Strudel Stories

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Summary: Strudel Stories
Review: During a family vacation we found this book an ideal read-aloud for all of us (early elementary school-age on up... and up). It was a good beginning place for questions about immigration and finding the courage to leave the familiar to embrace something new and unknown. Seemed very well researched and thoughtful. Made our family think about making a family cookbook together.

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Summary: A delicious book for a family read-aloud
Review: During a family vacation we found this book an ideal read-aloud for all of us (early elementary school-age on up... and up). It was a good beginning place for questions about immigration and finding the courage to leave the familiar to embrace something new and unknown. Seemed very well researched and thoughtful. Made our family think about making a family cookbook together.

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Summary: Both the strudel and the stories are tasty
Review: It is 1999, and Grandpa Willy has passed away. His grandkids, Lori and Jessica, decide that they can keep his memory alive by baking a strudel, a strudel that has been prized in their Jewish family from generation to generation. But the most important ingredient in the recipe is to recite the stories Grandpa told them when he made the strudel. Each part of the recipe preparation has its own dramatic family history story that has been passed on for generations. The generations of strudel recipe modifications are included in the book, which are a telling tale in and of themselves. The story reminds me of the Zaydie, who when asked why he lets the grandkids make a mess while planting vegetables, responds that he "isn't growing cucumbers, he is growing children."

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Summary: Strudel Stories
Review: Strudel Stories is about a family who makes a traditional apple strudel and tells stories that have been in the family for generations. One of my favorite stories was The Boy Who Danced With Ghosts. I would recommend this book to anyone because it was so good!