It is Grandmother Bibi's ninetieth birthday, and when she travels to Tanzania from America to visit her son and grandchildren, they surprise her with a birthday safari.

Eight-year-old Steve Satlow is thrilled when Jackie Robinson moves into his Jewish neighborhood in Brooklyn in 1948, although many of his neighbors are not, and when Steve actually meets his hero he is even more excited--and worried that a misunderstanding over a Christmas tree could damage his new friendship.