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Dos lebedike vort: leyenbukh far dem dritn lernyor
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New York: Arbeter Ring, 1954 (256 pages)
May be suitable for intermediate
This anthology of literature was intended for use in the third year of Yiddish school. It includes prose and poetry by many noted Yiddish and Hebrew writers, including Avrom Reisen, Moshe Broderson, Mani Leib, and S.Y. Agnon. The pieces are arranged by topic, such as "Children," "Holiday Tales," "Our School," "America," "Work," and "Israel." The anthology has a good glossary, along with short lists of new or difficult vocabulary at the end of each piece.
Collection item number 208300
Dos naye vort
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New York: Pinkhes Gingold, 1954 (316 pages)
May be suitable for beginner, intermediate
An anthology of short pieces on Eastern European shtetl life, American Jewish life, life in Israel, holidays, and similar themes, geared to elementary and middle school students in the Yiddish schools. Authors range chronologically from Sholem Aleichem, Peretz, and Mendele to Kadye Molodovsky and Avrohom Sutzkever.
Collection item number 200486
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Purim
New York: 1919 (8 pages)
May be suitable for intermediate, advanced
A number of the bimonthly Mayn idisher oyster dedicated to Purim and containing three short prose pieces and one short poem.
Vi hoben mentshn gelebt mit eynike yor tsurik/Ertsehlungen vegen vilde menshen
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Warsaw: 1898 (63 pages)
Translated by Yechezkel Kotik and A. Bresler
May be suitable for advanced
Two books bound together. The first was written by Pavlovitsh and examines the nature of life in the primitive past. The second was written by Krabatshevski and contains tales of "primitive" peoples. The print is light and difficult to read on some pages.
Collection item number 212806
Zamlung fun pyonerishe dersteylungen
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Minsk: 1927
Edited by Notke Vainhoiz, illustrated by G. Zmudzinski
May be suitable for intermediate, advanced
Stirring tales of heroic struggle, often at mortal risk, for the freedom of the people. The stories are by several authors and are set in various periods in Russian history, as well as in the Paris Commune. Lenin figures prominently in several of the pieces.
Collection item number 212989
Asch, Sholem
Ash far yugnt
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Warsaw: Kultur-lige, 1924 (265 pages)
May be suitable for advanced
This collection of nineteen legends is set in mythical ancient times in the holy land and environs. The first is about a rich man who is generous and blessed, but who turns a poor man who comes to him over to a servant because he finds his appearance and smell offensive. He suddenly finds a reversal of fortune and becomes like that beggar, himself turned over to a servant, and finally understands the justice of his reversal.
Collection item number 203742
Busch, Wilhelm
Di papirene shlang
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Warsaw: 1921 (22 pages)
Translated by Joseph Tunkel
May be suitable for intermediate
What could be better than to make a paper kite on a beautiful summer day? Well, how about stealing apples on the way? How about getting into a fray? Three boys make kites. Moyshele, the stick-in-the-mud who resists getting into mischief on the way out to fly the kites, is the only one with a kite left to fly. Rhymed verse.
Collection item number 212973
Cahan, Judah Loeb
Hintele shvarts un ketsele vays
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Warsaw: Kinderfraynd, 1937 (30 pages)
May be suitable for intermediate
A tale in verse of a little black dog and a little white cat. They live together with a man who is always angry and therefore mean to them. When he is mean to them, they take it out on each other. One day when things are in an uproar, the cat gets into the chimney and comes out black, and the dog gets into the flour and comes out white. Confused, the two animals run from the house. The cat sees his reflection in the creek and, mistaking himself for the black dog, flees forever. The dog, in the meantime, runs and runs until he expires from exhaustion. This is an interesting tale to read, though from today's vantage point it is certainly not something to give to children.
