A Sack Full of Feathers
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Yankel loves to tell stories and repeat the gossip that he hears in his father's store in the shtetl. The baker Reb Wulff talks about losing his glasses and putting salt instead of sugar in the cookies. Two women fight over a bolt of fabric they both want. Unfortunately, Yankel only hears the bits and pieces that make trouble, not how things turn out. So the rabbi decides to teach the boy a lesson by making him see that stories spread and that they can be hurtful. The fun in this retelling of a Jewish folktale is not in the lesson, but in the setting, the people, and the stories they tell. The bright acrylic folk art shows the characters gossiping, quarreling ("they were fighting like cats"), and, finally, getting together to enjoy steaming soup and share delicious cookies made with sugar.
- Hazel Rochman, Copyright © American Library Association.
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2007-09-30
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ISBN-13: 978-1551438634
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Paperback
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