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Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Description
In this variation of a Yiddish folktale, a spoiled prince has a fit and assumes the speech and mannerisms of a rooster until he is locked in a room for seven days with a frail grizzled old man.
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Sydney Taylor Book Award (Mass Import -- Pending Differentiation)
National Jewish Book Award (Winner — Illustrated Children's Book — 2010)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine — 2011)
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LibraryThing member missamellon
This old Jewish folktale is not so well known these days. It is marvelous that it has been preserved. A young prince becomes bored with being pampered, and decides to become a rooster instead. An interesting old man helps him become a man, instead.
LibraryThing member jinmoon
Prince of Brestov suddenly turned into a rooster! His parents, the King and the Queen were very worried and called many doctors, sorcerers, and magicians but they were chased away by the rooster Prince. Can anyone help the Prince turn back into a human? The story is a traditional Jewish tale and it
This is a wonderful story about teaching and Jewish culture. Readers will love this silly story about a boy who becomes a rooster and also will learn to admire the old man who turns him back into the Prince.
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teaches about how a teacher and student must work together. The teacher does not rule but stands side by side with the student, encouraging by questioning. The old man in the story is the teacher and he asks many question and they are all answered by the Prince. The story is written with simple words and has repetition that the readers will notice as the days pass by. The bright colors and thin graphite lines creates a well-defined characters and the unique features of the exaggerated expressions of the characters will draw the readers to the story. The illustrations also hint at what is going to happen next by creating a panel. These panels are not distinctly separated from the storyline artwork and seamlessly flow together. This is a wonderful story about teaching and Jewish culture. Readers will love this silly story about a boy who becomes a rooster and also will learn to admire the old man who turns him back into the Prince.
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LibraryThing member Sullywriter
Charming retelling of a Yiddish folktale.
LibraryThing member raizel
The author explains in an afterword that the traditional moral of this Rabbi Nachman story is that a teacher must approach a student at the student's level if he wants to raise him up. Ms. Stampler then explains how she has changed the point of story to be about teaching and learning kindness.
ISBN
9780618989744
Other editions
The Rooster Prince of Breslov by Ann Redisch Stampler (Hardcover)
The Rooster Prince of Breslov by Ann Redisch Stampler (Paperback)