The Shabbat Flood Format: Library Bound

On a rainy Friday, Bubbe tells her grandkids about the time her Texas town flooded right before Shabbat.

From their family’s bakery, young Bubbe and her papa bravely set off in a barrel, rowing through flooded streets to deliver challah to neighbors, patch leaks with dough, and save 126 cats―at least, that’s the way Bubbe tells it! Based on a true story―really!

Jan Schwaid is an media specialist, screenwriter, and author. She has written for everything from television and short films to podcasts, picture books, and video games. Recent projects include PJ Library's award-winning children's storytelling podcasts Beyond the Bookcase and Have I Got a Story for You! She's also the writer of Nosh: Bite-Size Adventures, an educational show for young foodies, which was selected for several film festivals. Her debut picture book, The Shabbat Flood: A Texas-Sized Tall Tale, is a winner of a PJ Library Author Incentive Award. She currently teaches screenwriting and podcast creation at the Los Angeles branch of the New York Film Academy.

Evelline Andrya was born in Sumatra as a Chinese-Javanese. Grew up in Equatorial Emerald, the country of 17,000 islands, her life is surrounded by diversity of Indonesian culture―colorful tribes, tropical rainforest and wildlife, underwater paradise, historical marvels―that became her influence for her vibrant artworks. Evelline currently lives in Java with her husband, their four children, and a fluffy Pomeranian.