Abby and her fam­i­ly have made aliyah by mov­ing from Amer­i­ca to Israel. Abby loves her new life, but she and her grand­moth­er miss each oth­er very much. Using phone calls, e‑mail, and let­ters, Abby keeps Grand­ma updat­ed on her expe­ri­ences at her new school, the Hebrew words she is learn­ing, the deli­cious Israeli foods, and her trav­els. She describes her vis­its to Jerusalem and the shuk (mar­ket­place), the West­ern Wall, her adven­tures hik­ing and rid­ing camels, and her trip to the Dead Sea. Wait­ing for the dry sum­mer in Israel to give way to fall rains, Abby sends Grand­ma some of the famous Dead Sea mud for her skin, and Grand­ma sends Abby an assort­ment of col­or­ful autumn leaves. Author Char­lotte Her­man gets the warm bond between Abby and her Grand­ma just right, and we share Abby’s hap­pi­ness when Grand­ma comes to vis­it, just as the first fall rain begins. The infor­ma­tion impart­ed about present-day Israel com­bines with the live­ly, upbeat acrylic illus­tra­tions to make this pos­i­tive por­tray­al of every­day Israeli life a valu­able addi­tion to all col­lec­tions. For ages 5 – 8.