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Five Little Gefiltes

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I overheard an amused mom reading this aloud to her daughter and then, after they put it down, I grabbed it and bought it. We love reading it aloud and my kids shout "oy vey" which cracks me up! I also love having them try out some of the yiddish words that are funny flourishes throughout the book.

As a nanny I've read hundreds of books with children and none compares to Five Little Gefiltes! It's a delight to have young children react with such joy and enthusiasm as I read to and with them. Nothing compares to the sound of a giddy child yelling "Oy vey!" Except maybe the sound of a child yelling "I'm gonna plotz!" It's become a favorite book of every child I've read it to. Such chutzpah this book has! ;)

This is a very humorfulled book. I can't wait to see the reactions of my very young nieces and nephews.It depicts a humor filled story that makes me chuckle.

Five little smiling Gefilte fish balls wearing top hats (one is always whistling) greet us on the cover of this amusing parody of the "Five Little Ducks" song. They go out daily from their jar to experience city life, bouncing down the wrought iron fire escape, "taking in a play", swimming in the bay "crashing the deli buffet", an getting "shlepped away" in a yellow taxi. Unfortunately for Mama Gefilte, one less gefilte returns each day, causing her to cry out "OY VEY" in consternation, until they all return happily to where the babushka-wearing Mama fish ball sits on her park bench. She stops kvetching, and now kvells with happiness. The funny asides on signage and within the illustrations are clever inside Yiddish jokes for the older crowd, but the book stands on its own as a delightful frolic through New York's Jewish scene. This book needs to be sung--the zanier the better! Share with some kids ASAP--just avoid serving Gefilte fish to those who won't appreciate it!

My wife and I found this book to be very entertaining. We have been reading the book to our 2 year old granddaughter every night, and she is learning Yiddish from my wife in a very fun way. And she loves saying Oy Vey. The book also is very entertaining for adults.

This quirky, fun picture book kept me laughing for hours! The pictures are adorable, and the writing is excellent!! I would recommend this book to even my non-jewish friends!!

This book could easily have been one of those concept books that starts with a good idea, but fades as the gimmick gets stretched and stretched over the course of the book.

_Five Little Gefiltes_ is not that kind of a book. Each page has uproarious details that reflect Jewish culture and tradition (and humor) with goofy allusions just for the parents. This is a very, very funny book, and a smart one, too.

I love love love this book. I love it more than any other Jewish food-based children's books. And I don't even like gefilte fish.

This book is a take-off on 'five little monkeys jumping on the bed', or 'five little ducks went out to play'.... five little gefiltes start out, and then, one at a time, they each get distracted and leave. Then the Mama Gefilte is sad because nobody calls, and then they all come back. Funny pictures, hidden little jokes in the pictures and good rhymes make this a good buy.

I think I like this book even more than my son. The book improved by reading it aloud in a faux Yiddish accent, whether alone or reading it to a little friend.