Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories and other stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Maurice Sendak Marjan van Zeyl whose accomplishments-and subsequent obscurity-tell us

whose accomplishments-and subsequent obscurity-tell us much about the long and vexed relationship between conservative religion and modern feminism

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but whose pen is the mightiest of them all

"-- The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories and other stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer, Maurice Sendak Marjan van Zeyl whose accomplishments-and subsequent obscurity-tell usNobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer introduces readers to the village of Chelm in this Newbery Honor Book. Chelm is a village of fools. The most famous fools the oldest and the greatest are the seven Elders. But there are lesser fools too: a silly irresponsible bridegroom; four sisters who mix up their feed in bed one night; a young man who imagines himself dead. Here are seven magical folktales spun by a master storyteller, that speak of fools,