Laura Krauss Melmed
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A small bird, her heart filled with love, hurries from her perch above the manger to spread the news to creatures of the field and forest that a child, to whom all are precious, has been born.
Author
Language
English
Description
In the little village of Wishniak, Moishe the mailman is known for his generosity and good heart. The only one who doesn't appreciate him is his wife, Baila. How can they afford to make latkes when he keeps giving and giving to everyone else?
Then Moishe receives a gift himself- a pan that magically produces all the latkes anyone could wish for...enough to feed the whole village! But Moishe is supposed to be the only one who can use the miraculous...
Author
Language
English
Description
"In a stunning debut, Melmed combines standard fairy tale devices (a wish granted by magic; a series of trials to prove worthiness; virtue rewarded, etc.) in a wholly original story featuring the most fetching cast of little ones since the Dionne quintuplets. Melmed's writing is flawless..." --- Publisher's Weekly
The moon presents a childless couple with twelve tiny babies, which they care for with tenderness and love. In the end they are rewarded...