Feathers

Idioma: inglés

Editorial: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1993

0027365115 / 9780027365115

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42 pages. When the town bath house burns down, the foolish citizens of Chelm worry abou t the safety of the money they must collect to build a new one Editorial Review s From Publishers Weekly The so-called wise men of the fools' village of Chelm, the site of so many Yiddish folktales, convene once again to solve another comm unity calamity. This time the bathhouse has burned down and there are no funds t o rebuild it. The wise men travel to outlying villages and receive contributions from their neighbors. Afraid that they will be robbed on their way home, they e xchange the money for lots and lots of feathers, fling the feathers into the win d and wait--and wait--for them to float back to Chelm. Gordon's forceful writing has all the cadences of a seasoned storyteller, while Dabcovich's ( Ducks Fly ) punchy pen-and-ink and pencil art recalls the cheery mayhem of Margot Zemach an d the spontaneity of James Stevenson. A tickler. Ages 5-8. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist Ages 5-9. Basing her spirited yarn on Jewish folktales remembered from childhood and on translations she did in librar y school, Gordon re-creates the legendary town of Chelm, renowned for its wise m en filled with foolishness. When the town bathhouse burns to the ground, a group of Chelm's bravest citizens goes in search of donations to rebuild the structur e. Everywhere people are generous, and soon the Chelmites have enough money to a ccomplish their task. But the travelers fear robbers, and invoking that special logic for which their town is so famous, they exchange their coins for feathers and send home their fortune in the arms of the wind. Dabcovich's cartoonlike col ored pencil and ink-line illustrations play gleefully with perspective, and thei. …

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Título
Feathers
Autor
Ruth Gordon,Lydia Dabcovich
Editorial
Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Año de publicación
1993
Estado
Good
Encuadernación
Hardcover
Idioma
inglés
ISBN 10
0027365115
ISBN 13
9780027365115
Ilustrador
Dabcovich, Lydia
Dimensiones
22.9cm x 0.6cm x 29.2cm
Catálogos de vendedores
Children's Fiction

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