Good morning, Eileen, There is also the story where parts of the body argue about which is most important . It appears as "The Great Debate" in Peninnah Schram's Jewish Stories One Generation Tells Another and in the picture book Milk of a Lionness by I.B. Singer, and then as an African tale (where a stomach also participates in the arguing), "What is the most important part of the body?," in Julius Lester's How Many Spots Does a Leopard Have? There are also several versions of The Magic Pomegranate (Jewish, also in Peninnnah's book) which helps to heal the princess. Eric Kimmel has a picture book version from the Middle East called The Three Princes, where the healing fruit is an orange. And then, in working on my new guide to Latin American folklore, I came across another.
There's a variant of Howard Schwartz's Cottage of Candles from Mexico, *La Madrina Muerte = Godmother Death,* Olga Loya, *Momentos Mágicos = Magic Moments*. Plus several versions of the youngest brother who brings back healing leaves to cure his father's blindness, but is killed by his jealous brothers. Let me know if that's one you'd like. Warmly, Sharon On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Eileen Polk <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Friends, > > > > I have been asked to assist a teacher of multicultural literacy at a local > college by reading to her students two versions of the same children’s > story, one Jewish and one something else. I have been looking through my > sources, but am having trouble finding something, so I am turning to you. > Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you, > > > > Eileen Polk, Librarian > > Prentis Memorial Library > > Temple Beth El > > Bloomfield Hills, MI 48301 > > __ > Messages and opinions expressed on Hasafran are those of the individual > author > and are not necessarily endorsed by the Association of Jewish Libraries > (AJL) > ================================== > Submissions for Ha-Safran, send to: > [email protected] > To join Ha-Safran, update or change your subscription, etc. - click here: > https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > Questions, problems, complaints, compliments send to: [email protected] > Ha-Safran Archives: > Current: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.service.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > Earlier Listserver: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/hasafran%40lists.acs.ohio-state.edu/maillist.html > AJL HomePage http://www.JewishLibraries.org > -- > Hasafran mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/hasafran > >
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