Zlateh the Goat

By: Isaac Bashevis Singer, Maurice Sendak (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 10 October 1984

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Paperback
90 Pages

Edition Type
New edition

Age
4 - 8

Grade
4 - 7

Dimensions(cm)
22.23 x 15.24 x 1.27

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Nobel 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, devils, schlemiels, and even heroes—like Zlateh the goat.

The New York Times called Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories, "beautiful stories for children, written by a master." The New York Book Review said, "This book is a triumph. If you have no older children on your list, buy it for yourself." Singer''s extraordinary book of folklore is illustrated by Maurice Sendak, who won a Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are.

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Singer and Sendak for all ages - how simple, how perfect! The alchemist of Jewish village life has found the ideal interpretor - the magic is one and indivisible, and the rewards are multiple. These clever, tender, bittersweet tales may be enjoyed for themselves, for their literary mastery, for their reflection of a strong, strange tradition. They may be read silently or aloud, but they are best shared, with ample to examine the subtleties of the etched illustrations. (Many of these tableaux have the fixed intensity of hallucination.) The stories vary in interest, some being no more than vignettes, but the first, Fool's Paradise, and the last, the title story, are masterpieces: the one is magnificent irony and the other is tender, unashamed love. A few are set in Chelm, the town of wise fools, and sometimes it is Hanukkah, but this is incidental. It is also incidental that these are Jewish stories - the pleasure may be quicker but it need not be greater. The consummate skill and transcendent vision are universal. (Kirkus Reviews)

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