The Diamond Tree: Jewish Tales from Around the World

Full of humor and wisdom, a compilation of Jewish folktales--named an ALA Notable Book--from around the world is peopled with prophets, mystics, monsters, magicians, sages, and fools, including a giant who thumbs a ride on Noah's Ark. Reprint.

Children's Books

Howard Schwartz

Barbara Rush

Literature & Fiction

Harpercollins Childrens Books

Elijahs Violin and Other Jewish Folktales (Penguin Folklore Library)

Penguin Putnam~trade

In Leaves from the Garden of Eden, Howard Schwartz, a three-time winner of the National Jewish Book Award, has gathered together one hundred of the most astonishing and luminous stories from Jewish folk tradition. Just as Schwartz's award-winning book Tree of Souls: The Mythology of Judaism collected the essential myths of Jewish tradition, Leaves from the Garden of Eden collects one hundred essential Jewish tales. As imaginative as the Arabian Nights, these stories invoke enchanted worlds, demonic realms, and mystical experiences. The four most popular types of Jewish tales are gathered here--fairy tales, folktales, supernatural tales, and mystical tales--taking readers on heavenly journeys, lifelong quests, and descents to the underworld. King David is still alive in the City of Luz, which the Angel of Death cannot enter, and somewhere deep in the forest a mysterious cottage contains the candle of your soul. In these stories, a bride who is not careful may end up marrying a demon, while the charm sewn into a dress may drive a pious woman to lascivious behavior. There is a dybbuk lurking in a well, a book that comes to life, and a world where Lilith, the Queen of Demons, seduces the unsuspecting. Here too are Jewish versions of many of the best-known tales, including "Cinderella," "Snow White," and "Rapunzel." Schwartz's retelling of one of these stories, "The Finger," inspired Tim Burton's film Corpse Bride. With its broad selection from written and oral sources, Leaves from the Garden of Eden is a landmark collection, representing the full range of Jewish folklore, from the Talmud to the present. It is a must-read for everyone who loves fiction and an ideal holiday gift.

Leaves from the Garden of Eden: One Hundred Classic Jewish Tales

World Literature

Oxford University Press

A collection of parables--stories with implicit morals--includes the work of Kafka, Jorge Luis Borges, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Jerzy Kosinski, Elie Wiesel, Dostoyevski, and Bob Dylan

Imperial messages: One hundred modern parables (A Bard book)

Genre Fiction

Avon/Books

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Culled from various cultures and master storytellers around the world, this collection of 22 frightening tales gives substance to readers' deepest fears and includes appropriately creepy black-and-white drawings.

Ask The Bones: Scary Stories From Around The World (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition)

Olson, Arielle

Turtleback Books

A noted folklorist retells 12 Jewish tales from around the world. Each tale combines elements of magic with a link to a Jewish holiday, giving new perspectives on Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Hanukkah, Purim, and Passover--plus Shabbat, the weekly Sabbath.

Day the Rabbi Disappeared : Jewish Holiday Tales of Magic

Tandem Library

One December evening in Minneapolis, former soldier and police officer, Tony Crow, has been shot on duty. Sustaining severe injuries, he reluctantly takes early retirement from the police force. Estranged from his ex-wife and young son, but desperate to return to their affections, Crow tries to rebuild his life. In a struggle to regain his former independence, strength and purpose, he starts a private investigation practice.To bring some muscle to the operation, Crow teams up with his old school friend and former college football player, Don Hanson. Don's colorful personality contrasts with Crow's no-nonsense approach to make a unique team.Like most new companies, business starts slowly, but then takes flight when a public figure hires him to find a missing person. Find a missing person? Simple enough, especially with his experience, but it soon becomes apparent that they're out of their depth.Tony Crow pits his small team against a formidable opposition, as he becomes aware of dark secrets and hidden agendas that could bring them down without a trace, and effect the future of America.

Flight of the Crow

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Howard A Schwartz

Invisible Kingdoms: Jewish Tales of Angels, Spirits, and Demons

Come to a world where angels, ghosts, and demons walk amongst the living and anything is possible. Here, in nine tales of the supernatural, invisible creatures take shape and roam the earth to aid or interfere in the lives of humans. A magic staff makes a man see ghosts, a handsome demon tricks a village girl into marriage, and an angel directs a young man through a dangerous venture -- in the guise of a goat!Howard Schwartz's vibrant retelling of mystical Jewish folktales is full of magic and wonder. The stories span many centuries and range in origin from Middle East to Eastern Europe. Weather you believe in angels, ghosts, and demons is for you to decide, but not before you enter these invisible kingdoms and step into a world where the impossible takes shape and anything can happen!

Harper Collins, Inc.

Before You Were Born

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Roaring Book Press

Poetry. Jewish Studies. These poems explore subjects drawn from the Hebrew Bible and Jewish mysticism as well as contemporary Jewish American life and imagination. The poet, who is also a celebrated expert in Jewish folklore and storytelling, has assembled a collection that includes new work, standout favorites, and some poems that have been long out of print, all from a career spanning nearly fifty years.

The Library of Dreams: New and Selected Poems, 1965-2013

Poetry

University of Arkansas Press

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