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Hayyim's ghost / retold by Eric A. Kimmel ; illustrated by Ari Binus.
LIBRA PS3561.I4219 H39 2004
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kimmel, Eric A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Folk literature, Yiddish--Europe, Eastern.
- Folk literature, Yiddish.
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Folklore.
- Jews.
- Fairy tales.
- Eastern Europe.
- Children's stories, American--21st century.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Folklore.
- Fairy tales.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pitspopany Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Hayyim wakes up one morning only to find out that the entire town thinks he's "gone to Heaven." But he's still here. With the help of the Rabbi, Hayyim sets out to find out what really happened.
- Notes:
- "This story is based on "The tale of a stingy woman" in Beatrice Silverman Weinreich's "Yiddish folktales" (Pantheon, 1988). It was originally told by Shoshe Halkon and recorded in Grodno in 1928"--Author's note
- ISBN:
- 1932687033
- 9781932687033
- 1932687025
- 9781932687026
- OCLC:
- 56837245
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