Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Eileen Polk]

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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Stahl, Sheryl]

I know a story, but unfortunately I don't remember the names.
There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was 
too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, 
his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too 
crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and 
suddenly the house seemed much bigger!

I've seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic 
wise man.

Sheryl

Sheryl Stahl
Senior Associate Librarian
Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion
3077 University Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-765-2127
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www.huc.edu/research/libraries



From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf 
Of Eileen Polk
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Stahl, Sheryl]

Thanks to Marcia Tatz Wollner for reminding me of the name of the story

It could always be worse / by Margot Zemach

That led me to other versions

Kumak's House: A Tale of the Far North / by Michael Bania

Arab version
http://mocomi.com/mullah-nasruddin-the-crowded-home/

Too Much Noise (Sandpiper books) Paperback - April 27, 1992
by Ann McGovern

Sheryl

From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-boun...@lists.osu.edu] On Behalf Of Stahl, 
Sheryl
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 2:39 PM
To: Eileen Polk; hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

I know a story, but unfortunately I don't remember the names.
There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was 
too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, 
his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way too 
crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and 
suddenly the house seemed much bigger!

I've seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic 
wise man.

Sheryl

Sheryl Stahl
Senior Associate Librarian
Frances-Henry Library
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion
3077 University Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90007
213-765-2127
sst...@huc.edu<mailto:sst...@huc.edu>
www.huc.edu/research/libraries<http://www.huc.edu/research/libraries>



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Of Eileen Polk
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To: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu<mailto: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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Danielle Winter]

In tribute to Marcia Brown who recently passed away, I can't help but think
how much I love reading her telling of Stone Soup and then reading Stone
Soup and Matzoh Balls with my students.

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk  wrote:

>  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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Steven M. Bergson]

The Candle in the Barn
http://www.story-lovers.com/listscandlestories.html
(11th story)

http://www.reclaimingjudaism.org/teachings/sample-story-light-mitzvah-stories-seeds-inspiration-and-learning

The Rabbi & the Inquisitor
https://folktalesandstorytelling.wikispaces.com/The+Rabbi+and+the+Inquisitor

There's a non-Jewish version, but I can't find it at the moment.

Both of these Jewish stories are in the Jewish Comix Anthology.

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 6, 2015, at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk  wrote:
> 
> 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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Lois Ruby]

The story "Stone Soup" is found in many cultures, including ours. I just did a 
quick peek at Amazon and found many versions. The book Sheryl is talking about 
is "Could Anything Be Worse?" I know of two Jewish versions of it, the other 
called "It Could Always Be Worse," I think. I'm sure this has a generic version 
as well. Go for it, Eileen! 

Cheers, 
Lois 

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- Original Message -

> From: "Sheryl Stahl" 
> To: "Eileen Polk" , hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
> Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 3:39:22 PM
> Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

> I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names.

> There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house
> was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his
> cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way
> too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse,
> etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger!

> I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic
> wise man.

> Sheryl

> Sheryl Stahl
> Senior Associate Librarian
> Frances-Henry Library
> Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion
> 3077 University Avenue
> Los Angeles, CA 90007

> 213-765-2127
> sst...@huc.edu
> www.huc.edu/research/libraries

> From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On
> Behalf Of Eileen Polk
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 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

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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Donna Stewart]

The title of one version is called "It could always be worse".  There are 
several other version by different authors. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 6, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Stahl, Sheryl  wrote:
> 
> I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names.
> There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house 
> was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his 
> cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way way 
> too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, 
> etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger!
>  
> I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic 
> wise man.
>  
> Sheryl
>  
> Sheryl Stahl 
> Senior Associate Librarian 
> Frances-Henry Library 
> Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion 
> 3077 University Avenue 
> Los Angeles, CA 90007
> 213-765-2127 
> sst...@huc.edu 
> www.huc.edu/research/libraries
>  
>  
>  
> From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] On 
> Behalf Of Eileen Polk
> Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Daniel Stuhlman]

   Could anything be worse?  by Marilyn Hirsch  is one version of the story.-Original Message-
From: "Stahl, Sheryl" 
Sent: May 6, 2015 4:39 PM
To: Eileen Polk , "hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu" 
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories














I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names.
There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat, his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house
 was way way way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow, horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger!
 
I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a generic wise man.
 
