Brothers' Promise

Brothers' Promise
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فرمت کتاب

ebook

تاریخ انتشار

2014

Reading Level

2

ATOS

3.6

Interest Level

K-3(LG)

نویسنده

Thor Wickstrom

شابک

9781497635920
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  • نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی

School Library Journal

May 1, 1998
K-Gr 3-This retelling of a favorite Jewish tale from the Talmud is set in turn-of-the-century Eastern Europe. When a father dies, he leaves his farm to his two sons, making them promise to divide the land in half and to always care for one another. The siblings are very different: lighthearted Yankel marries and has a family, and Josef, the serious scholar, does not. When a serious drought brings a shortage of food, each brother remembers his promise and secretly tries to help the other, not realizing that the other is doing the same. In the end, it is as though God were watching and their kindness is rewarded with much-needed rain. Jewish folk sayings are sprinkled throughout the text, and the love the brothers have for one another is clear. The bright, expressive oil paintings feature figures outlined in black, swirling landscapes, and cloud-filled skies. They suit the tone of the story. Florence B. Freedman's Brothers (HarperCollins, 1985; o.p.) and Neil Waldman's The Two Brothers (Atheneum, 1997) both take place in Biblical times. This version complements the others nicely; although the setting is different, the message is not lost, pointing out the timelessness of the tale.-Elisabeth Palmer Abarbanel, Brentwood School, Los Angeles



Booklist

March 15, 1998
Ages 4^-6. In this traditional Jewish tale, a father dies and leaves his farm to his two sons, who share the farm and look after each other, despite their very different lifestyles--Yankle is a happily married family man, and Josef is a loner who spends his time reading religious books. When a drought threatens the farm, the brothers independently decide that the other needs whatever food has been saved. In a comic episode, the duo go back and forth delivering food and wondering why they are each winding up with more instead of less. Finally, they run into each other and, in a happy moment of realization, remember their father's words: "When a brother helps a brother, the angels in heaven weep tears of joy." This tells the same story as does Neil Waldman's recent "The Two Brothers" (1997), which has a soft-toned Jerusalem setting; Harber's tale is located in eastern Europe. Here, the pictures are vigorous both in color and in style of drawing. There's lots of movement in the art, and the pictures capture the story's humor and the worry that comes with farming life. ((Reviewed March 15, 1998))(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 1998, American Library Association.)




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