Sholom's Treasure : : how Sholom Aleichem Became a Writer
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Youth level.
Describes some events in the life of Sholem Aleichem, the Yiddish author who wrote stories about Jewish life in nineteenth-century Russia. The boy whose stories became Fiddler on the Roof Sholom Aleichem's favorite childhood memory may have been listening as his father read stories aloud on Saturday nights and a roomful of adults burst out laughing. Sholom wanted to make people laugh, too. At school he became the class clown. At home he imitated even his pious grandmother. But Sholom was also thoughtful. In Russia in the 1800s, life was especially difficult for Jews, and Sholom longed to help his father by finding a legendary hidden treasure. It turned out that Sholom Aleichem's destiny was to give his father a different kind of treasure - one of words and tales that to this day bring laughter to readers around the world. This taut, focused biography of the young Sholom Aleichem is animated with the artist's quick, brilliant line and richly toned watercolors.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2005.
Year Published: 2005
Description: 1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
READING LEVEL
Lexile: 660
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
0374380554 :
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Gerstein, Mordicai.
SUBJECTS
Sholem Aleichem, -- 1859-1916.
Authors, Yiddish -- 19th century -- Biography.
Jews -- Ukraine -- Biography.