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32 pp.
| Boyds |
September, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-932425-74-1$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Neil Waldman.
Hayim's village is so devastated by drought that a holiday celebration seems impossible. Hayim drafts a letter to the Almighty begging for oil, and a serendipitous wind delivers the note to a rich merchant. Though a secondary conflict feels contrived, the humble-hero trope found in Jewish folklore, beautifully offset by delicately hued, geometrically accented illustrations, is effectively cast.