Sheryl
 
Sheryl Stahl

Senior Associate Librarian

Frances-Henry Library

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion

3077 University Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90007

213-765-2127

sst...@huc.edu

www.huc.edu/research/libraries
 
 
 


From: Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu]
On Behalf Of Eileen Polk
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 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



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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Michal Strutin]

I have an old copy of this Yiddish folk tale:

*It Could Always Be Worse*
A Yiddish folk tale retold and with pictures by Margot Zemach
Scholastic Book Services, 1976

Michal Strutin

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Stahl, Sheryl  wrote:

>  I know a story, but unfortunately I don’t remember the names.
>
> There is a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house
> was too small and the rabbi told him to bring in his chickens, his goat,
> his cow, his horse etc. When the man blew up that now his house was way way
> way too crowded the rabbi told him to take out the chickens, goat, cow,
> horse, etc and suddenly the house seemed much bigger!
>
>
>
> I’ve seen several different versions with either the rabbi, or just a
> generic wise man.
>
>
>
> Sheryl
>
>
>
> Sheryl Stahl
> Senior Associate Librarian
> Frances-Henry Library
> Hebrew Union College-Jewish Insitute of Religion
> 3077 University Avenue
> Los Angeles, CA 90007
>
> 213-765-2127
> sst...@huc.edu
> www.huc.edu/research/libraries
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+sstahl=huc@lists.osu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Eileen Polk
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 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
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Lisa Silverman]

Hi Eileen,

Raisel's Riddle by Erica Silverman is a Jewish version of the Cinderella story 
that might work for you.

Sheryl Stahl's suggestion of "It Could Always Be Worse" by Margot Zemach or 
"Could Anything Be Worse" by Marilyn Hirsch (two books with rabbis in them) 
would work if you used one book with the rabbi and another with a "wise person" 
(and not a shetl village)--like:

It's too Noisy! By Joanna Cole
A Big Quiet House by Heather Forest
The Little, Little House by Jessica Souhami


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10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
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Eileen Polk
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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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Joel Tuchman]

A generic version of It Could Always be Worse is A Squash and a Squeeze by
Julia Donaldson.

 

Sincerely,

 

Joel Tuchman

 

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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

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[levines2000]

Another Jewish version of Stone Soup is Bone Button Borscht by Aubrey Davis. 

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From: "Danielle Winter"  
To: "Eileen Polk"  
Cc: hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu 
Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 6:10:56 PM 
Subject: Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories 

In tribute to Marcia Brown who recently passed away, I can't help but think how 
much I love reading her telling of Stone Soup and then reading Stone Soup and 
Matzoh Balls with my students. 

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk < ep...@tbeonline.org > wrote: 





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 

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Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 

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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Clare Kinberg]

And a new vewsion of It Could Always be Worse is TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE by
Robin Bernstein. Same story but with a woman rabbi and a contemporary
blended family.

Clare Kinberg, TBE Ann Arbor

On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 7:31 PM, Lisa Silverman 
wrote:

>  Hi Eileen,
>
>
>
> Raisel’s Riddle by Erica Silverman is a Jewish version of the Cinderella
> story that might work for you.
>
>
>
> Sheryl Stahl’s suggestion of “It Could Always Be Worse” by Margot Zemach
> or “Could Anything Be Worse” by Marilyn Hirsch (two books with rabbis in
> them) would work if you used one book with the rabbi and another with a
> “wise person” (and not a shetl village)--like:
>
>
>
> *It’s too Noisy!* By Joanna Cole
>
> *A Big Quiet House* by Heather Forest
>
> *The Little, Little House* by Jessica Souhami
>
>
>
>
>
>   *Lisa Silverman*  Library Director, Sinai Temple Blumenthal Library
>
> 10400 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024
>
> *310-481-3215 (direct)  **310-481-3218 (main) *  *library.sinaitemple.org*
> <http://library.sinaitemple.org/>
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Hasafran [mailto:hasafran-bounces+lsilverman=
> sinaitemple@lists.osu.edu] *On Behalf Of *Eileen Polk
> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 06, 2015 1:58 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
>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Kathe Pinchuck]

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
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  Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 2015 11:57 PM
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  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

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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Kathe Pinchuck]

One more:

Feathers used to illustrate the harms of gossip

 

Forest, Heather.  Feathers.  Illustrated by Marcia Cutchin.  Little Rock:  
August House Little Folk, 2005.  ISBN:  0-87483-755-3.  Rhyming text and 
colorful illustrations teach that hurtful words cannot be taken back easily 
once they are spoken.  The author credits Rabbi Levi Yitzhak of Berdichev with 
this tale.

