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debz57a52's review
3.0
I didn't know anything about this book before encountering the title in the Children's Authors card game, but I'm glad I did.
Shlemiel's stories (three in this collection) are amusing to read, conveying life lessons even as they are ridiculous, and I found myself wishing I could share these stories with slightly younger children. I liked the other stories, which Singer claimed his mother told him and he reworked, but not all of the stories were equally pleasing. The story of Utzel and his daughter Poverty and the story of the imps and the crickets seemed more heavy-handed as stories with morals and no real adventure or charm, like the other stories.
Shlemiel's stories (three in this collection) are amusing to read, conveying life lessons even as they are ridiculous, and I found myself wishing I could share these stories with slightly younger children. I liked the other stories, which Singer claimed his mother told him and he reworked, but not all of the stories were equally pleasing. The story of Utzel and his daughter Poverty and the story of the imps and the crickets seemed more heavy-handed as stories with morals and no real adventure or charm, like the other stories.
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