Zeesie feels very grown-up indeed! For on this night, her seventh
birthday, Zeesie is going to her first package party with Mama and Papa.
She even has a brand new dress and a dollar bill-- her birthday gift--
all for herself!
The package party is grand, with great towers of wrapped surprise
packages to be auctioned to raise money for other new immigrants to the
community. Such wonderful smells, tastes, and sounds, and oh, so much to
see...
But as Zeesie soon discovers, not everything and everyplace is meant to
be explored, and what she does see that night on Delancey Street leaves
her with a new knowledge about giving and receiving.