Did Sholom Ale­ichem real­ly have a mean step­moth­er? Did he make a dic­tio­nary of her col­or­ful Yid­dish insults? Was he the boy mak­ing those fun­ny faces behind the teacher’s back in school? This charm­ing illus­trat­ed sto­ry, part biog­ra­phy and part fic­tion, intro­duces chil­dren to the great Yid­dish writer and explores how his child­hood expe­ri­ences shaped his writing.