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Getzel

Auteur de Manny's a Thief!

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Œuvres de Getzel

Manny's a Thief! (1992) 11 exemplaires
Stonecutter Who Wanted to Be Rich (1990) 10 exemplaires
Then I Got 3 Scoops! (1992) 5 exemplaires
Stonecutter Who Wanted to Be Rich (1990) 3 exemplaires

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The cover says the book was adapted and illustrated by Getzel, but it doesn't say what it was adapted from. The Stonecutter: a Japanese folktale by Gerald McDermott is very similar until the very end: Getzel's final, happy transformation doesn't happen in McDermott's book. Both are related to several books about an animai wanting his daughter to marry the most powerful being in the world. This book is also very much like the Midrash in which Abraham, as a very young child, realizes that there is no most powerful being in the world (rather like the paper-scissors-rock game) and so there must be something more powerful outside of nature that created the world.

The book ends with a quote from Pirke Avot: "Who is rich? One who is satisfied with what he has."
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raizel | Jul 4, 2014 |

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