A few more additions to Janice’s wonderful list: The Brothers Shlemiel by Mark Binder (Chelm stories) Rachel Captures the Moon, Rachel’s Gift, and Rachel’s Library - all Chelm stories by Richard Ungar A Thousand and One Chicken by Seymour Rossel (Chelm) (and several more books by Rossel who is a great Chelm storyteller) Zlateh the Goat stories by I.B. Singer Does God Have a Big Toe? Stories about the Stories in the Bible by Rabbi Marc Gellman God’s Mailbox - More Stories about the Stories in the Bible by Rabbi Marc Gellman (Gellman stories may be out of print but still available on Amazon) The Rabbi and the Twenty-nine Witches by Marilyn Hirsh - read at Halloween time Raisel’s Riddle by Erica Silverman - read at Purim time, a Jewish Cinderella story Michelle, please commend your teacher for her reading plan! Enjoy! Debbie Colodny
> On Aug 25, 2021, at 12:06 AM, Janice Lieberman via Hasafran > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I love sharing Jewish short stories with children! In addition to numerous > picture books, there are some wonderful story collections. Here are some to > get started with; not all of them will work well for the younger kids, but > hopefully the teacher and kids will enjoy some of them! > > Chelm Stories, including but not limited to the following: > Right Side Up: Adventures in Chelm by Eric A. Kimmel > The Jar of Fools: Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm by Eric A. Kimmel > The Silly World of Chelm: A Treasury of Jewish Wit and Whimsy by Zalman > Goldstein > Chelm for the Holidays by Valerie Estelle Frankel > Other Story Collections: > The Adventures of Hershel of Ostropol by Eric A. Kimmel > Brainteasers from Jewish Folklore by Rosalind Charney Kaye > Rachel the Clever and Other Jewish Folktales by Joseph Sherman > The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World by Howard Schwartz et al > While Standing on One Foot: Puzzle Stories and Wisdom Tales from the Jewish > Tradition by Nina Jaffe > The Uninvited Guest and Other Jewish Holiday Tales by Nina Jaffe > My Grandmother's Stories by Adele Geras > Ten Traditional Jewish Children's Stories by Gloria Goldreich > Happy reading! > Janice Lieberman > Hebrew Day School of Ann Arbor > > On Wednesday, August 25, 2021, 12:11:23 AM EDT, Michelle Sandler via Hasafran > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am looking for Jewish Short Stories for grades 1 - 3. My Director of > Education at my Reform Religious School in Southern California hired a new > teacher. She wants to read short stories to her students at the beginning > and end of her classes. I have about 800 Jewish Children's books in my 2,600 > volume collection but no idea what books contain short stories. 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