Status
Available
Collection
Publication
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) (2005), Edition: First Edition, 40 pages
Description
Describes some events in the life of Sholem Aleichem, the Yiddish author who wrote stories about Jewish life in nineteenth-century Russia.
Local notes
Horn Book Guide, 09/30/2005
Gerstein's loose, scratchy pen seems just right to illustrate the story of the great Yiddish comic writer's Russian childhood. Mischievous Sholom's spirited personality comes alive both in Gerstein's drawings and Silverman's fluent text. An author's note, an afterword, and a bibliography round out this engaging portrait of a man who asked in his will that his name "be recalled with laughter. Copyright 2003 of The Horn Book, Inc.
Gerstein's loose, scratchy pen seems just right to illustrate the story of the great Yiddish comic writer's Russian childhood. Mischievous Sholom's spirited personality comes alive both in Gerstein's drawings and Silverman's fluent text. An author's note, an afterword, and a bibliography round out this engaging portrait of a man who asked in his will that his name "be recalled with laughter. Copyright 2003 of The Horn Book, Inc.
Subjects
Awards
Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner — 2006)
National Jewish Book Award (Finalist — Illustrated Children's Book — 2005)