 

Rothenberg, Joan.  Yettele's Feathers.  New York:  Hyperion Books for Children, 
1995.  ISBN:  0-7868-2081-0.  The town gossip learns her lesson when the rabbi 
tells her to cut open a pillow and bring him all the feathers.  Yettele 
realized that words cannot be taken back.

 

Waldman, Debby.  A Sack Full of Feathers.  Illustrated by Cindy Revell.  
Vancouver:  Orca Book Publishers, 2006.  ISBN:  978-1-55143-332-5.  Yankel 
loves to go around his village of Olkinik telling stories, often about other 
people.  One day the rabbi gives Yankel the job of putting a feather on every 
doorstep in the village.  Yankel completes this task as he thinks of the 
stories he will tell his schoolmates.  When he returns to the rabbi's house, he 
is instructed to collect all the feathers and bring them back.  As hard as he 
tries, Yankel cannot do it.  From this exercise, Yankel learns that you cannot 
take back a story once it is told - "it goes where it goes, and you cannot say 
where or how or when."

 

 

Shabbat Shalom,

Kathe Pinchuck

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  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

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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Sharon Elswit]

Good morning, Eileen,
There is also the story where parts of the body argue about which is most
important .  It appears as "The Great Debate" in Peninnah Schram's Jewish
Stories One Generation Tells Another and in the picture book Milk of a
Lionness by I.B. Singer, and then as an African tale (where a stomach also
participates in the arguing), "What is the most important part of the
body?," in Julius Lester's How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have?
There are also several versions of The Magic Pomegranate (Jewish, also in
Peninnnah's book) which helps to heal the princess.  Eric Kimmel has a
picture book version from the Middle East called The Three Princes, where
the healing fruit is an orange.  And then, in working on my new guide to
Latin American folklore, I came across another.

There's a variant of Howard Schwartz's Cottage of Candles from Mexico,

*La Madrina Muerte = Godmother Death,* Olga Loya, *Momentos Mágicos = Magic
Moments*.

Plus several versions of the youngest brother who brings back healing
leaves to cure his father's blindness, but is killed by his jealous
brothers.  Let me know if that's one you'd like.

Warmly,

Sharon





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> 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,
>
>
>
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>
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>
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[ALBA TOSCANO]

Hiya all you out-doorsy Lag bOmer-ites

SherylStahl wrote:
...a story about a person who complained to his rabbi that his house 
was too small
I have the Spanish translation of the Caldecott Honor 1977: It Could 
Always Be Worse 1976, by Margot Zemach (Siempre Puede Ser Peor, spanish 
translation 1991 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LCCC#91-34878).


Here in misnomer-ed Sunny Spain, I read this book about once a week just 
to keep my brain in focus. Better than aspirin.


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 * Amazon info:
 * *Age Range:*3 - 8 years
 * *Lexile Measure:*650L(What's this?
   
)
 * *Series:*Michael Di Capua Books
 * *Paperback:*32 pages
 * *Publisher:*Square Fish; Reissue edition (September 1, 1990)
 * *Language:*English
 * *ISBN-10:*0374436363
 * *ISBN-13:*978-0374436360
 * *Product Dimensions:*8.3 x 0.2 x 9 inches
 * *Shipping Weight:*4.8 ounces


Besos de Valencia
Alba Toscano
Sinagoga La Javurá


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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Heidi Estrin]

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
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Rose Myers]

ut a real person, although 
maybe the story itself is described as a legend (as in "not factual").  


Rose
Stories are how we make sense of the world.
 
  From: Eileen Polk 
 To: "hasaf...@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu"  
 Sent: Wednesday, May 6, 2015 4:57 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 
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Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Beth Braunstein]

FYI
It's the Cow in the Kitchen

Sent from my iPhone

> On May 8, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Haviva Peters  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.)
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> Hope this helps.
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> Haviva Donin Peters
> Librarian 
> Ramaz Lower School
> 125 East 85th Street
> New York, NY 10028
> (212) 774-8000 ext. 5938
> pete...@ramaz.org
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> 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!

Re: [ha-Safran] Multicultural stories

[Eileen Polk]

Thank you so much to everyone for your suggestions regarding multicultural 
stories!
I appreciate all of your help and have decided to use Raisel's Riddle and 
Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe as different versions of the 
"Cinderella" story.

Eileen Polk
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