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Type of bind: Paperback
EAN num: 9780142402795
ISBN number: 0142402796
Label: Puffin
Manufacturer: Puffin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: August 04, 2005
Publishing house: Puffin
Age index: Ages 4-8
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Studio: Puffin
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During Rosh Hashanah, a young boy overhears the chickens in his village planning a strike. They are sick of being used for Kapores, a custom practiced in his Russian village where people wave chickens over their heads to erase bad deeds. But the boy needs Kapores! How else will he make his father proud? He tries to warn his father, but the villagers cannot find a way to bring the chickens back to the village. Finally, the boy makes his own plea. Will the chickens listen or will he find a new way to overcome his bad behavior?
A Sydney Taylour Honor Book for Young Readers
A New York Public Library'100 Titles for Reading and Sharing' Selection
An NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
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This is a nice story book about a Jewish boy in Eastern Europe trying to behave in synagogue and gets kicked out by his father. He needs to perform his kapores with his village using chickens. The chickens object to the treatment and ask for the tradition to be changed. What to do? How will kapores be performed?
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I loved this book. Not only did I learn a rather obscure & bizarre jewish tradition, I fell in love with the wonderful illustrations!
Though I am a christian, I will enjoy sharing this book of jewish life and practice with my grandkids. A wonderful & culturally rich tale with delightfully engaging illustrations!
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Being a new grandfather, I am getting back into books for children. The story is important, of course, and this is a cute story about a fascinating and rather esoteric bit of Jewish tradition...good as well as instructive for the children. But what makes this book are the illustrations! They grab you in the bookstore and make you want to buy the book. They wonderfully illustrate the simple little story, giving it depth and character that will fascinate the children long after the words are finished. Trueman's wonderful colors and technique give the characters life, despite a certain stylistic stiltedness that he obviously chose to accomplish his purposes with the book. Buy the book for the story, yes. But certainly buy it for the pictures!! Your kids or grandkids will have a ball...and so will you!
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although i haven't rad this book, yet it seems like one which you can have fun with because of it's characters yt you can get the moral of the story as well. you can also see a different perspective of how people think. i have heard many good things about this book and anyone who has time for a "fun/learned" read, shouls give this a try
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