![]() ![]() If you have no older children on your list, buy it for yourself.” Singer’s extraordinary book of folklore is illustrated by Maurice Sendak, who won a Caldecott Medal for Where the Wild Things Are. The New York Times called Zlateh the Goat and Other Stories, “beautiful stories for children, written by a master.” The New York Book Review said, “This book is a triumph. Here are seven magical folktales spun by a master storyteller, that speak of fools, devils, schlemiels, and even heroes-like Zlateh the goat. But there are lesser fools too: a silly irresponsible bridegroom four sisters who mix up their feed in bed one night a young man who imagines himself dead. ![]() ![]() The most famous fools-the oldest and the greatest-are the seven Elders. Nobel laureate Isaac Bashevis Singer introduces readers to the village of Chelm in this Newbery Honor Book. ![]()
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