It Could Always Be Worse
Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut.\ Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help.\ As he follows the Rabbi's unlikely advice, the poor man's life goes from bad to worse, with increasingly uproarious results. In his little hut, silly calamity follows foolish catastrophe, all memorably...
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Once upon a time a poor unfortunate man lived with his mother, his wife, and his six children in a one-room hut.Because they were so crowded, the children often fought and the man and his wife argued. When the poor man was unable to stand it any longer, he ran to the Rabbi for help.As he follows the Rabbi's unlikely advice, the poor man's life goes from bad to worse, with increasingly uproarious results. In his little hut, silly calamity follows foolish catastrophe, all memorably depicted in full-color illustrations that are both funnier and lovelier than any this distinguished artist has done in the past.Publishers WeeklyA poor man who lives with his family in a very crowded house complains about his lot, until the rabbi, to whom he has gone for advice, tells him to bring in the farm animals as well, and he realizes how lucky he really is. PW declared, ``Zemach's colorful and lusty paintings are hilariously illustrative of the absurd doings.'' (3-up)
\ From the Publisher\ The familiar tale of the simple villager whose house was so crowded and noisy, he went to the Rabbi for help. . .Never has the tale been made into a picture book of such beauty and gusto." --Starred, The Horn Book\ \ \ \ \ \ Publishers Weekly\ - Publisher's Weekly\ A poor man who lives with his family in a very crowded house complains about his lot, until the rabbi, to whom he has gone for advice, tells him to bring in the farm animals as well, and he realizes how lucky he really is. PW declared, ``Zemach's colorful and lusty paintings are hilariously illustrative of the absurd doings.'' (3-up)\ \
