Mrs. Honig is the sort of neigh­bor every­one would love to have. She’s always got some deli­cious treat fresh from the oven, and she’s nev­er too busy to offer advice, share a sto­ry, or just chat. These very short sto­ries from HaModia Pub­lish­ing, tied togeth­er by their sum­mer set­tings, fea­ture plen­ty of girls deal­ing with issues includ­ing jeal­ousy, shy­ness, inse­cu­ri­ty, and impa­tience. As one would expect from writ­ing for chil­dren from this pub­lish­er, dif­fi­cul­ties are always resolved, any­one doing the wrong thing real­izes her or her error and repents, and the prob­lems tend to be fair­ly minor. This col­lec­tion is like­ly to appeal main­ly to girls from Ortho­dox fam­i­lies, as almost all the char­ac­ters are female, and the­fre­quent use of Hebrew and Yid­dish expres­sions and dis­cus­sion of Jew­ish con­cepts may be for­eign to oth­er chil­dren. For ages 9 – 14.