The Schmutzy Family - Couverture rigide

Rosenberg, Madelyn

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0823423719 ISBN 13 : 9780823423712

Editeur : Holiday House, 2012

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

Stories filled with muck and mess are fun for young preschoolers, and in this title they will enjoy the smelly, yucky games celebrated on each wild double-page spread, especially since—surprise!—the grown-ups join in the fun. After wading in the swamp on Sunday, the six Schmutzy kids bring lots of mud home with them. The next day, they make mud pies, and the illustrations show them slopping around in the kitchen. On the following days, they bring a bucket of earthworms inside, paint pictures on the wallpaper, and make the sink a natural habitat for frogs and lizards. Then on Friday, Mama insists that they clean up for Shabbat, and the pictures are just as entertaining as they show the family getting “unstunk” and “unswamped,” freeing the earthworms and frogs, and walking to synagogue. Then on Sunday, they pass a huge mud puddle—and Mama does a cannonball. With ink, watercolor, acrylic, and pencil, Meisel’s pictures extend the rumpus, and kids will have fun with the text’s occasional Yiddish words (explained in a glossary), especially farshtunken (stinky). Preschool-Grade 2. --Booklist

Présentation de l'éditeur

A lively and funny celebration of Sabbath traditions.

Sunday through Friday, the Schmutzy children are encouraged to explore, experiment, and create. It's messy work, involving mud pies, tomato sauce, worms, and frogs!

But on Friday morning, Mama exclaims, "Look at this dirt.... And it's nearly SHABBOS. We can't bring in the Sabbath smelling like COWS!"

So the Schmutzys clean up--and that's almost as much fun as the rest of the week.

"Schmutz" is a Yiddish word for dirt -- you can have schmutz on pretty much anything. The book begins with a four-word glossary - challah, farshtunken, schmutzy, and Shabbos.

This book captures the joy of cooperating as a family--no matter what your religion--and it makes a great read-aloud for homey or classroom. Charming illustrations by two-time Geisel medalist, Paul Meisel, add to the fun.

A National Jewish Book Awards finalist
A PJ Library selection

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Holiday House
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0823423719
• ISBN 13: 9780823423712
• Reliure: Relié
• Illustrateur: Meisel Paul
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible