Kimmel's The Bird's Gift: A Ukrainian Easter Story - captures the enchantment of the story with her gorgeous illustrations, which make good use of both color and light. Katya Krenina - who also worked on Eric A. This Jewish variant, although not originally a Hanukkah story, works very well in its holiday setting, making it an engaging and magical selection, perfect for the season. The "three magic gifts" tale-type - number 563 in the Aarne-Thompson folklore classification system - can be found in many traditions, from the German fairy-tales of the Brothers Grimm, to the Norwegian folk collection of Asbjørnsen and Moe. It is only on his third trip to the well, that Jacob learns of his neighbor's deception, and receiving a different kind of magical dreidel, sets out to teach her a lesson. A second trip to the well produces another magical dreidel, which spins out Hanukkah gelt, but this too is stolen by Fruma Sarah. Hurrying home to show this wonder to his family, Jacob is waylaid by a deceitful neighbor, Fruma Sarah, who secretly exchanges his magical dreidel for an ordinary one, while pretending to clean it. The resident goblin, unable to restore it to him, instead gives him a magical wooden dreidel that spins out latkes. Show More water, his careless playing results in the beautiful top falling into a well.
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