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Something from Nothing |
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Phoebe Gilman |
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From Publishers Weekly
When Joseph was a baby, his grandfather made him a shimmering blue blanket adorned with the moon and stars. As the boy grows and the blanket wears out, the old tailor recycles it, in succession fashioning a jacket, a vest, a tie and, finally, a cloth-covered button. But when Joseph loses the button, even his grandfather cannot make something from nothing. With its judicious repetition and internal rhymes, this thoughtfully presented Jewish folktale will captivate readers right through the ending, in which the boy discovers one last incarnation for his beloved keepsake. Although her renderings of human faces border on cartoonishness, Gilman's ( The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs ) oil-glazed tempera paintings suggest the vivid world of Joseph's shtetl, with full-page cutaway illustrations recording the... |
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Algo de nada / Something for Nothing |
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Phoebe Gilman |
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(Hardcover) - Spanish |
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1880507536 |
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From School Library Journal
K-Gr 2-A well-done version of a traditional Jewish folktale illustrated with colorful, full-page paintings. In the manner of all well-used things, Joseph's beloved blanket deteriorates but is transformed again and again by his ingenious grandfather. The tailor converts the fabric into smaller and smaller practical items, such as a jacket, a tie, a pair of suspenders, and lastly, a button. Virtually nothing remains of the precious cloth-except for a budding idea of a story.-Selene S. Vasquez, Orange Brook Elementary School, Hollywood, FL Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
Language Notes
Text: Spanish (translation)
Original Language: English
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Algo de nada |
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Phoebe Gilman |
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1930332726 |
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