Rosy’s moth­er coax­es her out of bed on a shiv­ery Chica­go day with a tall tale of how Grand­ma Beat­rice melt­ed the snow of Min­sk with her sun­shiny, warm blintzes. Jew­ish con­tent is implied by the pres­ence of blintzes as a spring­time food, and by names such as Rosy Levine and Moishe the cat, but is not made explic­it in any oth­er way. The fan­ci­ful sto­ry com­bines themes of girl-pow­er, fam­i­ly tra­di­tion, mag­i­cal real­ism, and of course, yum­my food. The old world sto­ry is framed by mod­ern Amer­i­can scenes, mak­ing it eas­i­er for young read­ers to relate to, and rein­forc­ing the con­cept of lador vador (from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion). The blintz recipe at the end is not only an invi­ta­tion to par­tic­i­pate in the sto­ry, but is also a call to action for read­ers seek out their own fam­i­ly recipes. Delight­ful illus­tra­tions by Hol­ly Berry mix expres­sive char­ac­ters with touch­es of East­ern Euro­pean folk art. Sun­ny blintz-yel­low warms the scenes, which swirl with move­ment and inter­est­ing ​“cam­era angles.” A col­lage of bright fab­ric bor­ders makes the pages pop even more. Like Mama’s blintzes, this sto­ry tick­les the fan­cy, warms the heart, and makes the read­er hun­gry for more. K – 3.