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Raisel's Riddle (Sunburst Book) by: Erica Silverman Childrens Bookshop Price: $5.95 Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 398.2089924 EAN: 9780374461997 ISBN: 0374461996 Label: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Manufacturer: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 40 Publication Date: March 10, 2003 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Sales Rank: 643953 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: A Jewish Cinderella 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. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Raisel's RiddleRaisel's Riddle is a story that gives profound meaning to the Cinderella fairy tale , Jewish-style. Instead of beauty being the criterion for selection of a wife, Raisel's intelligence and knowledge are the "charms" that win the heart of "Prince Charming," who in this story is a rabbi's son. Another irony is that instead of the woman having to pass the test of beauty, the man has to pass the test of intelligence and wit before Raisel agrees that he is fit to be her husband. Contrary to the feminist ... Read More: Rating: - Raisel's RiddleRaisel's Riddle is outstanding because this Cinderella is not concerned with her appearance, nor is the rabbi's son. It is a wonderful twist to have knowledge be the commodity most valued! Rating:  - Another CinderellaRaisel is a Jewish girl that is orphaned and seeks work in a Rabbi's household. She attends a Purim dance, meets the Rabbi's son, and asks him a riddle. He seeks her, after the dance, to marry because of her intelligence. This is an adaptation of the story Cinderella. It is told about the Jewish holiday, Purim, which celebrates Esther, the Jewish queen of Persia. It preserves the essential qualities of a Cinderella story by having the girl orphaned, poor, kind, and marrying the "prince" of the ... Read More: Rating: - Outstanding Jewish CinderellaThis is a Jewish version of the Cinderella story. Far better than the original in my opinion, because instead of something as random as shoe size, the key to discovering the heart-stealer is her riddle and her wisdom. This book stresses the importance of learning and is a wonderful romance at the same time. Beautiful! |
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