A Village Saint

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword: Reviving Yiddish Children’s Literature xi
4. Translator’s Note on Authors’ Names xv
5. To the Young Reader 1
6. Introduction 3
7. Part I. Jewish Holidays
8. A Sabbath in the Forest 23
9. The Magic Lion 30
10. The Mute Princess 36
11. Children of the Field 40
12. What Izzy Knows about Lag Ba’Omer 45
13. A Village Saint 49
14. Señor Ferrara’s First Yom Kippur 56
15. Kids 59
16. Part II. Jewish History and Heroes
17. Gur Aryeh 71
18. Don Isaac Abravanel 78
19. The Story of a Stick 109
20. Part III. Folktales, Fairy Tales, Wonder Tales
21. Where Stories Come From 151
22. The Magnate of Jerusalem 154
23. The King and the Rabbi 160
24. The Baker and the Beggar 166
25. A Boy and His Samovar 169
26. Roses and Emeralds 173
27. The Red Giant 179
28. Part IV. Wise Fools
29. The Jews of Chelm and the Great Stone 185
30. Lemekh Goes Ice Skating 188
31. A Snow Grandma 191
32. Zelig the Rhymester 193
33. From The Three Braggarts 195
34. A Deal’s a Deal 202
35. Part V. Allegories, Parables, and Fables
36. The Wind That Got Angry 209
37. The Horse and the Monkeys 214
38. A Nanny Goat with Seven Kids 218
39. Stories from Genesis Stories from Genesis: How the Birds Learned Bible Stories 222
40. The Birds Go on Strike 233
41. The Bat 236
42. Part VI. School Days
43. The Alphabet Gets Angry 241
44. The Teacher 246
45. A Story of a Schoolboy and a Goat 248
46. The Chickens Who Wanted to Learn Yiddish 251
47. Part VII. In Life’s Classroom
48. Questions 259
49. Boots and the Bath Squad 263
50. The Girl in the Mailbox 268
51. ??? 270
52. Moe and Nicky 271
53. Roosteroo 275
54. Part VIII. Jewish Families, Here and There
55. From Labzik: Stories of a Clever Pup 279
56. Labzik and Glikl 289
57. Evie Gets Lost 293
58. Mirele’s Birthday 302
59. From An Unusual Girl from Brooklyn 307
60. Acknowledgments 313
61. Illustration Credits 319
62. Original Sources 321
63. About the Editor and Translator 325