Can Hens Give Milk? Read-Along

by Joan Betty Stuchner, illustrated by Joe Weissmann, read by David Skulski

tagged: farm & ranch life, humorous stories, jewish

Description

Tova lives with her family on a small farm in the famous town of Chelm, a mythical village populated, according to Jewish folklore, by fools. Tova's farm has hens and even a rooster, but no cow. Her mother, Rivka, wishes they could afford to buy a cow, so they could have fresh milk and butter every day. One night Tova's father has a dream about how to get milk without actually owning a cow. He asks Tova to help him find a way to get milk from their hens, and the results are hilarious. Finally, to the family's joy and the hens' relief, the problem is solved by none other than the wise Rabbi of Chelm himself, and a little extra help from Tova.

About the Authors

Joan Betty Stuchner

Joan Stuchner is the author of Shira's Hanukkah Gift. She works in the University of British Columbia's library

Joe Weissmann was born in Austria and came to Canada at the age of eleven. He studied art at the Museum of Fine Arts and Concordia University in Montreal and taught illustration at Sheridan College for six years. An award-winning illustrator, Joe works for book and magazine publishers in Canada and the United States and lives in rural Ontario with his wife and his old cat, Alfie.

Age:: 3 to 5
Grade:: p to k
Reading age:: 3 to 5

Editorial Review

"This addition to the canon has all the delicious deadpan of the old [Chelm] tales, as well as their familiar population of hilarious idiots. Literary idiots make powerless little readers feel powerful, and smart."

— Tablet Magazine

Can Hens Give Milk? Read-Along

by Joan Betty Stuchner, illustrated by Joe Weissmann, read by David Skulski

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Can Hens Give Milk? Read-Along

by Joan Betty Stuchner, illustrated by Joe Weissmann, read by David Skulski

Joan Betty Stuchner

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