In an old Russian village, Sadie and her brothers are poor and hungry until an old woman gives Sadie a frying pan that will make potato pancakes until it hears the magic words that make it stop.
Just before the Passover seder, a man baked from scraps of matzo dough escapes from the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets clever Mendel Fox.
"Purim is coming! Time for the little old lady to bake better-than-best hamantaschen. But when she asks her pets to help, they're all too busy. What could they be up to? ... Soon the little old lady finds out"--Flap page 1 of dust jacket.
