Presents recipes for dishes, such as Bird's Nest Soup, Stargazy Pie, and Hopping John, from eleven different countries. Includes lists of cooking utensils, terms, and special ingredients.
Relates the story of Irena Sendler, a Polish Catholic social worker who helped rescue nearly 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II. Includes an afterword, author's note, sources, and a glossary.
When trick-or-treaters let their imaginations run wild, ordinary backyard items seem spooky, so that a mud puddle looks like a swamp and tree branches look like skeletons.
