Ziggy's inventions don't always work out, but his idea for making the baker's buns tastier and easier to carry lead to the creation of a favorite breakfast treat--the bagel!
Ziggy's inventions don't always work out, but his idea for making the baker's buns tastier and easier to carry lead to the creation of a favorite breakfast treat--the bagel!

Ilana Long is the author of "Ziggy’s Big Idea" (Kar-Ben, Lerner Publishing, 2014) noted for its “dialogue-driven approach” (Kirkus review.) Several of her non-fiction essays are published in "Chicken Soup for the Soul" (2016-2021) Simon & Schuster. Ilana is the author of a regular column for "The Tico Times", Costa Rica’s national English language newspaper, readership 12,000. Besides writing, Ilana travels and lives abroad, hikes, paints, acts, sings, teaches and parents her twin teens.