Baking Bread with Jiddo follows a young girl on her annual visit to her grandfather’s house, where they share a tradition of baking Arabic bread.
But one day, Jiddo is too sick to bake and his granddaughter has never baked the bread by herself. How will the family have bread for supper?
The story is an ode to family, traditions, and perseverance rooted in the strength and love that’s passed across generations.
“This book is loosely based on my summer vacations growing up. Each year, my parents loaded us into the family station wagon and we drove for two days from Maryland to Wisconsin. We would pack carrots and celery sticks, sandwiches and chocolate chip cookies for the road trip, which we started eating before we even pulled out of the driveway.
Every morning, my grandfather baked Arabic bread at his basement oven for us. We ate it while it was still warm enough to melt the butter we slathered on each loaf. Every time I smell fresh Arabic bread, it takes me right back to my grandfather’s house and makes me smile.
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