Ike wants night-time blue for his once-a-year suit, but when Mama takes him and thirteen neighborhood boys shopping, he figures the chances of getting it are slim.

Ike Greenberg and his friends appear as extras in a D. W. Griffith movie and surprise their families.

Rosie Weinstein is getting married on Sunday but not without a little help from the residents of East 136th Street.

Ike is very skeptical when his mother promises that he will have seven surprises in the month before his Bar Mitzvah, especially, with his father still hospitalized with tuberculosis and a newly-arrived, jobless cousin living in their small apartment.

Linda Silver selected the titles that "represent the best in writing, illustration, reader appeal, and authentically Jewish content--in picture books, fiction and non-fiction, for readers ranging from early childhood through the high school years."--P. [4] of cover.

Ziggie the bully poses a problem for Ike at home as well as at school.

The 1st ed. includes an index to v. 28-36 of St. Nicholas.