The Matzo Ball Boy by Lisa Shulman

As we approach Passover, I'm always on the lookout for great books for my kids that'll keep them entertained because let's face it - the Waldbaum's Haggadah from 1976 that my dad schleps with him every year to our seders really doesn't hold their attention - except when they get to stick their fingers in the wine and start singing about blood and frogs and locusts, but I digress...

I just read The Matzo Ball Boy to my son tonight and thought it was terrific! I loved the fact that I could read it to him with the Jewish inflection my grandmas used to use on me and my son loved hearing the story not once, but twice. Who knew? (shrug shoulders and use inflection for effect).

Based on the tale of the Gingerbread man, our hero, the matzo ball boy tries to escape the Bubbe that created him with love, care and lots of Jewish guilt, the schneider, the yenta and her family, a wolf and a poor man and his wife. I always love a good children's book that's thoroughly entertaining for adults and this one completely fit the bill. So if you're getting ready to get the kids psyched for Pesach, then look no further and buy them a copy of The Matzo Ball Boy! Trust me, if you buy this book, they'll be the toast (oops the matzoh) of Hebrew school!