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It could always be worse : a Yiddish folk tale Cover Image Book

It could always be worse : a Yiddish folk tale / retold and with pictures by Margot Zemach.

Zemach, Margot, (author,, illustrator.). Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, (publisher.).

Summary:

Unable to stand his overcrowded and noisy home any longer, a poor man goes to the Rabbi for advice.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374436363
  • ISBN: 9780374436360
  • ISBN: 0833507060
  • Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 23 x 26 cm
  • Edition: A Sunburst edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1990.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Sunburst Book".
Reprint, originally published, 1976.
Target Audience Note:
AD590L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.7 0.5 18679.
Awards Note:
Caldecott Honor Book.

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Subject:
Jews > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Poverty > Juvenile fiction.
Rabbis > Juvenile fiction.
Villages > Juvenile fiction.
Wisdom > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
Fiction.
Humor.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Marion Library PIC ZEM (Text) 37810435097729 Easy Fiction Available -
East Regional Library J398.2 Z (Text) 31781018518447 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Hope Mills Library J398.2 Z (Text) 31781061870216 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Lenoir Library E ZEMACH Margot (Text) 50669012524147 Easy Fiction Available -
Lewisville Branch J398.27 Z (Text) 0112515076233 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield E Zemach (Text) 38950609451028 Easy Fiction Available -
Reynolda Manor Branch J398.27 Z (Text) 0112504566301 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
South Buncombe/Skyland Library E ZEM (Text) 0020507104402 Easy Fiction Available -
Transylvania County Library E PBK ZEM (Text) 38079101615680 Easy Paperback Checked out 08/24/2026
West Asheville Library E/PBK (Text) 0020512964964 Easy Paperback Available -

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