Sanfield, Steve

Thirteen traditional Eastern European Jewish tales of the town of Chelm and its silly citizens.

When Zundel the tailor wears out his beautiful coat, he continues to make smaller and smaller garments from the material that is left.

Marici, a lonely orphan, discovers that she has a song to sing when she encounters and befriends a stray Canada goose.

A collection of sixteen tales about High John the Conqueror, the traditional trickster hero of blacks during and immediately after the time of slavery.

An original interpretation of a Chinese folktale which explains the presence of the man in the moon.

Retells the life of the legendary steel driver of early railroad days who challenged the steam hammer to a steel-driving contest.

When he sees how much a bowl of turtle soup costs, a cowboy comes up with an unusual plan to earn a fortune.

An original interpretation of a Chinese folktale which explains the presence of the man in the moon.

Thirteen traditional Eastern European Jewish tales of the town of Chelm and its silly citizens.

Explains why teachers living in Chelm may not live on the top of a hill, own a trunk with wheels, nor eat apple strudel.