where do you think youre going Im off to see the world, bubbe, he replies. Before long, a yenta and her children, a rabbi, and a fox are all on a mad chase to catch the matzo ball boy!

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A delightful fractured version of The Gingerbread Boy. . .(Booklist)

Author Bio

Lisa Shulman lives in Sebastopol, California. Rosanne Litzinger lives in Beverly Hills, California.