Eleven-year-old Mirka Hirschberg dreams of fighting dragons even though there are no dragons in her Orthodox Jewish community, but when she accepts a challenge from a mysterious witch, Mirka just might win her dragon-fighting sword after all.
Here are two stories in one book. Uncle Gabby, the sock monkey, tumbles down the stairs on the right-hand pages, while on the left-hand pages a little girl finds a ball of yarn and begins to knit something.