In this lively celebration of Jewish traditions, a family must balance giving their children the freedom to make a mess and having a tidy home for Shabbos.

This book was strange to me. The message was never judge a book by its cover. The story followed the Schmutzy family, and how they have these crazy adventures and do these extreme things to their house while the mother just lets everything happen. She lets everything go even drawing on the walls, until the day before Shabbos, which is the Jewish Sabbath, and lasts 2 days. Then at the end of the story the mom decided to join the kids in their crazy adventures. ( )

Messy family fun. ( )

All week the family discovers new ways to get dirty, and the mother is never flustered. But when Shabbat comes, it’s time to clean up. ( )