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Kibitzers and fools : tales my zayda (grandfather) told me / Simms Taback.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taback, Simms.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jews--Europe, Eastern--Folklore.
- Jews.
- Tales--Europe, Eastern.
- Tales.
- Jews--Folklore.
- Folklore--Europe, Eastern.
- Eastern Europe.
- Children's stories, American--21st century.
- Jewish legends--Juvenile fiction.
- Short stories.
- Genre:
- Fiction -- Europe, Eastern.
- Children's nonfiction.
- Fiction
- Folklore
- Folklore.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Viking, 2005.
- Summary:
- Thirteen brief, illustrated, traditional Jewish tales, each accompanied by an appropriate saying.
- Contents:
- The sign
- A made-to-order suit
- Chicken soup
- A philosophical dispute
- The umbrella
- An important question
- A shlemiel and a shlimazel
- Brothers
- A case of mistaken identity
- The caretaker
- The restaurant
- If I were a rich man
- The rabbi is so smart, or, How Chelm got bigger.
- If I were Rockefeller
- Notes:
- Children's Award winner
- A Junior Library Guild selection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Taback, Simms. Kibitzers and fools.
- ISBN:
- 0670059552
- 9780670059553
- 9781984835444
- 1415627681
- 9781415627686
- 1984835440
- OCLC:
- 57675754
- Publisher Number:
- 9780670059553
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