Dear Ellen (and Esteemed Colleagues): If you do not own a copy of Sharon Barcan Elswit's The Jewish Story Finder, run and get one. The 2012 edition includes 668 Tales that are listed by subject and source.
In Elswit's 2009 edition, there is a list of several versions of "The Dream and the Treasure," where a poor man dreams of a treasure. He goes to seek it out, and some kind of guard is there, who tells the man about HIS dream of a treasure buried in a poor man's house. Some Jewish versions: The Dream - Nina Jaffe - The Mysterious Visitor Reb Eisik's Treasure - Ellen Frankel - The Classic Tales The Treasure - Uri Shulevitz The Treasure - Howard Schwartz - Miriam's Tambourine A Secular version: Gimme Cracked Corn and I Will Share by Kevin O'Malley (Walker and Company, 2007) For the "It Could Always Be Worse," I love using Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern. Kol tuv, Kathe Pinchuck Past Chair, Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee Association of Jewish Libraries ----- Original Message ----- From: Eileen Polk<mailto:ep...@tbeonline.org> To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<mailto:hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:57 PM Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories Hello Friends, I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local college by reading to her students two versions of the same children's story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Eileen Polk, Librarian Prentis Memorial Library Temple Beth El Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 __ Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual author and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) ================================== Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: hasaf...@lists.service.ohio-state.edu To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: galro...@osu.edu Ha-Safran Archives: Current: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html Earlier Listserver: http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org -- Hasafran mailing list Hasafran@lists.osu.edu https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran
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