title: Yettele's Feathers
author:  Joan Rothenberg 
description: Kindergarten-Grade 3?A felicitous adaptation of a cautionary tale told originally as a warning against leshon harah (slander/gossip). A widow without children, "Yettele had a lot of time for minding other people's business," and mind it she does! Not only does she spread rumors from one neighbor to another, but she always has the facts wrong and surmises the worst. Eventually, everyone in Ostrow is afraid to talk to her, so she goes to the Rabbi. He advises her on the course of action that convices her never to gossip again. Rothenberg tells the tale in language redolent with Old World rhythm and with a few transliterated Yiddish expression inserted for emphasis. Her Yettele is a memorable character on a par with Carol Chapman's The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch (Dutton, 1980). Gouache on bristol board illustrations depict the village and its inhabitants in bright, almost tropical, colors. Leaning houses form a patchwork against cerulean skies and green hills; they are not authentically drab, but charming. A welcome, tellable addition to folktale collections from a talented newcomer to the world of children's books.?Marcia Posner, Federation of New York and the Jewish Book Council, New York City<br />Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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  The Best of
  
  
  Margaret St. Clair
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Introduction:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Idris' Pig
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Gardener
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Child Of Void
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Hathor's Pets
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Pillows
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Listening Child
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Brightness Falls From The Air
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Man Who Sold Rope To The Gnoles
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Causes
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  An Egg A Month From All Over
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Prott
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  New Ritual
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Brenda
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Short In The Chest
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Horrer Howce
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  he Wines Of Earth
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Invested Libido
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  The Nuse Man
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  An Old-Fashioned Bird Christmas
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Wryneck, Draw Me
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  Introduction:
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Thoughts From My Seventies
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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