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THE ROOSTER PRINCE Illustrated by Giora Carmi Pitspopany Press ISBN 0943706459 Hardcover |
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Prince thinks he is a rooster. He squats, wobbles and crows. Avron,
a simple peasant boy has been dragged to the palace." A rollicking tale based on a great Rebbe's teachings, The Rooster Prince delights young and old. The Storytelling World Award honoured it as Title for 2001 as one of the best books for storytellers. The Jewish Book Fair in Toronto presented a musical based on the book as a feature for Jewish Book Week. "Cockadoodledoo!" crowed Avron. The Prince beamed at Avron and squawked, "Cockadoodledoo!" Springing up, Avron waved his hands, calling the messenger. "I know how to cure the Prince! I know how to cure the Prince!" REVIEWS Sydell Waxman's charming retelling of this old
parable has many satisfying elements for the young reader: the problem
( a prince who pecks and crows like a rooster) is delightfully absurd,
the tension (the threat of beheading) is deliciously dangerous,
and the hero is an ordinary child who outsmarts the adults. Waxman
skillfully integrates explanations of terms such as "shochet"
and "Shabbat" into the narrative. When the messenger saw that Avron was carrying
a chicken, he grabbed him, pulling him onto his horse. "You
carry chickens around with you. You must know about chickens and
roosters." The story is really a very old one, originally told
by a famous Rabbi, who through story demonstrated the lesson he
wanted to teach. Grades 2 to 5. Based on a parable told by the
great Jewish sage, Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, this story tells of
Avron, a poor village boy in 18th century Russia, who is taken by
the Tzar's mesenger to the palace and instructed to cure the prince
of acting like a rooster. When Avron notices that the prince/rooster
is copying his own actions, the peasant boy quickly realizes how
to coax him into behaving like a prince again";appropriate
for secular or religious school libraries. |
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