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category: Children's Fiction
published: Sep 2013
ISBN:9781459806375
publisher: Orca Book Publishers

A Sack Full of Feathers

by Debby Waldman, illustrated by Cindy Revell

tagged: jewish, country & ethnic, values & virtues
Description

Yankel loves to tell stories, as long as they are someone else's.

He does not see the hurt that his stories cause, the way they spread and change. Then the rabbi hands him a bag of feathers and tells him to place one on every doorstep in the village. Yankel is changed by what happens and finds himself with his best story yet, one of his very own.

About the Authors

Debby Waldman is the author of a number of children's books including A Sack Full of Feathers Miriam’s Secret and has written for publications including People, Publishers Weekly, Sports Illustrated and Sports Illustrated for Kids. An educator, she has taught writing and journalism at Cornell University, Ithaca College, St. Lawrence University and Grant MacEwan University. Since 2011 she has been a writing advisor at the Academic Success Centre at the University of Alberta. She lives in Edmonton.


Cindy Revell’s illustrations have been used on billboards and wine bottles, and in magazines and numerous children’s books all over North America. She has worked with clients like Disney, Penguin Putnam, the L.A. Times and Scholastic. Her illustration of Mallory and the Power Boy (Annick Press) was nominated for a Governor General’s Literary Award for children’s book illustration. She lives in Edmonton.

Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
Age:
3 to 5
Grade:
p to k
Reading age:
3 to 5
Awards
  • , Saskatchewan Young Readers' Choice Awards - Shining Willow
  • Short-listed, SYRCA Shining Willow nominee
  • Short-listed, SYRCA Shining Willow
  • Short-listed, R. Ross Annett Award nominee
  • Short-listed, Blue Spruce Nominee
  • , Forest of Reading Blue Spruce Award
  • Short-listed, Canadian Library Association (CLA) Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
  • Commended, PJ Library Selection
  • Short-listed, CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award
  • Commended, Canadian Children's Book Centre (CCBC) Our Choice
  • Short-listed, The Writers’ Guild of Alberta (WGA) R. Ross Annett Award for Children’s Literature
  • Commended, CCBC Our Choice
  • Short-listed, CLA Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award nominee
  • Short-listed, Blue Spruce nominee
  • Short-listed, R. Ross Annett Award
  • Commended, Pajamas (PJ) Library Selection
Editorial Reviews

"Its moral and drawings are first class.

— The Jewish Independent

"A valuable addition to any library, this book is highly recommended to people of all ages and walks of life."

— Multicultural Review

"The fun in this retelling of a Jewish folktale is not in the lesson, but in the setting, the people, and the stories they tell."

— Booklist

"The paintings are colorful and joyous, indicative of the joy of the 'old country'...This tale sticks with the familiar format of other Jewish folktales, with a lesson that even young children can understand."

— Jewish Book World

"Waldman uses rich language which brings life to the story…Children will enjoy this story as a read-aloud."

— CM Magazine

"A wonderfully illustrated book...The art warmly underlines the plot...Refreshing."

— Jewish Book World

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