Kimmel, Eric A

A collection of stories about Christian saints and the animals associated with them.

A retelling of one of Rabbi Nachman's tales in which a tailor, dreaming that the moon is cold in the sky, goes in search of a special fabric with which to make it a cloak.

A collection of stories drawn from the Bible and the Midrash telling of twenty heroes and heroines including Abraham, Moses, Samson, Deborah, Elijah, and six other prophets.

Retells five traditional tales from Galicia, a region that is partly in Poland and partly in Russia.

Discusses the Jewish ceremony of bar mitzvah, including the historical background, a description of the ceremony, and stories from real bar mitzvahs.

A retelling of a Russian fairy tale in which an archer assigned many dangerous quests by the greedy, cruel czar wins a crown and the woman of his dreams.

As Stormy, a railroad engineer, searches for the perfect hat--one that will not blow off, get too hot, or shade his eyes too much--his wife, Ida, becomes increasingly annoyed that he will not let her help. Includes a historical note about the real Stormy and Ida Kromer.

While trying to play the games at a seemingly harmless Website, Jess and her friend Matt are sucked into a cyberworld filled with characters from familiar fairy tales, all controlled by the evil Granny Goose.

A clever but poor cavalier wins the hand of his true love by outwitting her father, the wealthy mayor of Seville.

On Christmas Eve, six French-Canadian trappers meet a mysterious stranger who gives them the gift of a trip to their homes in Montreal, if only they agree not to speak until they cross their own thresholds.