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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Daddy, read it again!"
There's something right about these stories because each one in turn has received the coveted "Daddy, read it again!" prize. There's one illustration per story so this book is good for that transitional time when the child is not ready for a completely pictureless book but her sophistication and thirst for richer prose make the...
Published on July 24, 2005 by Morgan Witthoft
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3.0 out of 5 stars
The Wonder Child
I was disappointed in the book; perhaps I was looking for something different than was there. I had read Marion's Tambourine and enjoyed it as an anthology of Jewish folktales. This book included fewer of them and just seemed less meaty. Frankly, even to a child I would think the book I named firs-- Marion's Tambourine-- would be the better book even if there were no...
Published 18 months ago by Jennifer Alderson
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Daddy, read it again!",
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This review is from: The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales (Library Binding)
There's something right about these stories because each one in turn has received the coveted"Daddy, read it again!" prize. There's one illustration per story so this book is good for that transitional time when the child is not ready for a completely pictureless book but her sophistication and thirst for richer prose make the picturebooks come up short. I find the illustrations quite pleasing, despite the lukewarm comments from publisher's weekly. They're well-rendered with good composition, balance, and color.
3.0 out of 5 stars
The Wonder Child,
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This review is from: The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales (Hardcover)
I was disappointed in the book; perhaps I was looking for something different than was there. I had read Marion's Tambourine and enjoyed it as an anthology of Jewish folktales. This book included fewer of them and just seemed less meaty. Frankly, even to a child I would think the book I named firs-- Marion's Tambourine-- would be the better book even if there were no pictures.
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The Wonder Child: & Other Jewish Fairy Tales by Howard Schwartz (Hardcover - Oct. 1996)
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