Let's Steal the Moon: Jewish Tales, Ancient and Recent,

Let's Steal the Moon: Jewish Tales, Ancient and Recent, by Serwer, Blanche Luria. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780316781503.

Eleven traditional tales from Jewish folklore of the Middle East and Europe.Included are the dramatic and imaginative stories describing a Rabbis clever disposal of 80 witches; lessons in humility for King Solomon; the scholar-hero- Hillels shrewd replies to the impertinent questions; an extraordinary mechanical man created by the great Rabbi of Prague; and the rediculous behavior of the foolish residents of Chelm.Richly endowing the distinctive wit and traditional humor of the Jewish people and illustrated with the supurb interpretive drawings of noted childrens book illustrator Trina Schart Hyman, these stories should delight all lovers of folk tales.