Big Dreams, Small Fish

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Product Details
Price
$17.99  $16.73
Publisher
Levine Querido
Publish Date
Pages
1
Dimensions
9.3 X 11.2 X 0.5 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9781646141265

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About the Author
Paula Cohen (1964-2022) grew up in Albany, NY where her grandparents owned a small family grocery store in an immigrant neighborhood. Her family treasured books, music, and the Yiddish language (which sadly she never learned). Her grandmother made amazing kugels and gefilte fish and luckily Paula learned to make both. Paula lived in a ramshackle 1920's home in NJ with her family and mini schnauzer. Big Dreams, Small Fish was her debut picture book.
Reviews

"An affectionate ode to family, fish, and creative problem solving."--BookPage


"A joyfully Jewish yet also marvelously universal tale of a little girl who knows she can make a difference for her family's store... if only she gets the chance" -- Joy Preble, Brazos Bookstore


"Beau-ti-ful-ly illus-trat-ed....Shirley is one smart child, a real asset to her striv-ing fam-i-ly. She is full of inno-v-a-tive ideas, which are depict-ed by Cohen with both humor and respect"--Jewish Book Network


"Writer and illus-tra-tor Paula Cohen suc-ceeds in this beau-ti-ful-ly illus-trat-ed sto-ry about an enter-pris-ing lit-tle girl who deter-mines to save her family's shop by pro-mot-ing this dish to non-Jew-ish cus-tomers. Cohen deft-ly avoids a preachy tone, while con-vey-ing how peo-ple of dif-fer-ent back-grounds are both alike and dif-fer-ent. She also sends the mes-sage to young read-ers that they can make a dif-fer-ence, even when adults are skep-ti-cal of a child's abil-i-ty to change the course of events." -- Jewish Book Council


"Paula Cohen tells an all-American tale of the Yiddish diaspora in "Big Dreams, Small Fish," a charming picture book for 4- to 8-year-olds." -- Wall Street Journal


"It's a cute story with a happy ending, and comes with a short glossary of the Yiddish terms used in the book, as well as an explanation about gefilte fish and even a recipe for you to make your own!" --Geek Dad


"A take-charge, spunky girl character, Shirley jumps off the page with personality. Her Yiddish speaking relatives are also authentically depicted in this sweet tale. The charm of the story is enhanced by the digitally colored pencil sketches." -- Association of Jewish Libraries


""This Yiddish-punctuated slice-of-life story, Cohen's picture book debut, wears its nostalgia lightly; the narrator's voice is as crisp as the illustrations' black outlines... What really matters here is timeless: an indomitable protagonist and the loving family who dotes on her." --Publishers Weekly,


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