Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories by Isaac Bashevis Singer (1984-10-10)

i bought this for myself (an adult). Makes me cry for some reason.

When Shlemiel went to Warsaw and Zlateh the Goat are both collections of short stories awarded a Newbery Honor in 1969 and 1967 respectively. They were written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, a Jewish author well known for his short stories, who received the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature.

Excellent choice for my Grandson. One of my favorite authors. Exactly what I hoped to expect.

I have long loved Isaac Bashevis Singers works . This small book of stories is a delight and joy. They are in the vein of the stories of my childhood...The Three Sillies.. and so on. he is a windful writer and his is a delightful book. It could be for children but i read it in one sitting and will read again today.

fUN!

Singer and Sendak are an unbeatable combination. Sendak is amazing in what he can do with pen and ink (no color). I think those who are familiar with Yiddish culture would appreciate these stories more than those who are not.

This is a beautiful book. My children loved it. Its a great addition to our library.

The stories in this book are written for children They are Yiddish folktales that center around the silly people from the town of Cheim known as a village of fools. The stories range from scary stories about devils to hilarious tales of the simple, but unusual people that live in or near the town of Cheim. These stories take you back into the Jewish past, and often center around the Jewish holiday of Hannukah. The village setting very much reminds me of the little traditional Yiddish village in the opening of Fiddler on the Roof. The illustrations are beautiful but exaggerated by Maurice Sendak.

The service was excellent and the book was even better

I do enjoy a good story, and Zlateh is full of them, with nice drawings by Maurice Sendek. But they do get kind of drab. These arent stories that are overly funny or have an intellectual twist at the end that I was expecting. These are stories of a culture and they capture the strengths and weaknesses of that culture and do so quite wonderfully. Just be warned, the cultural quirks and expectations of the stories in this book will receive less appreciation from our technology-loving culture than they deserve. The book itself is a quick and comfortable read and has the potential for an excellent bed-time book for 4-8 year olds.