In this fresh take on a classic tale, a magic meat grinder helps a poor Jewish couple learn a little gratitude after the three wishes it grants them go awry.
A tale inspired by Jewish and Islamic folklore finds young Shaina caring for a magnificent hen while waiting for its owner, Izzy Pippik, to return and claim the bird, a situation that is complicated when the hen lays dozens of eggs, scattering rowdy chicks throughout the village and inciting the wrath of Shaina's neighbors.
Poverty has made the people of a small town stingy and sour, but the arrival of an old beggar who claims he can make borscht from buttons, teaches them the value of friendship and sharing.
A retelling of a traditional folktale, in which Shaina finds Izzy Pippik's hen and decides to care for the animal until its owner comes to get it, but after dozens of eggs begin to hatch and the chicks run amok throughout the town, Shaina will have to fight to protect the birds.
An old woman, old man, a girl, and a boy are all eaten by a bear on their way to buy some baking soda for biscuits, but a clever squirrel, that makes its home on the mantelpiece, tricks the bear into giving up his family dinner.
Poverty has made the people of a small town stingy and sour, but the arrival of an old beggar who claims he can make borscht from buttons, teaches them the value of friendship and sharing.
