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Golem
• David Wisniewski
• Lee Salsberry
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A retelling of a Jewish legend, set in Prague in the 16th century, a dark time for the city's Jewish residents. A rabbi builds a clay giant to protect his people from persecution; the golem, in this version, speaks with a child's simplicity. The remarkable paper-cutout illustrations brilliantly evoke the Prague of old.
(CZH38, $17.00)
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The Good Master
• Kate Seredy
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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First published in the 1930s, this novel tells of two cousins who ride horses across the Hungarian plains, encountering shepherds and gypsies en route. It's all marvelously evocative of the folk customs and lifestyles of old Hungary. Ages 9-12.
(HGR25, $5.99)
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Hippocrene Children's Illustrated Czech Dictionary, English-Czech/Czech-English
• Hippocrene
• REFERENCE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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A visual dictionary geared for middle schoolers and useful for the whole family.
(CZH63, $11.95)
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The Singing Tree
• Kate Seredy
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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The sequel to "The Good Master," in which cousins Jancsi and Kate are now older -- and Hungary (and all of 1914 Europe) are on the brink of war.
(HGR26, $6.99)
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The Three Golden Keys
• Peter Sis
• LITERATURE
• FAMILY
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Either by magic or trick of memory, author/illustrator Peter Sis is transported to the Prague of his childhood. As in all of Sis's books, the imaginary gets mixed up with the real -- in this book, he meets characters from Czech folklore, including the Golem and Hanus the Clockmaker.
(CZH39, $23.00)
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Upon the Head of the Goat, A Childhood in Hungary, 1939-1944
• Aranka Siegal
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• YOUNG ADULTS
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This spare memoir of a Jewish girlhood in a German-occupied Hungarian town won its author a Newbery Honor citation. Its serious subject and introspective tone are recommended for sophisticated young adults.
(HGR24, $6.95)
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The White Stag
• Kate Seredy
• LITERATURE
• MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)
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Kate Seredy drew on oral traditions and folklore for this gripping novella about the Huns' and Magyars' fifth-century migration from Asia to Central Europe. It won her a Newbery Medal in 1938. Ages 9 to 12.
(HGR27, $4.99)
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