Brodsky, Beverly

God tests Job's faith by letting terrible misfortunes befall him.

Presents paintings and tribal song-poems that express the buffalo's essential and sacred role in the lives of Plains Native Americans, and discusses the buffalo's dramatic decline in number during the nineteenth century.

Three sisters receive gifts from their father, but Marusha's crystal apple proves to be a greater gift than she had imagined.

A child describes living in a crowded tenement, and the secret places where a certain kind of privacy is found.

Jonah relates his experiences when he disobeyed God's command.

Presents paintings and tribal song-poems that express the buffalo's essential and sacred role on the plains.

Sedna, mother of all sea animals, tells the story of her life and helps the starving Inuit.

A retelling of the Jewish legend of the golem created by Rabbi Lev to protect the Jews of Prague from the angry mob.