Kimmel, Eric

The jar of fools : eight Hanukkah stories from Chelm - New York : Holiday House, 2000. - 56 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.

Contents: The jar of fools --
How they play dreidel in Chelm --
Sweeter than honey, purer than oil --
The knight of the golden slippers --
Silent Samson, the Maccabee --
The magic spoon --
The soul of a menorah --
Wisdom for sale.

Drawing on traditional Jewish folklore, these Hanukkah stories relate the antics of the people of Chelm, thought--perhaps incorrectly--to be a town of fools.

ISBN: 0823414639

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Chelm (Lublin, Poland) -- Juvenile Fiction.
Hanukkah stories.
Children's stories, American.