Zlatah Leah is a capable girl, talented in many things. One day, she joins her village’s effort to make the prince smile again and takes her challah-baking expertise to the royal palace. She is sure that she has just what it takes to turn things around, but after nothing seems to work, she wonders if anyone at all can succeed. Can she?

The Challah Girl is a beautifully illustrated Jewish folktale about the power of prayer and tears that the whole family can enjoy.

“Zlatah Leah was good at sewing and churning milk into butter. She could play ball as well as any of her brothers, and—to the delight of her siblings—she
could pick the apples off the highest branches of the tree growing in their front yard.

But most of all, Zlatah Leah was known for the challahs that she made.”