Ten-year-old Sara is determined to buy rather than make a gift for her mother. Her aunt helps her find a way to earn the money in a story with a universal theme of giving and receiving set in a particular time in Vilna, Poland. Black and white monoprints illustrate a story for which extraordinary care has been taken to make a beautifully bound and designed book. (7-9 years)

Sick and tired of making presents for various holidays and occasions, Sara decides that for this Mother's Day she will do something different.