Mr. Belinsky's Bagels

_{by Ellen Schwartz, illustrated by Stefan Czernecki}

Mr. Belinsky's bagel shop, frequented by a colourful group of loyal neighborhood customers, is threatened with competition.

Reviews

Competition across the street causes Mr. Belinsky tostart selling pastries, cakes and cookies instead of his beloved bagels.

“Despite success, Belinsky returnsto bagel-making out of loyalty to his less numerousbut more cherished bagel customers. Brightly coloredfolk-art-like illustrations enliven this somewhatstale story, which is followed by a brief history of the bagel.” — The Horn Book Guide, December 1998

Author Biography

Ellen Schwartz has written four Starshine books (Polestar Books) and lives in Vancouver, B.C.

Illustrator Biography

Stefan Czernecki has written and illustrated ten picture books including, The Sleeping Bread, Zorah's Magic Carpet and The Cricket's Cage (Hyperion Books, 1997).
He lives in Vancouver, B.C.