Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
There are several Jewish versions of the Gingerbread Man: Matzo Ball Boy by Lisa Shulman Runaway Dreidel by Leslea Newman The Runaway Latkes by Leslie Kimmelman There's also The Little Red Hen and the Passover Matzah by Leslie Kimmelman, obviously a take on the old fashioned Little Red Hen. There's Five Little Gefiltes by Dave Horowitz, similar to the nursery rhyme Five Little Ducks. Hope that helps, Heidi Estrin Feldman Children's Library Congregation B'nai Israel Boca Raton, FL From: Eileen Polk [mailto:ep...@tbeonline.org] Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:58 PM To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 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
[ha-Safran] To community day school librarians
I need to know what titles--general, not Jewish--are popular at this time with sixth graders.Can anyone tell me?Andrea RappWise Temple, Cincinnati__ 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
Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
OOH! I know this! I do a lot of programs with many versions of the same basic story.Here are some of them: Note that the first set includes a bibliography of retellings of Could Anything Be Worse?, my favorite version of the story because the pictures show the family preparing for Shabbat---which is a spiritual/psychological/perceptual change, but not a physical/actual/real one. Mind over Matter / Nothing Happens The outward situation of the characters is the same at the beginning as at the end, yet something has happened to make this a satisfying story. - Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina A peddler, unable to sell the caps he carries on his head, naps against a tree. When he wakes up, he discovers that monkeys in the tree have taken all but one of his caps. Yelling at them does no good; but when he throws his cap down, they imitate him and he retrieves his caps and returns to town. Nothing happens: his goal was to sell caps and he does not. Note that there are other stories and images about monkeys and peddlers: The Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, has a beaker (the Monkey Cup). The Cleveland Museum of Art has the Peddler Goblet(link does not work). - Could Anything Be Worse? by Marilyn Hirsh When a man complains to his rabbi that his house is too noisy and crowded, the rabbi keeps telling him to invite in more animals and people until, at last, when the rabbi tells him to have them all leave the man thanks the rabbi for making his house so quiet and roomy. Nothing happens: the man's house is just as noisy and crowded at the end as it was at the beginning. Mind over Matter Bibliography There are many versions of this story. Always Room for One More and Rainy Morning celebrate the growing number of guests. - Could Anything Be Worse? A Yiddish tale retold and illustrated by Marilyn Hirsh, Holiday House, New York, 1974 [Pequot Library] - It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish folk tale retold and with pictures by Margot Zemach, A Sunburst Book/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, © 1976, Sixth printing 1997. [A Caldecott Honor Book] [Dinosaur's Paw] - Terrible, Terrible: A Folktale Retold by Robin Bernstein, Pictures by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki, Kar-Ben Copies, Inc., Rockville, MD, © 1998 [Summary: In this contemporary retelling of the classic Jewish folktale, a rabbi advises a blended family how to deal with their overcrowded house.] [Rabbi is a woman; the family decides to keep their pets indoors instead of in the yard.] - It Could Always Be Worse, A Treasury of Jewish Folklore: Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom and Folk Songs of the Jewish People Edited by Nathan Ausubel, Crown Publishers, New York, © 1948, 1957 - Such a Noise!: A Jewish Folktale Retold by Aliana Brodmann, Illustrations by Hans Poppel, Translated by Aliana Brodmann and David Fillingham, A Cranky Nell Book, Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Brooklyn, New York, © 1989 [Fairfield Public Library, Main Branch, J398 B] [Translation of: Ein wunderlicher Rat; Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.] [one page is out of order; Rabbi and farmer lack headcoverings; pictures too frantic for my taste] - A Big Quiet House: A Yiddish Folktale from Eastern Europe retold by Heather Forest, Illustrated by Susan Greenstein, August House Little Folk, Little Rock, Arkansas, © 1996 [Pequot Library, J398.2 For ENF] [Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice.] [interesting About the Story at end] - It's Too Noisy! By Joanna Cole, illustrated by Kate Duke, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, © 1989. [Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield Woods Branch, J398 C] [Summary: Unable to stand his noisy and overcrowded home any longer, a farmer goes to the Wise Man for advice.] [the farmer has pigs] - Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Simms Taback, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, © 1967 [Trumbull Library, E2 McGov] [rhyming cumulative story; cute; man lives alone] - No Room: an old story retold by Rose Dobbs, illustrated by Fritz Eichenberg, David McKay Company, Inc., New York, © 1944 [Stratford Library, J398D632N] [from jacket: “No Room is the story of a selfish old peasant and how he was cured of his selfishness….in these days of crowded housing its deep wisdom will be greatly appreciated….— Childhood Education] - A Cow in the House by Mabel Watts, Illustrations by Katherine Evans, Follett Publishing Company, Chicago, © 1956 [Stratford Library, J398.2W349C] - Always Room for One More by Sorche Nic Leodhas, Illustrated by Nonny Hogrogian, Henry Holt and Company, New York, © 1965 [Fairfield Public Library, Main Branch, PB PIC] [the Caldecott Medal] [Scottish folk song of man invites passersby into his small, crowded house until it bursts at the seams from all
Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories
FYI It's the Cow in the Kitchen Sent from my iPhone On May 8, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Haviva Peters pete...@ramaz.org wrote: The Wise Shoemaker of Studena by Syd Lieberman is the story of a wise Jewish shoemaker in Hungary who is invited to the wedding of the richest merchant in Budapest but is turned away because of his clothes. The Hungry Coat by Demi tells a similar story that takes place in Turkey. (This is not a Jewish story.) Hope this helps. Haviva Donin Peters Librarian Ramaz Lower School 125 East 85th Street New York, NY 10028 (212) 774-8000 ext. 5938 pete...@ramaz.org From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Rose Myers Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 11:28 AM To: Eileen Polk; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories OOH! I know this! I do a lot of programs with many versions of the same basic story. Here are some of them: Note that the first set includes a bibliography of retellings of Could Anything Be Worse?, my favorite version of the story because the pictures show the family preparing for Shabbat---which is a spiritual/psychological/perceptual change, but not a physical/actual/real one. Mind over Matter / Nothing Happens The outward situation of the characters is the same at the beginning as at the end, yet something has happened to make this a satisfying story. · Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina A peddler, unable to sell the caps he carries on his head, naps against a tree. When he wakes up, he discovers that monkeys in the tree have taken all but one of his caps. Yelling at them does no good; but when he throws his cap down, they imitate him and he retrieves his caps and returns to town. Nothing happens: his goal was to sell caps and he does not. Note that there are other stories and images about monkeys and peddlers: The Cloisters, part of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, has a beaker (the Monkey Cup). The Cleveland Museum of Art has the Peddler Goblet(link does not work). · Could Anything Be Worse? by Marilyn Hirsh When a man complains to his rabbi that his house is too noisy and crowded, the rabbi keeps telling him to invite in more animals and people until, at last, when the rabbi tells him to have them all leave the man thanks the rabbi for making his house so quiet and roomy. Nothing happens: the man's house is just as noisy and crowded at the end as it was at the beginning. Mind over Matter Bibliography There are many versions of this story. Always Room for One More and Rainy Morning celebrate the growing number of guests. Could Anything Be Worse? A Yiddish tale retold and illustrated by Marilyn Hirsh, Holiday House, New York, 1974 [Pequot Library] It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish folk tale retold and with pictures by Margot Zemach, A Sunburst Book/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, © 1976, Sixth printing 1997. [A Caldecott Honor Book] [Dinosaur's Paw] Terrible, Terrible: A Folktale Retold by Robin Bernstein, Pictures by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki, Kar-Ben Copies, Inc., Rockville, MD, © 1998 [Summary: In this contemporary retelling of the classic Jewish folktale, a rabbi advises a blended family how to deal with their overcrowded house.] [Rabbi is a woman; the family decides to keep their pets indoors instead of in the yard.] It Could Always Be Worse, A Treasury of Jewish Folklore: Stories, Traditions, Legends, Humor, Wisdom and Folk Songs of the Jewish People Edited by Nathan Ausubel, Crown Publishers, New York, © 1948, 1957 Such a Noise!: A Jewish Folktale Retold by Aliana Brodmann, Illustrations by Hans Poppel, Translated by Aliana Brodmann and David Fillingham, A Cranky Nell Book, Kane/Miller Book Publishers, Brooklyn, New York, © 1989 [Fairfield Public Library, Main Branch, J398 B] [Translation of: Ein wunderlicher Rat; Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.] [one page is out of order; Rabbi and farmer lack headcoverings; pictures too frantic for my taste] A Big Quiet House: A Yiddish Folktale from Eastern Europe retold by Heather Forest, Illustrated by Susan Greenstein, August House Little Folk, Little Rock, Arkansas, © 1996 [Pequot Library, J398.2 For ENF] [Summary: Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a man goes to the wise old woman who lives nearby for advice.] [interesting About the Story at end] It's Too Noisy! By Joanna Cole, illustrated by Kate Duke, Thomas Y. Crowell, New York, © 1989. [Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield Woods Branch, J398 C] [Summary: Unable to stand his noisy and overcrowded home any longer, a farmer goes to the Wise Man for advice.] [the farmer has pigs] Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern, illustrated by Simms Taback, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, © 1967 [Trumbull Library, E2 McGov]
