This book is a collection of puzzle stories and wisdom tales for children, intended to be read as a family and discussed. The stories are set in many different periods of Jewish history. It's fun to debate the possible answers and see if they match the rabbinical opinion.

Based on the Talmudic tale of Rabbi Akiva's daughter and a snake, in 12th century Kaifeng, China, a fortune teller predicts Zhen Yu will be bitten by a poisonous snake on her wedding day.

"Nothing's going well for Eve: she's single, turning forty, stressed at work, and anxious about a recent series of increasingly creepy incidents. Most devastatingly, her beloved father died last year, and her family still won't acknowledge their sorrow. With her younger sister's wedding rapidly approaching, Eve is on the verge of panic. She can't bear to attend the event alone. That's when she recalls a strange story her Yiddish grandmother once told...

A saintly rabbi miraculously brings to life a clay giant who helps him watch over the Jews of sixteenth-century Prague.

Courage to Dream plunges readers into the darkest time of human history--the Holocaust. This graphic novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in modern memory, delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear. Woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history, five interlocking narratives explore one common story--the tradition of resistance and uplift.

Presents twenty-one stories, in a single narrative, about God's relationship with His creation, from creating angels on the second day to testing Abraham's love.

An anthology containing over 750 stories, legends, and folksongs.