Author: ADLER, DAVID A. AND KEVIN O'MALLEY
Title: Chanukah in Chelm
Description: New York: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/Morrow, 1997. First Edition. Second Printing. ISBN: 0688099521. Color ; 11 1/2 x 9"; Unpaginated pages; Oblong shaped hard cover is glazed boards. Purple spine with yellow lettering; slight rubbing to boards. DJ has light rubbing scuffing; in a mylar cover. Pages are clean and tight; not numbered, 32 pages. Lavishly colored illustrations.' The people of Chelm have good hearts, great dreams, and very little sense. So when Mendel needs a table to hold the Chanukah menorah, his simple trip to the storage closet turns into a hilariously bungled quest. Adler's tongue-in-cheek story and O'Malley's rambunctious illustrations brim with the humor that has made Chelm stories family favorites.'. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

Keywords: 0688099521 Judaism; Jewish Holidays; Folklore; Poland; Polish; Philosphy; Literatur Juvenile Holiday Book; Children's Literature Customs and Practices; Rites and Rituals; Juvenile Fiction Cultural History Education European History Geography Fairy Tales/F