Crowded into one room with his mother, wife, and six children, a man goes to the rabbi for help. The rabbi's answer is to bring one animal after another to live in the house. Dynamic, earth-toned paintings with an eastern European look capture the humor of the rabbi's good advice.

• Fiction, Folklore & Fairy Tales
• Randolph Caldecott Medal 1978 (Honor Title)
• Format: Book
• ISBN: 9780374336509

Notes

retold by Margot Zemach