Collection item number 212976
Chukovskii, Kornei Ivanovich
Fligele migele
Moscow: 1935 (16 pages)
Translated by Yefim Arlyuk, illustrated by V. Koneshevitsh
May be suitable for intermediate
A tale in rhymed verse. Fligele Migele finds a purse, and buys a samovar at market. All the other bugs come to drink tea with Fligele Migele, but an evil spider kidnaps the poor flea. The other bugs run away in terror, but a heroic gnat flies in to save the day. What else can Fligele Migele do but marry him? All the bugs dance and rejoice at the wedding. An adaptation of a tale by the Russian author.
Collection item number 212889
Davidman, Solomon
Di milkhome in Nyu York
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Detroit: 1925 (21 pages)
May be suitable for advanced
Mirl is fourteen years old. When her father is hurt on the job, in a shop owned by a greedy boss, Mirl must help look after the family. A job is open in a shop in the city, and Mirl experiences for the first time how hard it is to travel into the city to work in such an onerous environment. Mirl, though young, responds to the hardship and injustice that is the lot of the common people by becoming politically active.
Collection item number 205386
Davidman, Solomon
Yidishe kinder in Biro-Bidzshan
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New York: 1952 (128 pages)
May be suitable for intermediate, advanced
Completely bilingual, with stories appearing in both Yiddish and English in separate sections. The stories were written over a period of years before being collected in this volume. Stories of Jewish children in Birobidzhan, celebrating the great project of the Jewish Autonomous Republic and a number of organizations that supported it abroad.
Collection item number 213032
Kulbak, Moyshe
Der vint, vos iz geven in kas
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Vilna: 1921 (14 pages)
Illustrated by Zuni Maud
May be suitable for intermediate
An old, tired wind looks for a place to spend the winter, but is not made welcome anywhere. Saddened and enraged, he begins to blow and blow, until he has cre- ated a blizzard the likes of which has never been seen. Nothing will soothe him, until finally a poor widow braves the elements to ask the wind to think of how the children are feeling. The wind relents, and the next day all the children can go outside to play.
Collection item number 213470
Levin, Yaakov
Di naye idishe shul: a lehrbukh for Idish-onfanger
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New York: Hebrew Publishing Company, 1926
May be suitable for beginner
This language primer begins with the alphabet and progresses to page-long prose narratives. Grammar is not explained in great detail. Some of the narratives are quite heymish and charming, based upon everyday scenarios that would have been familiar to younger children. In the latter part of the book, many of the readings are straightforward Yiddish translations of familiar Bible stories.
Collection item number 208343
Liptsin, Sem
Far kleyn un groys
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New York: 1957 (63 pages)
May be suitable for intermediate
Rhymed verse. These lighthearted poems appear in both Yiddish and transliteration. The poems are about children, celebrating their activities and accomplishments. Though not strictly written for children, they could be read and enjoyed by children, both because the language is relatively uncomplicated and because the themes would be so familiar.
Collection item number 208282
Meged, A.
Khane Senesh
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Montreal: Jewish School Publishing House, 1969 (52 pages)
Edited by S. Rubinstein, translated by M. H., illustrated by Yechiel Shainblum
May be suitable for beginner
This is the life story of Hungarian-born Khane Senesh, a fine poet, who made aliyah before World War II as a young girl, then returned to Hungary as a parachutist to save Jews during the war and was murdered there by the Nazis. Her mother and brother survive the war and settle in Erets Yisroel after the war. Written in a very simple Yiddish with occasional English translation of certain words in footnotes.
Collection item number 208641
Metzker, Isaac
Toli un Tobi
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New York: Farlag Matones, 1936 (159 pages)
Illustrated by Y. Fridlender
May be suitable for intermediate
A delightfully touching story about the friendship of two children, their attachments and devotion to each other. Set in a rural area, they lead a tranquil life surrounded by family, relatives, forests, meadows, animals, and birds. Their coming of age is interrupted by traumas of the early twentieth century: WWI, loss of family and home, immigration to America, separation from each other. Their lives take unusual turns. In the end they are reunited in love and commitment.
Collection item number 208701