A Telling Time - Couverture rigide

Watts, Irene

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1896580394 ISBN 13 : 9781896580395

Editeur : Tradewind Books, 2005

Synopsis

This tale is told in three time-frames. On the eve of the Festival of Purim, a grandmother tells her granddaughter how, as a little girl, she heard the story of Queen Esther from her family rabbi. This was in 1939, in Nazi-occupied Vienna, on the eve of WWII. Soon after the rabbi begins the story of the brave queen, soldiers come to arrest him. The young girl begs for the rabbi to finish his story, and the soldiers allow him to do so. When the tale is over, the soldiers permit him to send the children home. But when the children turn to wave goodbye, the rabbi had vanished in the snowflakes, safe from harm, saved by the miracle of a story from long ago. The illustrations by Kathryn Shoemaker perfectly highlight the story's message of hope.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Irene Watts was born in Berlin and moved to Vancouver, British Columbia, many years ago. She is the author of numerous books and plays for children and young people, among them Goodbye Marianne and No Pets Allowed, published by Tradewind.

Kathryn E. Shoemaker is the illustrator of many books for children, among them A Telling Time, My Animal Friends and Floyd the Flamingo and his flock of friends for Tradewind Books. She teaches children's illustration at Langara College in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Tradewind Books
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1896580394
• ISBN 13: 9781896580395
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible