My grandmother's stories : a collection of Jewish folk tales / by Adele Geras ; pictures by Anita Lobel.
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TextPublication details: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2003.Description: 87 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cmISBN: - 0375822852 (trade)
- 0375922857 (lib. bdg.)
- 9780375822858 (trade)
- 9780375922855 (lib. bdg.)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 398.2 G358 | Available | 33111005300963 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"Like all good stories in the Yiddish tradition, the pleasure of Geras' collection comes as much from the telling as from what happens. These are stories within stories: the narrator remembers herself as a young child hearing them from her grandmother, as they cooked, hung up laundry, prepared for the Sabbath, or cleaned house for Passover. This framing of the stories emphasizes their continuing pleasure across generations; and customs, idioms, traditions, even recipes that the Jews brought with them from Eastern Europe are an unobtrusive part of the telling." --Booklist, Starred
Bavsi's feast -- The faces of the czar -- The golden shoes -- The tablecloth -- A tangle of wools -- Saving the pennies -- The garden of talking flowers -- The market of miseries -- An overcrowded house -- A phantom at the wedding.
As a young girl spends time at her grandmother's apartment, she is treated to traditional Jewish tales, including "Bavsi's Feast," "The Golden Shoes," "The Garden of Talking Flowers," and "A Phantom at the Wedding."