<p><b>A quiet, joyful story celebrating a Jewish mother¿s tradition of making challah with her child merges a lyrical text with stunning illustrations </b><b>¿ </b><b>and includes the author¿s favorite recipe.</b><br><br>Melt into the nooks and crannies of this book¿s unhurried pages, offering a place to rest and spend time counting your many blessings ¿ current and imminent. Here, a child and a mother measure, mix, knead, shape, and tuck their dough under a towel like a sleeping baby. Then, as they do every week, they wait while their dough rises, soon to be baked and gratefully shared at a Shabbat gathering with loved ones.<br><br>Sidura Ludwig¿s poetic narration captures the experience of a Jewish family as they make challah ¿ a lesson in patience, slowing down, faith, and family. Illustrator Sophia Vincent Guy brings light and warmth to the scene, from a sun-bleached, gossamer curtain to the rising steam from the bread, all rendered in delicate, decorative patterns. Whatever their