 Although the man dismisses the child's request due to the boy's youth, his collection of books create a connection between the two generations as time passes.In Booklist Hazel Rochman deemed "Grandpa's Gamble" a "moving immigrant Passover story" that brings to life "the intimate bonds of love and faith across generations," while a Publishers Weekly critic wrote that "Too Young for Yiddish" "possesses both power and pathos" and stands as an "urgent" reminder to readers that the Yiddish language is slowly being lost to time.A Detroit Jewish News critic wrote "One of the best Jewish children's books published in recent memory, and one of the top 25 ever published."