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FOLKTALES AND NURSERY RHYMES
Lester, Julius

When the Beginning Began: Stories about God, the Creatures, and Us

100 pp. April, 1999 | Trade ISBN 0-15-201238-9 $$17.00
(1) 4-6 Illustrated by Emily Lisker. Lester fuses two traditions here--the "loving irreverence" of African-American storytelling and the imaginative inquiry of midrashim (Jewish stories that extend and interpret biblical texts). Lisker's paintings capture the stories' primal essence (and a bit of their playfulness) in bold, archetypal forms. A reverent, wise, witty, and wonderfully entertaining book, handsomely produced. Bib.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 1999

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