Author: SILVERMAN, ERICA & SUSAN GABER
Title: Raisel's Riddle
Description: New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 2003. First Edition Thus. First Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 0374461996. Illustrated by Susan Gaber. Sunburst Book Series; Color Illustrations; 9.80 X 8.70 X 0.20 inches; Unpaginated pages; Soft cover is glazed covers. Yellow spine with black lettering. Slight rubbing/bumping to covers. Front end paper has a sticker 'Temple Israel--- A gift from the Schelberg Family Shabbat Birthday Book Fund. Pages are clean and tight. Appears as if unused. Beautiful color pictures through the book. Pages not numbered; 40 pages. What's more precious than rubies, more lasting than gold? 'Raisel knows. She learned it from her grandfather, a poor scholar who taught her. When he dies, Raisel finds work in the home of a rabbi. His jealous cook makes Raisel toil from sunup to sundown. And as the Jewish holiday of Purim approaches, Raisel works even harder. The rabbi's son presides over the Purim dinner, and Raisel listens closely when he responds to riddles posed by his guests. Is it possible that this young man can answer Raisel's riddle? Erica Silverman's lively retelling of the Cinderella story features a heroine for whom knowledge is as essential to happiness as love. In striking paintings, Susan Gaber captures all her beauty, external and internal'.. Near Fine .

Keywords: 0374461996 Juvenile Literature; Children's Literature ; Picture Books; Judaism; Purim; Jewish Holidays; Juvenile Fiction: Juvenile Religion; Religion; Juvenile Women/Womens' History Fiction Cultural History Fairy Tales/Folk Lore Judaism/Jewish History/Jew