I adore this wonderfully illustrated children's book. The story follows Eli and Zaida, his grandfather. The two have a tradition of enjoying bagels on Sundays. When Zaida falls on one of his trips, he is forced to take it easy for two weeks. As a result, the bagel tradition stops. Can Eli find a way to keep the bagel tradition alive for himself, Zaida and Zaida's neighbors?

The illustrations are well drawn and done in soft, muted colors. The story's focus on family, friendship, ritual and community are not to be missed. This title would make a great addition to the home, public or school library.

I can't begin to express how much I enjoyed this book and I highly recommend it to anyone who has fond memories of their grandparents. The Bagel King took me back to my childhood when I would visit my grandparents in the Brox. My Zaida would go out early Sunday morning to the Bagel factory and return with a bag of hot delicious bagels. This book is perfect for both children and adults who like to reminisce about their own childhoods.

The Bagel King is a wonderful story about family relationships and rituals, spending time with loved ones and paying it forward. When Zaida misses bagel time with Eli one Sunday, Eli finds out that he is hurt. Oy, he fell on his tuches at the bagel shop. It turns out that not only does Zaida deliver bagels to Eli, but he also spends time each Sunday with three of his older friends eating. Eli takes the time to help his grandfather, bringing him chicken soup but realizes that he can do even more.

The illustrations are wonderful. They are colorful, descriptive, and add so much to the story. You can feel what the characters are feeling (i.e. Eli laying over the arm of the couch and the friends downcast expressions). I enjoyed seeing the yiddish words sprinkled throughout the book. They are common enough words, like tuches and oy which have actually made their way into the general English. There was also a short glossary and pronunciation guide at the beginning for any yiddish words that were in the story. This book brings in the multi-cultural aspect as well, with both the illustrations and text. What a great book to be used when learning about other cultures, family relationships and dynamics as well as discussions about treating others well and paying back favours. A great additions to school, class and family libraries.

Oy vey! Zaida fell on his tuches. This is a wonderful story about a boy, Eli, and his grandfather and their weekly ritual. Due to his grandfather’s injury the grandson takes over the tradition and adds his own twist. The illustrations are absolutely delicious. They are colorful, descriptive, and such a great addition to the telling of the story. The picture of Eli draped over the couch does an excellent job of conveying how the young man is feeling. The drawings of all the older gentlemen in the book made this reader want to know their history. I love the facial expressions and mustaches. I highly recommend this wonderful book.

What a marvelous book! I went back and reread it I loved it so much. A wonderful story about the everydayness of life and the important people (and foods and cultures) we share.

Every Sunday morning Eli and his grandfather have the tradition of eating bagels together, but one day his grandfather doesn't come. Eli finds out that his grandfather fell and was told to rest--how can their tradition continue? Eli finds a way!

This was a sweet story--the illustrations were beautiful and the characters sweet.

A very cute picture book about Eli and his Zaida (grandfather), who delivers, it turns out, bagels to the whole neighborhood, and when he can't do it, because he fell on his tuches (his butt), it isn't the same, so Eli has to take up the mantle.

I like how the yiddish is sprinkled into the picture book. They are common enough words, some, like tuches, have made their way into the general English, or maybe I just hung out with my Yiddish speaking neighbor too much as a kid. :)

Good book about giving back, and taking care of people who have helped you. Delightful pictures.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book available for an honest review.

Five stars. Beautiful illustrations in gentle tones accompany this sweet story about a boy and a Sunday tradition. Each Sunday, Zaida (grandpa) brings bagels from the bakery to his grandson Eli's home. Zaida (like faithful mail delivery workers) braves sun, sleet, and snow in honor of this tradition. One day, grandpa slips at the bakery, rendering him incapacitated (temporarily), unable to perform his weekly task. Eli visits grandpa (bringing him chicken soup, of course) and meets several of Zaida's friends (who also miss the weekly bagel offering).

Eureka! Eli has an idea. He will go to the bakery and fetch the longed-for bagels. When he brings them to Zaida's home, Eli is pronounced a "prince"--no, a "king."

Several Yiddish words (defined in a short glossary at the beginning of the book) punctuate the text, Readers of all ethnicities will appreciate this endearing tale about a family tradition and the love between a grandfather and his grandson.

This was not labeled as not downloadable to Kindle. I used to be able to not star rate when that happened, but now Netgalley requires a star rating to give feedback, so even though I was unable to read it, I will give it the middle rating of three stars. I can't have it sitting on my Netgalley shelf unread and skewing my ratio percentage.