The author, Sid Fleischman, always finds a humorous way to tell stories. I read this book in 30 minutes. It's short and fun. It's about an 8 year old girl who insists on having her dream returned to her after the dream stealer snatches it from her sleep. She ends up having an adventure at the ...
Has there really been anyone else writing stories like this for young readers over the course of the past several decades? Since the onset of the time that his writing of vintage western adventure stories really took off in the 1970s, Sid Fleischman has basically had the market cornered on this p...
How can a beautiful white elephant be a terrible curse? Run-Run, a young elephant trainer, discovers the answer when he incurs the fury of the prince. The boy's punishment? The gift of an elephant, white as a cloud. From that moment forward, the curse reveals itself. According to tradition, so r...
With a dad who is an itinerant newspaper-man thirteen year-old Wiley, his ten year-old sister Glorietta and their parents are always on the move. Sometimes they are running from townfolk who don't appreciate the dad's brand of reporting, sometimes they are seeking Opportunity. This time there is ...
The Entertainer & the Dybbuk by Fleischman,Sid. [2007] Hardcover
Did Prince Brat have sand for brains? Gaw! Didn't he realize he could snatch up his crown and go free? "It doesn't please me to take orders from common rascals," Prince Brat said coldly. "It would please me to shake the teeth out of your confounded face!" replied Hold-Your-Nose Billy. "You may li...