Book Description
for My Grandmother's Stories by Adele Geras and Anita Lobel
From Cooperative Children's Book Center (CCBC)
Ten traditional Jewish tales are interwoven within the narrative and dialogue of a girl's visit to her grandmother. While they cut apples to mix with the nuts and raisins for a strudel, the grandmother asks "...Have you ever thought..., what it must be like to be hungry?...Let me tell you a story about...a very rich merchant...in the days of King Solomon..." Other tales include "A Tangle of Wools," "The Garden of Talking Flowers," and "A Phantom at the Wedding." Each tale in the 10 3/8" x 8 1/8" book is intriguingly and invitingly visualized in two illustrations, one in full color. (Ages 5-10)
CCBC Choices 1990 . © Cooperative Children's Book Center, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, 1990. Used with permission.