The Secret Recipe

By Ilan Stavans

"Una merenda azeremos," Abuela says to her grandson. "But I don't understand," says the boy. "It means 'we will cook together' in our secret language," says Abuela. That evening, Mam explains that the Spanish Jews took the Ladino language with them when they were forced to leave their homelands in Spain and Portugal during the Inquisition. "Can I learn the secret language?" the boy asks.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1728486432
• ISBN13: 9781728486437
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Kar-Ben Publishing (R)
• Length: 24 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.7" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3