The Garlic Eaters

When a garlic-loving, Yiddish-speaking family is forced out of their garlic-bulb house, they must search for a new place, and a new community, to call home.

The illustrator of Bring Back the Babka! and Before Music rings us a heartwarming tale about a family of Garlic Eaters who live underground in a cozy house made entirely out of garlic. They love how the plant smells and tastes; they even wear garlic peels and sleep on garlic cloves. Then one day, a very large mole storms through their beloved home, forcing them to leave. And so begins the family's journey to find a new place to live—and a community that will embrace them, and their favorite food, just the way they are.

Full of heart, whimsy, and Yiddish vocabulary, The Garlic Eaters introduces young readers to a universal story: being exiled and alienated because of one's identity, starting over somewhere else, and the repair that can be found in community care.

Reboot Studios is a Presenting Partner on The Garlic Eaters, supporting its development, release, and educational impact.

The Garlic Eaters is a new title from Somewhere, a publishing imprint dedicated to children's books, art books, comics, zines, and other graphic and illustrated works. Universal in scope, Somewhere's name is a play on the concept of utopia—whose etymology in Latin means no-place. Rather than dwell in abstraction, our books seek to make imagined worlds as tangible as possible—easily visitable for children and adults alike.