An edition of It Could Always Be Worse (1976)

It Could Always Be Worse

A Yiddish Folk Tale

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An edition of It Could Always Be Worse (1976)

It Could Always Be Worse

A Yiddish Folk Tale

by

  • ★★★★ ★ 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 18 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

When a peasant complains to his rabbi about his family's cramped house, he's told to bring his farm animals inside.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Language
English
Pages
32

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Caldecott Medal, Folklore, Jews, Spanish language materials, Juvenile literature, Families, Family life, Jewish Folklore, Jews, folklore, Folklore, juvenile literature, Er tong gu shi, collectionID:caldecotthonor70, award:Caldecott_award, lexile:590, lexile_range:501-600, lexile_code:AD, age:min:3, age:max:7, grade:min:2, grade:max:3, Children's fiction, Jews, fiction, Children, fiction

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Cover of: Hao yi ge sou zhu yi
Hao yi ge sou zhu yi: yi ze you tai ren de gu shi
2012, Yuan liu
in Chinese - Er ban
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Cover of: Siempre puede ser peor
Siempre puede ser peor: un cuento folklórico Yiddish
1992, Mirasol
in Spanish - Mirasol ed.
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Cover of: It Could Always Be Worse
It Could Always Be Worse: A Yiddish Folk Tale
September 1, 1990, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
in English
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Cover of: It could always be worse
It could always be worse: a Yiddish folk tale
1976, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
in English - 1st ed.
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"Once upon a time in a small village a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a little one-room hut."

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OL7423769M
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itcouldalwaysbew00marg
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0374436363
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9780374436360
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