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Ten Best Jewish Children’s Stories
Retold by Daniel & Chana Sperber ~ Illustrated by Jeffrey Allon
Pitspopany Press (1995)
47 pages ~ 12.1 x 8.8 x 0.4 inches
ISBN: Hard cover 0943706580 ~ Soft cover 0943706866
For two millennia Jewish children have been nurtured by these stories about love, devotion to learning, and respect for parents. They have become part of the Jewish home and its oral tradition. Stories from the Talmud and ancient Jewish sources. Each illustrated story expresses a wonderful moral concept that young chidren can readily relate to.
Reviews:
From School Library Journal
“A collection of traditional stories, with thought-provoking questions after each one. Selections include the familiar "How Could It Be Worse?," "For the Love of Two Brothers," "Nicanor's Golden Doors," and "Yosef's Love for the Sabbath." Less familiar are "God's Hidden Ways" (sometimes misfortune saves one from a tragedy), "More Valuable Than Gold" (the value of honoring one's father), "The Scorpion and the Wedding" (an act of kindness and charity saves a sage's bride from being bitten by a sorcerer's scorpion), and "The Shadow on the House of Study" (it is permissible to do ordinarily forbidden activities on the Sabbath to save a life). There is one treasure here?"The Chickens That Turned into Goats." ... The stories are simply told and stripped to their oral-storytelling essentials. The artist draws great goats and wonderfully expressive human faces and hands in a dramatic, naturalistic style... He handles watercolors so that they retain their translucency, but some of the colors are harsh. Most illustrations are double-page spreads.”
Marcia W. Posner, Holocaust Memorial and Educational Center of Nassau County, Glen Cove, NY
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Jerusalem Post
"Combines bright, jewel-like colors and vivid composition with stories that examine basic problems such as why bad things happen to good people"
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