When the Chickens Went on Strike: A Rosh Hoshanah Tale - Hardcover
During Rosh Hashanah, a young boy overhears the chickens in his village planning a strike. They are sick of being used for Kapores, a custom practiced in his Russian village where people wave chickens over their heads to erase bad deeds. But the boy needs Kapores! How else will he make his father proud? He tries to warn his father, but the villagers cannot find a way to bring the chickens back to the village. Finally, the boy makes his own plea. Will the chickens listen or will he find a new way to overcome his bad behavior?
A Sydney Taylor Honor Book for Young Readers
A New York Public Library"100 Titles for Reading and Sharing" Selection
An NCSS-CBC Notable Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies
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About the Author:
Erica Silverman is the author of several picture books, including Raisel's Riddle.
Matthew Trueman has done illustration work for various book and magazine publishers. This is his first picture book.
From School Library Journal:
Matthew Trueman has done illustration work for various book and magazine publishers. This is his first picture book.
Kindergarten-Grade 6-A story about the custom of Kapores, told by a man looking back on his childhood in a 19th-century Russian village. As described here, the ritual involves holding a chicken over someone's head while reciting a prayer in order to rid the person of the year's misdeeds. Triggering a commotion in the prayer house, the boy is sent outside and observes the chicken population leaving town. They're fed up with being vehicles for a New Year's clean slate. The boy pleads with the revolutionaries, saying he needs them to make Kapores so that his father will be proud of him. A hen asks, "Boychick- for this, do you really need a chicken?" In this skillful adaptation of a story by Sholom Aleichem, Silverman's addition of a young narrator lends immediacy and empathy, and streamlines the story with no loss of flavor and point. Though the tale is accessible and enjoyable, a discussion of Kapores beyond what is offered here will increase children's understanding and appreciation of the story. The comic alliteration and in-your-beak attitude of the cheeky chickens, reinforced by the handsomely humorous paintings, are appealing. Executed in layers of ink, pencil, gouache, acrylic, and oil, the illustrations are a wonderful combination of modern and folk art. The fiercely funny fowl, with long necks, whitish bodies, and rich red coxcombs, squawk right off the page. Good New Year's-let alone Rosh Hashanah-stories are in short supply. This is one to crow about.
Nancy Palmer, The Little School, Bellevue, WA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Nancy Palmer, The Little School, Bellevue, WA
Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- PublisherDutton/Penguin
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1422363287
- ISBN 13 9781422363287
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages27
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