Item
The Cricket and the Ant: A Shabbat Story
- Title
- en_US The Cricket and the Ant: A Shabbat Story
- en_US PJ Library: Jewish Bedtime Stories and Songs
- Description
- Naomi Gen-Gur
- Creator
- en_US Gen-Gur, Naomi See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Kober, Shahar
- Date
- 2019-01-28T20:29:48Z
- 2018-09
- en_US 2016
- Date Available
- 2019-01-28T20:29:48Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 2016
- Abstract
- en_US Originally published in Hebrew under the title "Can You Spare a Grain of Sugar?" by Kaibbbutz Hameuchad Publishing House in Israel. The two characters have animal bodies but human clothes. The hard-working ant has a babushka and glasses. The story goes through the cricket's week. On Friday morning he stays in bed before he will bake a "yum-yummy cake" for Shabbat. He oversleeps and awakens on Friday afternoon to find no food in his pantry, fridge, or cupboard. He goes to his neighbor ant no less than four times to ask for different ingredients. Ant rests, happy that she has helped a friend. Ant however also oversleeps and has forgotten to turn off her oven. Her Shabbat cake is totally burned. Just as ant is despairing over her meager meal, cricket surprises her with an invitation to share his cake. They sing and dance together. This is a clever adaptation of the traditional fable with a whole new kind of lesson to be learned.
- Identifier
- en_US 11410 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US Kar-Ben Publishing: Lerner Publishing Group
- en_US Minneapolis, MN
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.3.B426Cr 2016 See all items with this value
- GA See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection