Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories, (Paperback)

from ElizabethChapman

Oh how I loved this book as a child! I didn't understand it was based on Jewish folk tales, but I must have sensed the depth of tradition that gives heart to each story. The tales are sometimes sca...

from foggidawn

A collection of Yiddish tales, some funny, others quite touching. The title story, the last in the book, was one of the latter, and probably my favorite in this volume. Many are set around Hanukkah...

from Payama

Children's Book Review #2 Singer, Isaac Bashevis. Zlateh the Goat. New York: Harper and Row, 1966 Characters: Aaron, his dad Reuvan, and Zlateh the Goat Setting: Small village around Hanukkah time ...

from ElizabethChapman

Oh how I loved this book as a child! I didn't understand it was based on Jewish folk tales, but I must have sensed the depth of tradition that gives heart to each story. The tales are sometimes sca...

from brandonachey

I really enjoyed this book because it presented the theme of friendship in a way that really brought forth the main element that makes relationships successful, reciprocity. Reuven begins the story...