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Elijah's violin & other Jewish fairy tales
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Schwartz, Howard |
The flight of the eagle; the wooden sword; etc. |
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Chanukah in Chelm
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David A. Adler |
When the rabbi tells Mendel to get a table for the Chanukah menorah, Mendel makes the task more difficult than it should be. |
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I'll tell you a story
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Marc-Alain Ouaknin |
The story of Maimonides, whose morality was tested by a sultan, and other traditional Jewish tales. |
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Invisible kingdoms
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Schwartz, Howard |
A collection of nine tales from countries around the world, dealing with an assortment of supernatural creatures. |
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Folktales of Joha, Jewish trickster
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Matilda Koen-Sarano |
"Aficionados of folktales, Jewish humor, and Sephardic culture will delight in this collection of nearly 300 stories about the simpleminded but often guileful Joha." "Recounted by over 80 different n… |
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When the beginning began
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Julius Lester |
“This book is astonishing, daring, compelling, and confirms Lester’s preeminence among storytellers.”--Jane Yolen
If we weren’t there, how can we really know how the world began? Could it be that … |
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Before you were born
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Schwartz, Howard |
Retells a folktale in which Lailah, a guardian angel, places the indentation that everyone has on the upper lip just before a baby is born. |
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Terrible, terrible!
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Robin Bernstein |
In this contemporary retelling of the classic Jewish folktale, a rabbi advises a blended family how to deal with their overcrowded house. |
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The Sabbath lion
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Schwartz, Howard |
Because of Yosef's devotion to honoring the Sabbath, he is given special protection by a great lion during a dangerous journey through the desert. |
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Big Quiet House
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Heather Forest |
Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice. |
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Journeys with Elijah
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Barbara Diamond Goldin |
Presents eight stories about the Old Testament prophet Elijah, set in a variety of time periods and in places all over the world where Jews have lived. |
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Why the Baal Shem Tov laughed
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Sterna Citron |
Retells legends of remarkable Chasidic rabbis, including the Baal Shem Tov, the Mezhirecher Magid, and Reb Zusha of Annapoli. |
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It Could Always Be Worse
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Margot Zemach |
When a peasant complains to his rabbi about his family's cramped house, he's told to bring his farm animals inside. |
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King Solomon and the bee
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Dalia Hardof Renberg |
A retelling of the traditional tale about a bee that repays King Solomon's kindness by helping him solve the Queen of Sheba's riddle. |
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The ragged peddler
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Flavia Weedn |
In this retelling of a Jewish folktale, a peddler shows a town of unhappy people that their troubles are not as great as they seem. |
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Days of awe
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Eric A. Kimmel |
Three tales present the ideals of repentance, prayer, and charity that are the basis of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. |
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Shlemazel and the remarkable spoon of Pohost
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Ann Redisch Stampler |
A retelling of an Eastern European tale in which Shlemazel, the laziest man in town, is tricked into believing that the lucky spoon given to him by a neighbor will bring him fortune and fame, if it i… |
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