The Garlic Eaters

A whimsical and warmhearted picture book about displacement, belonging, and the magic of a shared meal.

Deep underground, a tight-knit Yiddish-speaking family lives inside a great garlic bulb: they sleep on garlic cloves, bathe in garlic juice, and wear garlic peels for clothes. But after a very hungry mole tears through their roof, the Garlic Eaters are forced aboveground into a world that isn’t sure what to make of them.

Rooted in Jewish experiences of diaspora, The Garlic Eaters is a child...